this -L flag has really hosed things up for me.
#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!
- screen -L$boguslog -S "$screen_name" -d -m nice -n $NICENESS_LEVEL mono "$app_name"
+ screen -L $boguslog -S "$screen_name" -d -m nice -n $NICENESS_LEVEL mono "$app_name"
echo "$(date_stringer ' '): $screen_name started."
# only sleep if we are not at the last process that gets started.