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+#!/bin/sh
+# 
+# 2009 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/>.
+#
+# Write a tar containing the configuration
+#
+
+# standard values
+CCOLLECT_CONF="${CCOLLECT_CONF:-/etc/ccollect}"
+
+self="$(basename $0)"
+
+# functions first
+_echo()
+{
+   echo "${self}> $@"
+}
+
+_exit_err()
+{
+   _echo "$@"
+   rm -f "$TMP"
+   exit 1
+}
+
+# argv
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+   _echo "${self} <archivename>"
+   _exit_err "Exiting."
+fi
+
+file="$1"
+
+_echo "Creating $file ..."
+
+[ -d "${CCOLLECT_CONF}" ] || _exit_err "No configuration in $CCOLLECT_CONF"
+
+tar cf "$file" "${CCOLLECT_CONF}"