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-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# script to checkout the latest tagged build from cvs and upload
-# to the remote server of your choice
-
-## functions
-
-# displays the script usage message 
-#
-usage() {
-    echo "usage: `basename $0` -t cvstag -h user@host -d remoteDir"
-    echo "       eg. `basename $0` -t DMS_ITERATION1_29012003 -h michael@gobbler.jamwarehouse.com -d /usr/local/www/owl/dms"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-deploy() {
-    # cleanup
-    rm -rf $tmp 2> /dev/null
-    mkdir $tmp
-
-    # export owl
-    cd $tmp
-    cvs -d $cvsroot co -r $tag owl
-    cd owl/Documents
-    cvs update -d
-
-    # remove CVS directories
-    find $tmp -name CVS -exec rm -rf {} \; 2> /dev/null
-
-    # tar it up
-    rm /tmp/owl.tgz 2> /dev/null
-    tar -czvf /tmp/owl.tgz $tmp
-    
-    # clean up
-    rm -rf $tmp 2> /dev/null
-
-    # punt it over the wall
-    scp /tmp/owl.tgz $host:/tmp/
-
-    # untar it remotely
-    ssh $host "cd $remotePath; mv $remoteDir $remoteDir-`date +%Y-%m-%d`; tar -zxvf /tmp/owl.tgz; rm /tmp/owl.tgz; mv tmp/dms/owl $remoteDir; rm -rf tmp"
-}
-
-# check the command line options
-if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
-    usage
-fi
-
-# process the params
-while getopts ":t:h:d:" Option
-do
-  case $Option in
-    t   ) tag=$OPTARG;;
-    h   ) host=$OPTARG;;
-    d   ) dir=$OPTARG ;;
-    *   ) usage;;
-  esac
-done
-
-# check that everything we want is set
-if [ -z $tag -o -z $host -o -z $dir ]; then
-    usage
-fi 
-
-# setup up some paths and stuff
-cvsroot=/usr/local/cvsroot
-tmp=/tmp/dms
-remotePath=`dirname $dir`
-remoteDir=`basename $dir`
-
-# now just do it
-# TODO: return code handling
-deploy
-
-# reminder
-echo "don't forget to run fix_perms.sh on the remote machine as root to allow the www user access to the dms"