diff --git a/cdist/test/fixtures/remote/copy b/cdist/test/fixtures/remote/copy
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2012 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist 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/>.
+#
+#
+
+recursive=$1; shift
+src=$1; shift
+dst=$1; shift
+
+dst=$(echo $dst | sed "s/^${__target_host}://")
+
+cp "$recursive" "$src" "$dst"
diff --git a/cdist/test/fixtures/remote/exec b/cdist/test/fixtures/remote/exec
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2012 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist 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/>.
+#
+#
+# same as cdist default
+#
+# Usage:
+#  cdist config --remote-exec "/path/to/this/script" target_host
+#
+
+target_host=$1; shift
+# echo "Executing $@ (for $target_host)"
+/bin/sh -c "$@"