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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# got really tired of seeing this as a big long single line in jenkins, plus
+# it kept breaking and was a huge pain to edit. so now it's in a much more
+# readable file.
+# the only parameter is the path to the feisty meow codebase being built and
+# tested.
+
+feisty_path="$1"; shift
+
+if [ -z "$feisty_path" ]; then
+ echo This script requires the path to the feisty meow codebase under test.
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+export RUN_ALL_TESTS=true
+export HOME="$(mktemp -d "$feisty_path/home_store.XXXXXX")"
+cd "$feisty_path"
+export FEISTY_MEOW_APEX="$(\pwd)"
+export FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS=$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts
+bash "$feisty_path/scripts/core/reconfigure_feisty_meow.sh"
+source "$feisty_path/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"
+var FEISTY_MEOW_APEX FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS
+bash "$feisty_path/scripts/generator/produce_feisty_meow.sh"
+