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+#!/bin/sh
+# $Id: mkabck,v 1.1 2001/07/18 02:49:52 tundra Exp $
+
+FILES="abck abnot  0-StartHere.txt 1-ABMGMT-License.txt"
+DIR="abmgmt-"$1
+
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]
+    then
+	echo "usage: mkabmgmt version-number"
+	exit
+fi
+
+mkdir $DIR
+co -r$1 $FILES
+mv $FILES $DIR
+rlog abmgmt >$DIR/CHANGELOG
+tar -czvf $DIR.tar.gz $DIR
+