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+#!/bin/bash
+
+sourcedir=~/incubator-cloudstack/
+common_content_dir=/usr/share/publican/Common_Content
+publican_path=/usr/bin/publican
+
+usage(){
+    echo "usage: $0 [-s source dir] [-c publican common content] [-p path to publican]"
+    echo "  -s sets the source directory (defaults to $sourcedir)"
+    echo "  -c sets the public common content directory (defaults to $common_content_dir)"
+    echo "  -p sets the path to the publican binary (defaults to $publican_path)"
+    echo "  -h"
+}
+
+while getopts v:s:c:p:h opt
+do
+    case "$opt" in
+      v)  version="$OPTARG";;
+      s)  sourcedir="$OPTARG";;
+      c)  common_content_dir="$OPTARG";;
+      p)  publican_path="$OPTARG";;
+      h)  usage
+          exit 0;;
+      \?)
+          usage
+          exit 1;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ ! -x "$publican_path" ]; then
+    echo "$publican_path doesn't seem like an executeable?"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+cd $sourcedir/docs
+cp -R /usr/share/publican/Common_Content .
+ln -s $sourcedir/docs/publican-cloudstack Common_Content/cloudstack
+publican build --config=publican-all.cfg --formats html,pdf --langs en-US --common_content=$sourcedir/docs/Common_Content
+rm -r Common_Content
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