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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Used to update http://openlayers.org/dev/ 
+
+svn up /www/openlayers/docs/dev; 
+
+# Get current Revision
+REV=`svn info /www/openlayers/docs/dev/ | grep Revision | awk '{print $2}'`
+
+# Get the last svn rev
+touch /tmp/ol_svn_rev
+OLD_REV="o`cat /tmp/ol_svn_rev`"
+
+# If they're not equal, do some work.
+if [ ! o$REV = $OLD_REV ]; then
+
+    cd /www/openlayers/docs/dev/tools/ 
+    python exampleparser.py
+    cd /www/openlayers/docs/dev/build
+    ./build.py
+    
+    cp OpenLayers.js ..
+    cd ..
+    
+    sed -i -e 's!../lib/OpenLayers.js!../OpenLayers.js!' examples/*.html
+
+    # Record the revision
+    echo -n $REV > /tmp/ol_svn_rev
+fi