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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# To run this script on your machine you must set:
+#
+# MBOOT_HOME
+# PATH=$PATH:$MBOOT_HOME/bin
+# MAVEN_HOME
+# PATH=$PATH:$MAVEN_HOME/bin
+
+DIR=maven2
+REPO=maven-repo-local
+
+rm -rf $DIR > /dev/null 2>&1
+rm -rf $REPO > /dev/null 2>&1
+mkdir $DIR
+mkdir $REPO
+
+DATE=`date`
+echo "From: jvanzyl@maven.org" > log
+echo "To: maven2-user@lists.codehaus.org" >> log
+echo "Subject: Maven bootstrap on beaver [$DATE]" >> log
+echo "" >> log
+
+(
+  (
+    cd $DIR
+
+    export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic
+
+    echo "Checking out maven-components ..."
+
+    cvs co maven-components > checkout.log 2>&1
+  )
+
+  (
+    cd $DIR/maven-components/maven-core
+  
+    ./bootstrap-all.sh
+  )  
+) >> log 2>&1
+
+sendmail -t < log