From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 21:41:58 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: some changes required by naggy baby ms-windows, which can't sit up straight or feed... 
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.90~1503
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=db66dc8a1a99e07deb189b41b126060d7b12e60f;p=feisty_meow.git

some changes required by naggy baby ms-windows, which can't sit up straight or feed itself
to save anyone's life.
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diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index c4571b99..4ab3ec1c 100644
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     local patterns=($*)
     if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
       # needs to be a windows format filename for 'type' to work.
-      local tmppid=c:\\tmp_pids.txt
+      if [ ! -d c:/tmp ]; then
+        mkdir c:/tmp
+      fi
+      # windows7 magical mystery tour lets us create a file c:\\tmp_pids.txt, but then it's not really there
+      # in the root of drive c: when we look for it later.  hoping to fix that problem by using a subdir, which
+      # also might be magical thinking from windows perspective.
+      tmppid=c:\\tmp\\pids.txt
       # we have abandoned all hope of relying on ps on windows.  instead
       # we use wmic to get full command lines for processes.
       # this does not exist on windows home edition.  we are hosed if that's