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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# milkbone-load
+# Desc: This file is the heart of milkbone.  It brings up the core and calls
+# the appropriate guidance script.  There's nothing too complicated happening
+# here; most of it ought to be self-explanatory.
+#
+# "A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care
+# that the balances are correct."
+# 	- Dune
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+# Load the core.  This prepares @INC for guidance script detection, and
+# sets default values (e.g. $Milkbone::FatalLog).
+
+use lib 'lib';
+use Milkbone qw(slurp);
+
+# Launch the correct guidance script based on the command-line parameters.
+# Note that linking this script to milkbone-x and then invoking that link
+# is equivalent to running "milkbone x". If no arguments are supplied,
+# "tk" is used as the default guidance script.
+
+my $target;
+if($0 =~ /milkbone-(.*)/) {
+  $target = $1;
+  shift @ARGV;
+}
+elsif(defined($ARGV[0]) and $ARGV[0] !~ /-/) {
+  $target = $ARGV[0];
+  shift @ARGV;
+}
+else {
+  $target = "tk";
+}
+
+# We know the target name now - let's run it.  This eval block is the last
+# defense against exceptions.  If something doesn't get caught here, then
+# something must have gone terribly wrong.  Note that the guidance script
+# doesn't return until the user has closed milkbone.
+
+my $script = slurp("guid/" . $target . ".pl", 1);
+
+eval $script;
+
+# Really serious exceptions will get logged into the file pointed to by
+# $Milkbone::FatalLog.
+
+if($@) {
+  print $@;
+  open(my $log, ">" . $Milkbone::FatalLog);
+  print $log "\n" . $@;
+  close($log);
+}