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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Script to run bcfg2 with cron. 
+#
+# This script is designed so that bcfg2-cron can be invoked from both
+# /etc/cron.daily and /etc/cron.hourly. This allows the administrators to
+# modify /etc/default/bcfg2 and define the wanted frequency of cron runs.
+#
+
+# Default is not to run at all from cron
+BCFG2_CRON=off
+BCFG2_ENABLED=0
+
+# Set default options
+BCFG2_OPTIONS="-q"
+
+# bcfg2 file locations
+BCFG2_BIN=/usr/sbin/bcfg2
+BCFG2_CFG=/etc/bcfg2.conf
+
+# Check that configuration and executable exists
+[ -x ${BCFG2_BIN} -a -e ${BCFG2_CFG} ] || exit 1
+
+# Read the configuration from /etc/default/bcfg2
+[ -e /etc/default/bcfg2 ] && . /etc/default/bcfg2
+
+invoke_bcfg2 () {
+  # Invoke bcfg2 if enabled
+  if [ ${BCFG2_ENABLED} -eq 1 ]; then
+    ${BCFG2_BIN} ${BCFG2_OPTIONS}
+  fi
+}
+
+case $1 in
+  "--daily")
+    [ "x${BCFG2_CRON}" = "xdaily" ] && invoke_bcfg2
+    ;;
+  "--hourly")
+    [ "x${BCFG2_CRON}" = "xhourly" ] && invoke_bcfg2
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Usage: $0 [--daily|--hourly]"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac