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+#!/bin/sh 
+
+perl mkfiles.pl
+
+mkdir tmp.$$
+mkdir tmp.$$/puzzles
+
+for i in *.c *.h LICENCE README Recipe mkfiles.pl Makefile.*; do
+  ln -s ../../$i tmp.$$/puzzles
+done
+
+tar -C tmp.$$ -chzvf - puzzles > ../puzzles.tar.gz
+
+rm -rf tmp.$$