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+#!/bin/sh
+
+pcre_subdir=pcre/pcre-swig-install
+pcre_install_dir=`pwd`/$pcre_subdir
+
+usage() {
+  echo "Helper script to build PCRE as a static library from a tarball just for use during the"
+  echo "SWIG build. It does not install PCRE for global use on your system."
+  echo "Usage: pcre-build.sh [--help] [args]"
+  echo "  args   - optional additional arguments passed on to the PCRE configure script (leave out"
+  echo "         unless you are an expert at configure)"
+  echo "  --help - Display this help information."
+  echo "Instructions:"
+  echo "  - Download the latest PCRE source tarball from http://www.pcre.org and place in the"
+  echo "    directory that you will configure and build SWIG."
+  echo "  - Run this script in the same directory that you intend to configure and build SWIG in."
+  echo "  - Afterwards run the SWIG configure scrip which will then find and use the PCRE static"
+  echo "    libraries in the $pcre_subdir subdirectory."
+  exit 0
+}
+
+bail() {
+  echo $1 >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+if test "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "-help" -o "$1" = "--help" ; then
+  usage
+fi
+
+if test -f "pcre-build.sh" ; then
+  echo "Error: this script should not be run in the Tools directory" >&2
+  echo ""
+  usage
+fi
+
+echo "Looking for PCRE tarball..."
+rm -rf pcre
+pcre_tarball=`ls pcre-*.tar.*`
+test -f "$pcre_tarball" || bail "Could not find tarball"
+
+echo "Extracting tarball: $pcre_tarball"
+tar -xf $pcre_tarball || bail "Could not untar $pcre_tarball"
+pcre_dir=`echo $pcre_tarball | sed -e "s/\.tar.*//"`
+echo "Configuring PCRE in directory: pcre"
+mv $pcre_dir pcre || bail "Could not create pcre directory"
+cd pcre && ./configure --prefix=$pcre_install_dir --disable-shared $* || bail "PCRE configure failed"
+echo "Building PCRE..."
+make -s || bail "Could not build PCRE"
+echo "Installing PCRE locally to $pcre_install_dir..."
+make -s install || bail "Could not install PCRE"
+echo ""
+echo "The SWIG configure script can now be run, whereupon PCRE will automatically be detected and used from $pcre_install_dir/bin/pcre-config."