X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?p=feisty_meow.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=scripts%2Fcore%2Flaunch_feisty_meow.sh;h=2f8aca0832a1000cd97cbaa150c5ecb725cf7d0b;hp=1e7e6c993f0657d813bfbd0066ad053ef7835244;hb=e6ce0aa508c3ad1beb167fdf20732b24f383c651;hpb=d0cfb28918420022f659c318f6733a65bed53d5b

diff --git a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
index 1e7e6c99..2f8aca08 100644
--- a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
 
 ##############
 
+# first step--capture the current path if we haven't already.
+if [ -z "$FEISTY_MEOW_ORIGINAL_PATH" ]; then
+  export FEISTY_MEOW_ORIGINAL_PATH="$PATH"
+fi
+
+##############
+
 # this script cannot handle figuring out where it lives, so approaches that
 # get the THISDIR will fail.  this is a consequence of this always being used
 # in bash's 'source' directive, which does not pass the script name as
@@ -118,7 +125,7 @@ if [ "$NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED" == "true" ]; then
     # this is our single entry point we can use without knowing any variables
     # yet in the initialization process.
     export FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK="$HOME/.zz_feisty_loading"
-  #hmmm: the above is kind of a constant.  that's not so great.
+#hmmm: the above is kind of a constant.  that's not so great.
   
     # make sure our main variables are established.
     FEISTY_MEOW_VARIABLES_LOADING_FILE="$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/fmc_variables.sh"