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+#!/bin/sh -x
+
+svn export http://svn.openlayers.org/tags/openlayers/release-$VERSION OpenLayers-$VERSION
+cd OpenLayers-$VERSION/build
+./build.py
+mkdir /osgeo/openlayers/docs/api/$VERSION
+cd ..
+cp build/OpenLayers.js /osgeo/openlayers/docs/api/$VERSION
+cp -a img/ /osgeo/openlayers/docs/api/$VERSION
+cp -a theme/ /osgeo/openlayers/docs/api/$VERSION
+
+
+# First remove all .pyc files from the directory.
+  rm tools/*.pyc
+  # move single file version
+  cp build/OpenLayers.js OpenLayers.js
+  rm build/OpenLayers.js
+  
+  cd ..
+  mkdir OpenLayers-$VERSION/doc/devdocs
+  naturaldocs -i OpenLayers-$VERSION/lib -o HTML OpenLayers-$VERSION/doc/devdocs -p OpenLayers-$VERSION/doc_config -s Default OL
+  mkdir OpenLayers-$VERSION/doc/apidocs
+  naturaldocs -i OpenLayers-$VERSION/lib -o HTML OpenLayers-$VERSION/doc/apidocs -p OpenLayers-$VERSION/apidoc_config -s Default OL
+
+  tar cvfz OpenLayers-$VERSION.tar.gz OpenLayers-$VERSION/
+  cp OpenLayers-$VERSION.tar.gz /osgeo/openlayers/docs/download
+  zip -9r OpenLayers-$VERSION.zip OpenLayers-$VERSION/
+