started using the scripts variable that should be defined after loading the feisty meow environment. fixed one usage of an alias in synch and swim, which cron doesn't fricking support. added crontab for automatically updating a linux box using our new naive_system_updater script.
# runs every minute and recreates a fortune for thunderbird signature.
# a lot of the detail below is to get the feisty meow environment loaded for
# the new_sig command.
-* * * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; perl $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/text/new_sig.pl) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-nechung_fortune.log
+* * * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/text/new_sig.pl) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-nechung_fortune.log
#[backup serene system]
# backs up config files and important parts of home directories to off-machine storage.
-14 2 * * */7 (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/archival/serene_backer_upper.sh) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-backup_serene_system.log
+14 2 * * */7 (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/archival/serene_backer_upper.sh) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-backup_serene_system.log
#[bookmarks builder]
# regenerate the bookmarks pages.
-24 10 * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/bookmarks/create_marks.sh ) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-bookmarks_builder.log
+24 10 * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/bookmarks/create_marks.sh ) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-bookmarks_builder.log
#[doxygen]
# update the feisty meow documentation once on each of tuesday, thursday and saturday.
-20 4 * * 2,4,6 (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; cd $HOME/feisty_meow/documentation; make) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-doxygen.log
+20 4 * * 2,4,6 (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; cd $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/documentation; make) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-doxygen.log
# runs every minute and recreates a fortune for thunderbird signature.
# a lot of the detail below is to get the feisty meow environment loaded for
# the new_sig command.
-* * * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; perl $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/text/new_sig.pl) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-nechung_fortune.log
+* * * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/text/new_sig.pl) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-nechung_fortune.log
#[opensim restart]
# ensure opensim is started if we can't detect it as running.
-*/5 * * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/opensim/maybe_restart_opensim.sh) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-opensim_restart.log
+*/5 * * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/opensim/maybe_restart_opensim.sh) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-opensim_restart.log
#[pack feisty for web]
# this packs up our source code distributions every 8 days.
-16 22 */8 * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/archival/pack_feisty_meow.sh) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-pack_feisty_for_web.log
+16 22 */8 * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/archival/pack_feisty_meow.sh) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-pack_feisty_for_web.log
#[process check]
# a crontab for periodically dumping the process state.
-* * * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/processes/show_hot_ones.sh) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-active_processes.log
+* * * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/processes/show_hot_ones.sh) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-active_processes.log
#[random sound]
-* * * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/multimedia/randomly_play.sh) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-random_sound.log
+* * * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/multimedia/randomly_play.sh) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-random_sound.log
#[snarf linux configuration]
# do a backup of the linux configuration files once a week.
-28 7 * * 4 (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; cd /z/stuffing/archives; perl $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/archival/snarf_linux_config.pl) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-snarf_linux_configuration.log
+28 7 * * 4 (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; cd /z/stuffing/archives; perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/archival/snarf_linux_config.pl) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-snarf_linux_configuration.log
# repositories, such as sourceforge or github. the uploading process (which we think of as sending
# those updated items swimming downstream to their dependent repositories) is done automatically in
# our makefiles. that's why the code below relies on the top-level makefile in home.
-14 3 * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; cd $HOME ; rev_update ; make ) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-synch_and_swim_downstream.log
+14 3 * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; cd $HOME ; bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/rev_control/rev_update.sh ; make ) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-synch_and_swim_downstream.log
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+
+
+#[update apt based linux crontab]
+# does a daily update of an apt-based linux box at pi o'clock.
+#temp set to soon
+20 8 * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/system/naive_system_updater.sh) &>>/tmp/${USER}-cron-update_aptbased_linux.log
+
+
#[uptime report]
# the script writes the current time and current uptime to the log file.
-0 * * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/system/write_uptime_report.sh) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-uptime_report.log
+0 * * * * (source $HOME/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh; bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/system/write_uptime_report.sh) &>>/tmp/${CRONUSER}-cron-uptime_report.log