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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#######################################################################
+#
+# antRun.pl
+#
+# wrapper script for invoking commands on a platform with Perl installed
+# this is akin to antRun.bat, and antRun the SH script 
+#
+# created:         2001-10-18
+# last modified:   2001-11-13
+# author:          Jeff Tulley jtulley@novell.com 
+#######################################################################
+#be fussy about variables
+use strict;
+
+#turn warnings on during dev; generates a few spurious uninitialised var access warnings
+#use warnings;
+
+#and set $debug to 1 to turn on trace info (currently unused)
+my $debug=1;
+
+#######################################################################
+# change drive and directory to "%1"
+my $ANT_RUN_CMD = @ARGV[0];
+
+# assign current run command to "%2"
+chdir (@ARGV[0]) || die "Can't cd to $ARGV[0]: $!\n";
+if ($^O eq "NetWare") {
+    # There is a bug in Perl 5 on NetWare, where chdir does not
+    # do anything.  On NetWare, the following path-prefixed form should 
+    # always work. (afaict)
+    $ANT_RUN_CMD .= "/".@ARGV[1];
+}
+else {
+    $ANT_RUN_CMD = @ARGV[1];
+}
+
+# dispose of the first two arguments, leaving only the command's args.
+shift;
+shift;
+
+# run the command
+my $returnValue = system $ANT_RUN_CMD, @ARGV;
+if ($returnValue eq 0) {
+    exit 0;
+}
+else {
+    # only 0 and 1 are widely recognized as exit values
+    # so change the exit value to 1
+    exit 1;
+}