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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2010-2011 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist 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.
+#
+# cdist 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 cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# Run the global explorers, i.e. not bound to types
+#
+
+. cdist-config
+[ $# -eq 2 ] || __cdist_usage "<target host> <outdir>"
+set -ue
+
+export __cdist_target_host="$1"; shift
+export __cdist_output_dir="$1"; shift
+
+# create basedir
+ssh root@${__cdist_target_host} "mkdir -p \"${__cdist_remote_base_dir}\" \
+         \"${__cdist_remote_cache_dir}\" \"${__cdist_remote_cache_bin}\" \
+        \"${__cdist_remote_cache_explorer}\""
+
+# Transfer all explorers to the target dir - must be one level above, so
+# coyping it multiple times works: a -> remote:/base/ = remote:/base/a vs.
+# a -> remote:/base/a = remote:/base/a/a (second copy)
+
+# FIXME: enable -q as soon as the code is cleaned up
+scp -r "${__cdist_explorer_dir}" \
+       "root@${__cdist_target_host}:${__cdist_remote_base_dir}"
+
+# Transfer cdist binaries - FIXME: should transfer all (needed?) of them!
+scp "$(which cdist-explorer-coordinator)" "$(which cdist-config)" \
+    "root@${__cdist_target_host}:${__cdist_remote_cache_bin}"
+
+# Execute explorer coordinator, which will save results on target
+ssh root@${__cdist_target_host} \
+   "PATH=\"${__cdist_remote_cache_bin}:\$PATH\"
+   \"${__cdist_remote_cache_bin}/cdist-explorer-coordinator\" \
+         \"${__cdist_remote_explorer_dir}\" \"${__cdist_remote_cache_explorer}\""
+
+# Ensure local destination directory exists
+mkdir -p "$__cdist_output_dir"
+
+# FIXME: enable -q as soon as the code is cleaned up
+# Transfer back all results - FIXME: Add 2 level cache, so old version is kept until success
+scp -r "root@${__cdist_target_host}:${__cdist_remote_cache_explorer}/*" \
+      "$__cdist_output_dir"
+
+
+exit 0
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# old idea with shell scripts (also sexy)
+# Keep until above version successfully works
+
+
+cd "${__cdist_explorer_dir}"
+ls > "${__cdist_tmp_file}"
+
+# first load all functions
+while read funcfull; do
+   cat "${funcfull}"
+done < "${__cdist_tmp_file}"
+
+# then execute functions
+while read funcfull; do
+   sh="${funcfull##*/}"
+   func="${sh%.sh}"
+   var="__$func"
+
+   echo "$var=\"\$($func)\""
+   echo "echo $var=\\\"\$$var\\\""
+done < "${CDIST_TMP}"