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+#! /bin/sh
+
+# Stop script on first error.
+set -e
+
+# Retrieve libnfc version from configure.ac
+LIBNFC_VERSION=$(grep AC_INIT configure.ac | sed 's/^.*(\(.*\))/\1/g' | awk -F', ' '{ print $2 }')
+
+## Easiest part: GNU/linux, BSD and other POSIX systems.
+LIBNFC_AUTOTOOLS_ARCHIVE=libnfc-$LIBNFC_VERSION.tar.gz
+
+if [ ! -f $LIBNFC_AUTOTOOLS_ARCHIVE ]; then
+	# First, we can test archive using "distcheck"
+	./autogen.sh && make distcheck && make distclean
+
+	# We are ready to make a good autotools release.
+	./autogen.sh && make dist
+else
+	echo "Autotooled archive (GNU/Linux, BSD, etc.) is already done: skipped."
+fi
+
+# MacOSX part (will be removed if we can use autotools under MacOSX)
+LIBNFC_MACOSX_DIR=libnfc-$LIBNFC_VERSION-macosx
+LIBNFC_MACOSX_ARCHIVE=$LIBNFC_MACOSX_DIR.tgz
+
+if [ ! -f $LIBNFC_MACOSX_ARCHIVE ]; then
+	if [ -d $LIBNFC_MACOSX_DIR ]; then
+		rm -rf $LIBNFC_MACOSX_DIR
+	fi
+	mkdir -p $LIBNFC_MACOSX_DIR
+	cp src/*.c $LIBNFC_MACOSX_DIR/
+	cp src/*.h $LIBNFC_MACOSX_DIR/
+	cp macosx/* $LIBNFC_MACOSX_DIR/
+	tar cvzf $LIBNFC_MACOSX_DIR.tgz $LIBNFC_MACOSX_DIR
+	rm -rf $LIBNFC_MACOSX_DIR
+else
+	echo "MacOSX archive is already done: skipped."
+fi
+
+# Windows part
+LIBNFC_WINDOWS_DIR=libnfc-$LIBNFC_VERSION-windows
+LIBNFC_WINDOWS_ARCHIVE=$LIBNFC_WINDOWS_DIR.zip
+
+if [ ! -f $LIBNFC_WINDOWS_ARCHIVE ]; then
+	if [ -d $LIBNFC_WINDOWS_DIR ]; then
+		rm -rf $LIBNFC_WINDOWS_DIR
+	fi
+	mkdir -p $LIBNFC_WINDOWS_DIR
+	cp src/*.c $LIBNFC_WINDOWS_DIR/
+	cp src/*.h $LIBNFC_WINDOWS_DIR/
+	cp -r win32 $LIBNFC_WINDOWS_DIR/vc-project
+	find $LIBNFC_WINDOWS_DIR -name ".svn" -type d | xargs rm -rf 
+	zip -r $LIBNFC_WINDOWS_ARCHIVE $LIBNFC_WINDOWS_DIR
+	rm -rf $LIBNFC_WINDOWS_DIR
+else
+	echo "Windows archive is already done: skipped."
+fi
+