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+#!/bin/sh
+# 
+# 2008      Nico Schottelius (nico-ccollect at schottelius.org)
+# 
+# This file is part of ccollect.
+#
+# ccollect is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# ccollect is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with ccollect. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+################################################################################
+# standard vars stolen from cconf
+__pwd="$(pwd -P)"
+__mydir="${0%/*}"; __abs_mydir="$(cd "$__mydir" && pwd -P)"
+__myname=${0##*/}; __abs_myname="$__abs_mydir/$__myname"
+