Trying to get geth to init itself for first timers

bin/libbfa.sh

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ function    networkdir
         exit 1
     fi
     getnetworkid
+    gen_genesis
 }
 
 function    nodedir
@@ -104,18 +105,24 @@ function    nodedir
         # If there is no nodedir found, use the first node we
         # find in the networkdir
         BFANODEDIR=$(
-            ls -1d "${BFANETWORKDIR}"/*/keystore    |
-            sort --version-sort                     |
+            ls -1d "${BFANETWORKDIR}"/*/keystore 2>/dev/null    |
+            sort --version-sort                                 |
             head -1
         )
-        # Get rid of the keystore label
-        BFANODEDIR=$( dirname $BFANODEDIR )
+        if [ -z "${BFANODEDIR}" ]
+        then
+            BFANODEDIR="${BFANETWORKDIR}/node1"
+            echo "No node directories found. Initialising a new node."
+            geth --datadir ${BFANODEDIR} init ${BFAHOME}/src/genesis.json
+        else
+            # Get rid of the "keystore" label
+            BFANODEDIR=$( dirname $BFANODEDIR )
+        fi
     fi
     test -n "${BFANODEDIR}" ||
         fatal "Unable to guess \$BFANODEDIR . Consider setting it explicitly in ${BFAHOME}/bin/env"
     test -d "${BFANODEDIR}" ||
         fatal "$BFANODEDIR is not a directory."
-    gen_genesis
     test -d "${BFANODEDIR}/geth/chaindata"  ||
         fatal "Node is not initialised. Consider running: geth --datadir $BFANODEDIR init ${BFAHOME}/src/genesis.json"
     # Support migrating from "former" setups