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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+[ -n "$DEBUG" ] && set -x
+
+guienter=
+while getopts Gh opt; do
+	case "$opt" in
+	G) guienter=1 ;;
+	h | ?)
+		printf "usage: %s [ARGS...]\n" "$(basename "$0")"
+		printf "\n"
+		printf "converts reasonably behaved programs that return a nonzero exit status\n"
+		printf "into the back-asswards behavior cron expects, which is that printing text\n"
+		printf "to stdout means an error occurred and any status code, successful or not,\n"
+		printf "is disregarded.\n"
+		printf "\n"
+		printf "  -G  gui-enter as current user\n"
+		printf "\n"
+		exit 2
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+
+if [ -n "$guienter" ]; then
+	set -- /home/robert/bin/gui-enter "$(id -un)" "$@"
+fi
+
+"$@" 1>&2 || printf "error. check stderr\n"