Merge branch 'release-2.140.109'

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / core / functions.sh

diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index dee26d6b4fae1a78dcb624508f631b1653960041..4ace5d80f3cbfad44ae81041fccfeafca20bda86 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
   function test_or_die()
   {
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-      echo -e "\n\naction failed: $*\n\nExiting script..."
+      echo -e "\n\naction failed: $*\n\n*** Exiting script..."
       error_sound
       exit 1
     fi
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
   function test_or_continue()
   {
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-      echo -e "\n\nerror occurred: $*\n\nContinuing script..."
+      echo -e "\n\nerror occurred: $*\n\n=> Continuing script..."
       error_sound
     fi
   }
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     unalias CORE_ALIASES_LOADED &>/dev/null
     unset -f function_sentinel 
     # reload feisty meow environment in current shell.
+    echo "reloading the feisty meow scripts."
     source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"
     # run nechung oracle to give user a new fortune.
     nechung
@@ -478,15 +479,22 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     fi
 
     # prevent permission foul-ups.
-    chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK"/* "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"/*
+#hmmm: save error output here instead of muting it.
+#hmmm: better yet actually, just don't complain on freaking cygwin, since that's where this happens
+    chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" \
+        "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK"/* "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"/* 2>/dev/null
+    test_or_continue "chowning to $(logname) didn't happen."
 
     regenerate >/dev/null
     pushd "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" &>/dev/null
     incongruous_files="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/list_non_dupes.sh" "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom")"
 
-    local fail_message="\nare the perl dependencies installed?  if you're on ubuntu or debian, try this:\n
-    $(grep "apt.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n"
-    
+    local fail_message="\n
+are the perl dependencies installed?  if you're on ubuntu or debian, try this:\n
+    $(grep "apt-get.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n
+or if you're on cygwin, then try this (if apt-cyg is available):\n
+    $(grep "apt-cyg.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n";
+
     #echo "the incongruous files list is: $incongruous_files"
     # disallow a single character result, since we get "*" as result when nothing exists yet.
     if [ ${#incongruous_files} -ge 2 ]; then
@@ -503,14 +511,17 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
 
     if [ -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user/scripts" ]; then
       echo "copying custom scripts for $custom_user"
-      netcp "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user/scripts" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom/" &>/dev/null
+      rsync -avz "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user/scripts" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom/" &>/dev/null
+      test_or_continue "copying customization scripts"
 #hmmm: could save output to show if an error occurs.
     fi
     echo
     regenerate
 
     # prevent permission foul-ups, again.
-    chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK" "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"
+    chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" \
+        "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK" "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE" 2>/dev/null
+    test_or_continue "chowning to $(logname) didn't happen."
 
     restore_terminal_title
   }
@@ -868,7 +879,7 @@ return 0
 #var filename seeker numlines 
 
     # make a backup first, oy.
-    \cp -f "$filename" "$filename.bkup-${RANDOM}" 
+    \cp -f "$filename" "/tmp/$(basename ${filename}).bkup-${RANDOM}" 
     test_or_die "backing up file: $filename"
 
     # make a temp file to write to before we move file into place in bind.