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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Hackish script to generate documentation using epydoc
+
+mod="ipalib"
+d="./$mod-doc"
+f="$d.tar.bz2"
+
+init="./$mod/__init__.py"
+echo "Looking for $init"
+if [[ ! -f $init ]]
+then
+    echo "Error: You do not appear to be in the project directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "You appear to be in the project directory"
+
+# Documentation
+if [[ -d $d ]]
+then
+    echo "Removing old $d directory"
+    rm -r $d
+fi
+echo "Creating documentation in $d"
+epydoc -v --output=$d --docformat=restructuredtext --html --no-frames $mod
+
+# Tarball
+if [[ -f $f ]]
+then
+    echo "Removing old $f file"
+    rm $f
+fi
+echo "Creating tarball $f"
+tar --create --bzip2 --file=$f $d