-# accomodate linuxisms
-fex='-perm -ugo=x'
-# TODO: should probably do this better
-case "`uname`" in
- *BSD*) lnargs=-sFhvw
- d1='-depth 1'
- bsd=yes;;
- *) lnargs=-sfnv
- d1='-mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1'
- # android busybox find doesn't have -execute
- # and its sh doesn't set OSTYPE :DD
- if [ -z "$ANDROID_ROOT" ]; then
- fex=-executable
- fi;;
+# create preferred folder structure
+cd ~
+mkdir -p bin etc share share/fonts .urxvt/ext .icons .themes > /dev/null 2>&1
+mkdir -pm 700 var/tmp var/tmp/vim > /dev/null 2>&1
+cd -
+
+# ensure ostype
+if [ -z "$OSTYPE" ]; then
+ OSTYPE=`uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
+fi
+
+# accomodate multiple userlands
+lnargs=-sfnv
+case "$OSTYPE" in
+ # TODO: make links safer for systems without -Fw
+ freebsd*) lnargs=-sFhvw;;
+ netbsd|openbsd*) lnargs=-sfhv;;