diff --git a/docs/pypi-publishing.sh b/docs/pypi-publishing.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 359ab43..0000000
--- a/docs/pypi-publishing.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-cat > ~/.pypirc <<EOF
-[distutils]
-index-servers =
-  pypi
-  pypitest
-
-[pypi]
-username=qwer
-password=asdf
-
-[pypitest]
-repository: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
-username=qwer
-password=asdf
-EOF
-
-
-# set pypi password
-chmod 600 ~/.pypirc
-sed -ri 's/qwer/username/;s/asdf/password/' ~/.pypirc
-
-# setup build env
-cd ~/dev/r0c &&
-virtualenv buildenv
-
-# build and release
-function have() { python -c "import $1; $1; $1.__version__"; }
-deactivate;
-cd ~/dev/r0c &&
-rm -rf dist r0c.egg-info/ build/ MANIFEST* &&
-. buildenv/bin/activate &&
-have setuptools &&
-have wheel &&
-have m2r &&
-./setup.py clean2 &&
-./setup.py rstconv &&
-./setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --universal &&
-./setup.py sdist upload -r pypi &&
-deactivate &&
-echo all done
diff --git a/r0c/__version__.py b/r0c/__version__.py
index 8434415..2917109 100644
--- a/r0c/__version__.py
+++ b/r0c/__version__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 VERSION      = (1,0,3)
 BUILD_DT     = (2018,3,20)
 
diff --git a/scripts/make-pypi-release.sh b/scripts/make-pypi-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..302ae62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make-pypi-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+echo
+
+
+sed=$( which gsed  2>/dev/null || which sed)
+find=$(which gfind 2>/dev/null || which find)
+sort=$(which gsort 2>/dev/null || which sort)
+
+which md5sum 2>/dev/null >/dev/null &&
+	md5sum=md5sum ||
+	md5sum="md5 -r"
+
+mode="$1"
+
+[[ "x$mode" == x ]] &&
+{
+	echo "need argument 1:  (D)ry or (U)pload"
+	echo
+	exit 1
+}
+
+[[ -e r0c/__main__.py ]] || cd ..
+[[ -e r0c/__main__.py ]] ||
+{
+	echo "run me from within the r0c folder"
+	echo
+	exit 1
+}
+
+
+# one-time stuff, do this manually through copy/paste
+true ||
+{
+	cat > ~/.pypirc <<EOF
+[distutils]
+index-servers =
+  pypi
+  pypitest
+
+[pypi]
+username=qwer
+password=asdf
+
+[pypitest]
+repository: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+username=qwer
+password=asdf
+EOF
+
+	# set pypi password
+	chmod 600 ~/.pypirc
+	sed -ri 's/qwer/username/;s/asdf/password/' ~/.pypirc
+
+	# setup build env
+	cd ~/dev/r0c &&
+	virtualenv buildenv
+}
+
+
+
+pydir="$(
+	which python |
+	sed -r 's@[^/]*$@@'
+)"
+
+[[ -e "$pydir/activate" ]] &&
+{
+	echo '`deactivate` your virtualenv'
+	exit 1
+}
+
+function have() {
+	python -c "import $1; $1; $1.__version__"
+}
+
+. buildenv/bin/activate
+have setuptools
+have wheel
+have m2r
+./setup.py clean2
+./setup.py rstconv
+./setup.py sdist bdist_wheel --universal
+[[ "x$mode" == "xu" ]] &&
+	./setup.py sdist upload -r pypi
+
+cat <<EOF
+
+
+    all done!
+    
+    to clean up the source tree:
+    
+       cd ~/dev/r0c
+       ./setup.py clean2
+   
+EOF
diff --git a/scripts/make-release.sh b/scripts/make-tgz-release.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/make-release.sh
rename to scripts/make-tgz-release.sh
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 28123c2..d6e2b96 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -76,8 +76,11 @@ class clean2(Command):
 	def run(self):
 		os.system('{0} setup.py clean --all'.format(sys.executable))
 		
-		rmtree('./dist')
-		rmtree('./r0c.egg-info')
+		try: rmtree('./dist')
+		except: pass
+		
+		try: rmtree('./r0c.egg-info')
+		except: pass
 		
 		nuke = []
 		for (dirpath, dirnames, filenames) in os.walk('.'):