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+#!/bin/sh
+# Generate md5 sums for the files in the SICS server directory.
+if [ ! -d server ]
+then
+  echo "There must be a 'server' subdirectory"
+  exit 1
+fi
+relnum_file="server/server_config.tcl"
+relnum=`grep '# *RELEASE_NUMBER:' $relnum_file | cut -d: -f2|tr -d '[:space:]'`
+if [ $relnum = "" ]
+then
+  echo "Could not find RELEASE_NUMBER: in $relnum_file"
+  exit 1
+else
+  echo "RELEASE_NUMBER is $relnum"
+fi
+md5file="SICS-${relnum}-server-md5sums.txt"
+if [ ! -f $md5file ]
+then
+  find server| xargs -i md5sum {} > $md5file
+  echo $md5file
+  chmod 444 $md5file
+else
+  echo "$md5file already exists"
+  exit 1
+fi