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+#!/bin/sh
+VERSION=$1
+echo "Building OpenLayers $VERSION"
+svn export http://svn.openlayers.org/tags/openlayers/release-$VERSION OpenLayers-$VERSION
+cd OpenLayers-$VERSION/build
+./build.sh
+mkdir /www/openlayers/htdocs/api/$VERSION
+cp OpenLayers.js /www/openlayers/htdocs/api/$VERSION
+cd ..
+cp -a img/ /www/openlayers/htdocs/api/$VERSION
+rm tools/*.pyc
+cd ..
+tar -zvcf OpenLayers-$VERSION.tar.gz OpenLayers-$VERSION
+cp OpenLayers-$VERSION.tar.gz /www/openlayers/htdocs/download/