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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2010 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/>.
+#
+# 
+# For each created object
+# run the manifest of the type (with object id),
+# try to merge back newly created objects (otherwise fail),
+# mark the object as being run
+# and iterate until all objects are marked being run.
+#
+
+. cdist-config
+
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+   __cdist_usage "<outdir> <manifest>"
+fi
+
+set -eu
+
+__cdist_output_dir="$1"; shift
+__cdist_manifest="$1"; shift
+
+__cdist_object_ran_all=0
+
+while [ "$__cdist_object_ran_all" = 0 ]; do
+
+done
+
+# Ensure binaries exist and are up-to-date
+cdist-build-bin
+
+# prepend our path, so all cdist tools come before other tools
+PATH="${__cdist_cache_bin}:$PATH"
+
+# Force -x, so the user is aware the file is executed
+if [ ! -x "${__cdist_manifest_init}" ]; then
+   __cdist_exit_err "${__cdist_manifest_init} needs to be executable."
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "${__cdist_output_dir}"
+"${__cdist_manifest}"