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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# koha-mysql: provide an interactive mysql shell set up for the specified
+# koha instance.
+# Copyright 2011 Catalyst IT, Ltd
+#
+# 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+set -e
+
+umask 0077
+
+die() {
+ echo "$@" 1>&2
+ exit 1
+}
+
+[ "$#" = 1 ] || die "Usage: $0 instancename"
+name="$1"
+kohaconfig="/etc/koha/sites/$name/koha-conf.xml"
+
+mysqlhost="$( xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'yazgfs/config/hostname' $kohaconfig )"
+mysqldb="$( xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'yazgfs/config/database' $kohaconfig )"
+mysqluser="$( xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'yazgfs/config/user' $kohaconfig )"
+mysqlpass="$( xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'yazgfs/config/pass' $kohaconfig )"
+
+mysql --host="$mysqlhost" --user="$mysqluser" --password="$mysqlpass" \
+ "$mysqldb"
+