diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index aae28ed..c5e3838 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.0.97-b1
+####  version: 1.0.98-b1
 ####  Date: 27 July 2009
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
@@ -237,16 +237,15 @@ B_MOUNTS_DIR='false'
 B_PARTITIONS_DIR='false' #
 
 ### Directory's used when present
-DIR_CPUINFO='/proc/cpuinfo'
-DIR_MEMINFO='/proc/meminfo'
-DIR_ASOUND_DEVICE='/proc/asound/cards'
-DIR_ASOUND_VERSION='/proc/asound/version'
-DIR_LSB_RELEASE='/etc/lsb-release'
-DIR_SCSI='/proc/scsi/scsi'
-DIR_MODULES='/proc/modules' #
-DIR_MOUNTS='/proc/mounts'
-DIR_PARTITIONS='/proc/partitions' #
-DIR_IFCONFIG='/sbin/ifconfig'
+FILE_CPUINFO='/proc/cpuinfo'
+FILE_MEMINFO='/proc/meminfo'
+FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE='/proc/asound/cards'
+FILE_ASOUND_VERSION='/proc/asound/version'
+FILE_LSB_RELEASE='/etc/lsb-release'
+FILE_SCSI='/proc/scsi/scsi'
+FILE_MODULES='/proc/modules'
+FILE_MOUNTS='/proc/mounts'
+FILE_PARTITIONS='/proc/partitions'
 
 ### Variable initializations: constants
 DCOPOBJ="default"
@@ -515,41 +514,38 @@ initialize_script_data()
 		error_handler 6
 	fi
 
-	if [[ -e $DIR_CPUINFO ]]; then
+	if [[ -e $FILE_CPUINFO ]]; then
 		B_CPUINFO='true'
 	fi
 
-	if [[ -e $DIR_MEMINFO ]];then
+	if [[ -e $FILE_MEMINFO ]];then
 		B_MEMINFO='true'
 	fi
 
-	if [[ -e $DIR_ASOUND_DEVICE ]];then
+	if [[ -e $FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE ]];then
 		B_ASOUND_CARDS='true'
 	fi
 
-	if [[ -e $DIR_ASOUND_VERSION ]];then
+	if [[ -e $FILE_ASOUND_VERSION ]];then
 		B_ASOUND_VERSION='true'
 	fi
 
-	if [[ -f $DIR_LSB_RELEASE ]];then
+	if [[ -f $FILE_LSB_RELEASE ]];then
 		B_LSB_DIR='true'
 	fi
 
-	if [[ -e $DIR_SCSI ]];then
+	if [[ -e $FILE_SCSI ]];then
 		B_SCSI_DIR='true'
 	fi
 
 	# lack of ifconfig will throw an error only upon it's usage
-	if [[ -x ifconfig ]]; then
-		B_IFCONFIG='true'
-		DIR_IFCONFIG='ifconfig' # change from full path to use $PATH
-	elif [[ -x $DIR_IFCONFIG ]];then
+	if [[ -n $( type -p ifconfig ) ]]; then
 		B_IFCONFIG='true'
 	else
-		A_INTERFACES_DATA=( "Interfaces tool requires missing app: $DIR_IFCONFIG" )
+		A_INTERFACES_DATA=( "Interfaces tool requires missing app: ifconfig" )
 	fi
 	
-	if [[ -n $( which sensors ) ]];then
+	if [[ -n $( type -p sensors ) ]];then
 		B_SENSORS='true'
 	fi
 
@@ -557,15 +553,15 @@ initialize_script_data()
 		B_X_RUNNING='true'
 	fi
 
-	if [[ -e $DIR_MODULES ]];then
+	if [[ -e $FILE_MODULES ]];then
 		B_MODULES_DIR='true'
 	fi
 
-	if [[ -e $DIR_MOUNTS ]];then
+	if [[ -e $FILE_MOUNTS ]];then
 		B_MOUNTS_DIR='true'
 	fi
 
-	if [[ -e $DIR_PARTITIONS ]];then
+	if [[ -e $FILE_PARTITIONS ]];then
 		B_PARTITIONS_DIR='true'
 	fi
 	# gfx output will require this flag
@@ -1648,8 +1644,8 @@ get_audio_data()
 			if ( driver != "" ){
 				print driver
 			}
-		}'  $DIR_ASOUND_DEVICE )
-		log_function_data 'cat' "$DIR_ASOUND_DEVICE"
+		}'  $FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE )
+		log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE"
 	fi
 
 	# this is to safeguard against line breaks from results > 1, which if inserted into following
@@ -1739,7 +1735,7 @@ get_audio_data()
 			if ( card != "" ){
 				print card","driver
 			}
-		}'  $DIR_ASOUND_DEVICE ) )
+		}'  $FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE ) )
 	fi
 
 	# alsa usb detection by damentz
@@ -1800,8 +1796,8 @@ get_audio_alsa_data()
 				if ( $0 != "" ){
 					print $0
 				}
-		}' $DIR_ASOUND_VERSION )
-		log_function_data 'cat' "$DIR_ASOUND_VERSION"
+		}' $FILE_ASOUND_VERSION )
+		log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_ASOUND_VERSION"
 	fi
 	echo "$alsa_data"
 	log_function_data "alsa_data: $alsa_data"
@@ -1857,7 +1853,7 @@ get_cpu_data()
 			IGNORECASE=1
 		}
 		# TAKE STRONGER NOTE: \t+ does NOT always work, MUST be [ \t]+
-		# TAKE NOTE: \t+ will work for $DIR_CPUINFO, but SOME ARBITRARY FILE used for TESTING might contain SPACES!
+		# TAKE NOTE: \t+ will work for $FILE_CPUINFO, but SOME ARBITRARY FILE used for TESTING might contain SPACES!
 		# Therefore PATCH to use [ \t]+ when TESTING!
 		/^processor[ \t]+:/ {
 			nr = $NF
@@ -1922,8 +1918,8 @@ get_cpu_data()
 			else {
 				printf("%s %s\n", max, "Mhz")
 			}
-		}' $DIR_CPUINFO ) )
-		log_function_data 'cat' "$DIR_CPUINFO"
+		}' $FILE_CPUINFO ) )
+		log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_CPUINFO"
 	fi
 
 	IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
@@ -2014,7 +2010,7 @@ get_cpu_ht_multicore_smp_data()
 			}
 			print type " " physical_cpu_count " " core_count
 		}
-		' $DIR_CPUINFO ) )
+		' $FILE_CPUINFO ) )
 	fi
 	log_function_data "A_CPU_TYPE_PCNT_CCNT: ${A_CPU_TYPE_PCNT_CCNT[@]}"
 	eval $LOGFE
@@ -2066,7 +2062,7 @@ get_distro_data()
 	# this handles case where only one release/version file was found, and it's lsb-release. This would
 	# never apply for ubuntu or debian, which will filter down to the following conditions. In general
 	# if there's a specific distro release file available, that's to be preferred, but this is a good backup.
-	elif [[ -n $distro_file && -f $DIR_LSB_RELEASE && " $DISTROS_LSB_GOOD" == *" $distro_file "* ]];then
+	elif [[ -n $distro_file && -f $FILE_LSB_RELEASE && " $DISTROS_LSB_GOOD" == *" $distro_file "* ]];then
 		distro=$( get_distro_lsb_data )
 	elif [[ $distro_file == 'lsb-release' ]];then
 		distro=$( get_distro_lsb_data )
@@ -2155,8 +2151,8 @@ get_distro_lsb_data()
 		}
 		END {
 			print distroId distroRelease distroCodename
-		}' $DIR_LSB_RELEASE )
-		log_function_data 'cat' "$DIR_LSB_RELEASE"
+		}' $FILE_LSB_RELEASE )
+		log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_LSB_RELEASE"
 	fi
 	# this is HORRIBLY slow, but I don't know why, it runs fast in shell
 # 	if [[  -n $( which lsb_release ) && $1 == 'app' ]];then
@@ -2328,8 +2324,8 @@ get_graphics_agp_data()
 		agp_module=$( gawk '
 		/agp/ && !/agpgart/ && $3 > 0 {
 			print(gensub(/(.*)_agp.*/,"\\1","g",$1))
-		}' $DIR_MODULES )
-		log_function_data 'cat' "$DIR_MODULES"
+		}' $FILE_MODULES )
+		log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_MODULES"
 	fi
 	log_function_data "agp_module: $agp_module"
 	eval $LOGFE
@@ -2464,8 +2460,8 @@ get_hdd_data_basic()
 			else {
 				print "NA,-" # print an empty array, this will be further handled in the print out function
 			}
-		}' $DIR_PARTITIONS ) )
- 		log_function_data 'cat' "$DIR_PARTITIONS"
+		}' $FILE_PARTITIONS ) )
+ 		log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_PARTITIONS"
 	fi
 	IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
 	log_function_data "A_HDD_DATA: ${A_HDD_DATA[@]}"
@@ -2536,8 +2532,8 @@ get_hard_drive_data_advanced()
 					print c
 				}
 			}
-		}' $DIR_SCSI ) )
-		log_function_data 'cat' "$DIR_SCSI"
+		}' $FILE_SCSI ) )
+		log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_SCSI"
 	fi
 	IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
 
@@ -2620,8 +2616,8 @@ get_memory_data()
 		END {
 			used = tot-notused
 			printf("%.1f/%.1fMB\n", used/1024, tot/1024)
-		}' $DIR_MEMINFO )
-		log_function_data 'cat' "$DIR_MEMINFO"
+		}' $FILE_MEMINFO )
+		log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_MEMINFO"
 	fi
 	echo "$memory"
 	log_function_data "memory: $memory"
@@ -2751,7 +2747,7 @@ get_networking_local_ip_data()
 	eval $LOGFS
 	if [[ $B_IFCONFIG == 'true' ]];then
 		IFS=$'\n'
-		A_INTERFACES_DATA=( $( $DIR_IFCONFIG | gawk '
+		A_INTERFACES_DATA=( $( ifconfig | gawk '
 		BEGIN {
 			IGNORECASE=1
 		}
@@ -2946,7 +2942,7 @@ get_partition_data_advanced()
 						}
 					}
 					print partition "," label "," uuid
-				}'	$DIR_MOUNTS )
+				}'	$FILE_MOUNTS )
 
 # 				echo dev_partition_data: $dev_partition_data
 				# assemble everything we could get for dev/h/dx, label, and uuid
@@ -3001,7 +2997,7 @@ get_partition_data_advanced()
 			A_PARTITION_DATA[i]=${a_partition_working[0]}","${a_partition_working[1]}","${a_partition_working[2]}","${a_partition_working[3]}","${a_partition_working[4]}","$dev_item","$dev_label","$dev_uuid
 			IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
 		done
-		log_function_data 'cat' "$DIR_MOUNTS"
+		log_function_data 'cat' "$FILE_MOUNTS"
 	fi
 	log_function_data "A_PARTITION_DATA: ${A_PARTITION_DATA[@]}"
 	eval $LOGFE
@@ -3467,7 +3463,7 @@ print_audio_data()
 # 		if [[ -n ${a_audio_working[2]} ]];then
 # 			port_data=" ${C1}at port${C2} ${a_audio_working[2]}"
 # 		fi
-		# this should only trigger if the $DIR_ASOUND_DEVICE data is used, not lspci -nn
+		# this should only trigger if the $FILE_ASOUND_DEVICE data is used, not lspci -nn
 		if [[ -n ${a_audio_working[3]} && $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
 			module_version=$( print_module_version "${a_audio_working[3]}" )
 		fi