diff --git a/cmd b/cmd
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+++ b/cmd
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This file belongs to the framework.  You are not expected to modify it.
+
+# FIXME: Obviously this file isn't nearly robust enough.  Make it so.
+
+set -eu
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+subcmd="$1"
+
+# echo "$subcmd"
+
+#exit 3
+
+shift
+
+exec "$DIR"/cmd.d/"$subcmd" "$@"
diff --git a/cmd.d/list b/cmd.d/list
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+++ b/cmd.d/list
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+cd "$DIR"
+
+ls .
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diff --git a/cmd.d/pnpm b/cmd.d/pnpm
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+++ b/cmd.d/pnpm
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+"$DIR"/../framework/shims/pnpm "$@"
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diff --git a/cmd.d/sync b/cmd.d/sync
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+++ b/cmd.d/sync
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+# figure out the platform we're on
+
+# source ../framework/versions
+# [eventually: check for it in user's cache dir
+# download $nodejs_version
+# verify its checksum against $nodejs_checksum
+
+
+
+
+cd $DIR/../framework/node
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diff --git a/framework/shims/node b/framework/shims/node
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+++ b/framework/shims/node
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+export DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+source "$DIR/../versions"
+
+node_bin="$DIR/../../$nodejs_bin_dir/node"
+
+exec "$node_bin" "$@"
+
+
diff --git a/framework/shims/node.common b/framework/shims/node.common
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+++ b/framework/shims/node.common
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+# FIXME this shouldn't be hardcoded here of course
+
+nodejs_binary_dir="$DIR/../binaries/node-v22.15.1-linux-x64/bin"
+
+# This might be too restrictive.  Or not restrictive enough.
+PATH="$nodejs_binary_dir":/bin:/usr/bin
+
+
+project_root="$DIR/../.."
+
+node_dir="$project_root/$nodejs_binary_dir"
+
+export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX="$node_dir/npm"
+export NPM_CONFIG_CACHE="$node_dir/cache"
+export NPM_CONFIG_TMP="$node_dir/tmp"
+export NODE_PATH="$node_dir/node_modules"
+
+echo $NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX
+echo $NPM_CONFIG_CACHE
+echo $NPM_CONFIG_TMP
+echo $NODE_PATH
diff --git a/framework/shims/pnpm b/framework/shims/pnpm
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+++ b/framework/shims/pnpm
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+source "$DIR"/node.common
+
+# "$DIR"/../.nodejs-config/node_modules/.bin/pnpm "$@"
+
+echo pnpm file: "$DIR"/../shims/pnpm
+
+exec "$DIR"/../binaries/pnpm "$@"