mod for screen, still not universal

diff --git a/scripts/opensim/opensim_utils.sh b/scripts/opensim/opensim_utils.sh
index f10d6b95ea3e21446d39f9371ff665935968f8e1..de7dcc069f5e3a7130c68fa7f720b6170978be7d 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/opensim/opensim_utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/opensim/opensim_utils.sh
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ function launch_screen()
   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
-#maybe they unbroke it in 17.10?
-  screen -L $boguslog -S "$screen_name" -d -m nice -n $NICENESS_LEVEL mono "$app_name" 
+#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!
+  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.