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+#!/bin/sh
+# This script is used by the xdcp APPEND: function to perform the
+# append operation on the nodes.
+#First parm is nodesyncfiledir,  then after that are the lines for the
+#APPEND clause  put in the format   
+#appendfile appendfile:orgfile appendfile2:orgfile2.....
+#
+nodesyncfiledir=$1
+nodesyncfiledirorg="$nodesyncfiledir/org"
+nodesyncfiledirappend="$nodesyncfiledir/append"
+skip=0
+for i in $*; do
+  # skip first parm
+  if [ $skip -eq 0 ]; then
+    skip=1
+    continue
+  fi
+  # get the append file location
+  appendfilebase=`echo "$i"|cut -d ':' -f 1`
+  appendfile="$nodesyncfiledirappend$appendfilebase"
+  # get the file to append to
+  orgfile=`echo "$i"|cut -d ':' -f 2`
+  # get the directory to backup the original file to append 
+  orgfiledir=`dirname $orgfile`
+  filebackupdir="$nodesyncfiledirorg$orgfiledir"
+  filebackup="$nodesyncfiledirorg$orgfile"
+  # now do the work
+  mkdir -p $filebackupdir 
+  if [ ! -f "$filebackup" ]; then
+    cp -p $orgfile $filebackup
+  fi
+  cp -p $filebackup $orgfile
+  cat $appendfile >> $orgfile
+
+done
+exit 0