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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+BEGIN
+{
+    $::XCATROOT =
+        $ENV{'XCATROOT'} ? $ENV{'XCATROOT'}
+      : -d '/opt/xcat'   ? '/opt/xcat'
+      : '/usr';
+}
+use lib "$::XCATROOT/lib/perl";
+use strict;
+use File::Basename;
+
+#use Data::Dumper;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use xCAT::MsgUtils;
+use xCAT::Client;
+use xCAT::SINV;
+use xCAT::Utils;
+my $bname = basename($0);
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head1    sinv 
+
+This program is the client interface for sinv, the software inventory routine.
+
+
+   sinv command
+The sinv command is designed to check the configuration of nodes in a cluster. The command takes as input command line flags or a file. One or more templates will be compared against the output of a dsh command run on the nodes. The nodes will then be grouped according to the template they matched and a report returned to the administrator. Whether root is required, depends on the required permission on the command to run.
+
+   See man page for more information
+
+=cut
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Main
+
+my $cmdref;
+my $rc = 0;
+my $arg;
+my @SaveARGV = @ARGV;
+$cmdref->{command}->[0] = $bname;    # save my command name
+xCAT::SINV->parse_args;             # parse the input, error, help or
+                                         # version will exit
+my $arg = shift(@SaveARGV);
+
+if ($arg =~ /^-/)                    # no noderange
+{
+    xCAT::MsgUtils->message("I",
+              "Node range not specified, see sinv man page or sinv -h for syntax.\n");
+    exit 1;
+}
+else
+{
+    $cmdref->{noderange}->[0] = $arg;    # save noderange
+    @ARGV = @SaveARGV;                   # noderange removed for parsing
+}
+
+
+foreach (@SaveARGV)
+{
+    push(@{$cmdref->{arg}}, $_);
+}
+
+xCAT::Client::submit_request($cmdref, \&xCAT::Client::handle_response);
+exit $xCAT::Client::EXITCODE;
+