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+# Copyright (C) 2003 Rodolphe Quiedeville <rodolphe@quiedeville.org>
+#
+# This program 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; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+#
+# $Id$
+# $Source$
+#
+# General Makefile
+#
+
+tar:
+	tar --exclude-from tar.exclude -cvvf dolibarr.tar .
+
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+htdocs/document
+CVS
+*~
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