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+#!/bin/sh -e
+# Run this script to sync dual lived scripts from scripts.irssi.org to scripts/
+
+PKG_NAME="Irssi"
+
+scriptbase=https://scripts.irssi.org/scripts
+
+srcdir=`dirname "$0"`
+test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
+
+if test ! -f "$srcdir"/configure.ac; then
+    echo -n "**Error**: Directory \`$srcdir' does not look like the"
+    echo " top-level $PKG_NAME directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+dl2='curl -Ssf'
+
+dl_it() {
+    echo "$1"
+    $dl2 -o "$srcdir/scripts/$1" "$scriptbase/$1"
+}
+
+for script in \
+    autoop.pl \
+    autorejoin.pl \
+    buf.pl \
+    dns.pl \
+    kills.pl \
+    mail.pl \
+    mlock.pl \
+    quitmsg.pl \
+    scriptassist.pl \
+    usercount.pl \
+    ;
+do
+    dl_it $script
+done