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+#!/bin/sh
+# Nico Schottelius
+# 2007-08-07
+# Written for Netstream (www.netstream.ch)
+# Creates a source, including exclude
+
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+   echo $(basename $0): name
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+CCOLLECT_CONF=${CCOLLECT_CONF:-/etc/ccollect}
+CSOURCES=$CCOLLECT_CONF/sources
+CDEFAULTS=$CCOLLECT_CONF/defaults
+
+name="$1"
+fullname="${CSOURCES}/${name}"
+
+if [ -e "${fullname}" ]; then
+   echo "${fullname} already exists. Aborting."
+   exit 2
+fi