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+#!/bin/sh
+## scripts/gajim-history-manager.in
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2009 Yann Le Boulanger <asterix AT lagaule.org>
+##
+## This file is part of Gajim.
+##
+## Gajim is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+## by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 only.
+##
+## Gajim is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Gajim. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+##
+
+if test $(id -u) -eq 0; then
+	echo "You must not launch Gajim as root, it is INSECURE"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+export datadir=@DATADIR@/gajim
+PYTHON_EXEC=@PYTHON@
+
+cd ${datadir}/src
+export PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:@LIBDIR@/gajim"
+exec ${PYTHON_EXEC} -OO history_manager.py $@