app_name="$1"; shift
echo "$(date_stringer ' '): starting $screen_name now..."
#hmmm: version check for if we're using old screen? this -L change was a mistake though for the screen project owners on ubuntu.
-#local boguslog=$HOME/screen_junk_$(date_stringer).log
+local boguslog=$HOME/screen_junk_$(date_stringer).log
#maybe they unbroke it in 17.10? yes, but it requires NO space now. *&@#*&@#
#hmmm: bring back old version but check for ubuntu 17.04 vs 17.10 now.
#actually they made it a new parm. arghhh!