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+#!/bin/sh
+
+FILES="Makefile tdir.1 tdir.py tdir.bat tdir-license.txt"
+DIR="tdir-"$1
+
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]
+    then
+	echo "usage: mktdir version-number"
+	exit
+fi
+
+mkdir $DIR
+co -r$1 $FILES
+mv $FILES $DIR
+tar -czvf $DIR.tar.gz $DIR
+rm -rf $DIR
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