diff --git a/stop_images.sh b/stop_images.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+HOST="https://dispatcher-api.psi.ch/sf"
+# HOST="http://localhost:8080"
+HTTP_ADDRESS="/source"
+RESPONSE=response.json
+# see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18258804/how-to-catch-timeout-errors-in-a-curl-shell-script
+COMMAND="curl -s -w %{http_code} -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -X DELETE"
+
+while read -r -d '' filename; do
+    COMMAND+=" -F files=@${filename}"
+done < <(find . \( -name "image.sources" \) -print0)
+
+COMMAND+=" ${HOST}${HTTP_ADDRESS} -o ${RESPONSE}"
+# echo "Execute command: "${COMMAND}
+STATUS=$(${COMMAND})
+
+cat ${RESPONSE} | python -m json.tool
+rm -f ${RESPONSE}
+#echo ${STATUS}