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.\" #ident "@(#)gem.1 1.3 10/03/16 SMI"
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.TH gem 1 "16 December 2008 (v1.3.1)" "" ""
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.SH NAME
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gem \-\- Command-line interface to RubyGems
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B gem
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.RB \-h | \-\-help
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.B gem
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.RB \-v | \-\-version
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.B gem
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.I command
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[ arguments\.\.\. ]
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[ options\.\.\. ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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A gem is a packaged Ruby application or library, while RubyGems is the premier ruby packaging system which is used to manage gems.
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Gems are managed on your computer using the
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.I gem
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command. You can install, remove, and query gem packages using the
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command.
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.SH FEATURES
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* Easy Installation and removal of RubyGems packages and their dependencies
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* Management and control of local packages
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* Package dependency management
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* Query, search and list local and remote packages
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* Multiple version support for installed packages
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* Web-based interface to view the documentation for your installed gems
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* Easy to use interface for building gem packages
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* Simple server for distributing your own gem packages
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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\fB\-h | \-\-help\fP
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Get the basic help message for
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.I gem
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command.
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.TP
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Get the version of
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command.
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.I command
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\fBbuild\fP
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.in +16n
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.rt
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Build a gem from a gemspec
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\fBcert\fP
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.in +16n
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.rt
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Manage RubyGems certificates and signing settings
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\fBcheck\fP
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Check installed gems
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\fBcleanup\fP
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.in +16n
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.rt
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Clean up old versions of installed gems in the local repository
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\fBcontents\fP
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.in +16n
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.rt
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Display the contents of the installed gems
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\fBdependency\fP
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.in +16n
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Show the dependencies of an installed gem
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\fBenvironment\fP
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.in +16n
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.rt
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Display information about the RubyGems environment
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\fBfetch\fP
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.in +16n
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.rt
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Download a gem and place it in the current directory
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\fBgenerate_index\fP
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.in +16n
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.rt
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Generates the index files for a gem server directory
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\fBhelp\fP
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Provide help on the 'gem' command
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\fBinstall\fP
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.rt
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Install a gem into the local repository
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\fBlist\fP
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.in +16n
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.rt
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Display all gems whose name starts with STRING
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\fBoutdated\fP
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Display all gems that need updates
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Restores gem directories to pristine condition from files located in the gem cache
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\fBquery\fP
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.rt
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Query gem information in local or remote repositories
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\fBrdoc\fP
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Generates RDoc for pre-installed gems
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\fBsearch\fP
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.rt
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Display all gems whose name contains STRING
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\fBserver\fP
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.rt
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Documentation and gem repository HTTP server
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\fBsources\fP
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.in +16n
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.rt
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Manage the sources RubyGems will search for gems
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\fBspecification\fP
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.in +16n
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Display gem specification (in yaml)
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\fBstale\fP
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List gems along with access times
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\fBuninstall\fP
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.in +16n
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Uninstall gems from the local repository
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.in +16n
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Unpack an installed gem to the current directory
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\fBupdate\fP
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.in +16n
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Update the named gem (or all installed gems) in the local repository
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\fBwhich\fP
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Find the location of a library file you can require
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For more detail help on a particular command with its arguments and options,
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using 'gem help
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For example:
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# gem help install
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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.TP
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.B GEM_HOME
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Directory containing the master gem repository.
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.B GEM_PATH
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Path list of directories containing gem repositories to be searched in addition to the GEM_HOME directory. The list should be delimited by the appropriate path separator ':'
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List of gems should should not be loaded (normally used for development). The list should be delimited by the appropriate path separator ':'
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.B http_proxy / HTTP_PROXY
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URL of the HTTP protocol proxy to be used to get out of the firewall. The lower case version will be used first.
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.B make
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Name of the make program that should be used to build extensions.
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.B HOME
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Home directory of the user (see below).
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Home directory of the user (used if HOME is not defined)
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Drive containing the user's home directory.
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Path to the user's home directory.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.PP
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\fBExample 1: Install 'rake', either from local directory or remote server
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.PP
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.nf
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# gem install rake
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.fi
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.PP
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\fBExample 2: Install 'rake', only from remote server
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# gem install rake --remote
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.PP
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\fBExample 3: Install 'rake' from remote server, and run unit tests, and generate RDocs
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.PP
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.nf
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# gem install --remote rake --test --rdoc --ri
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.PP
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\fBExample 4: Install 'rake', but only version 0.3.1, even if dependencies are not met, and into a specific directory
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.PP
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# gem install rake --version 0.3.1 --force --install-dir $HOME/.gems
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.PP
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\fBExample 5: List local gems whose name begins with 'D'
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.PP
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# gem list D
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\fBExample 6: List local and remote gems whose name contains 'log'
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.PP
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\fBExample 7: List only remote gems whose name contains 'log'
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.PP
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\fBExample 8: Uninstall 'rake'
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# gem uninstall rake
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\fBExample 9: See information about RubyGems
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.PP
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.TE
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBruby\fR(1)
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.SH FILES
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The following files specify the installation locations for Ruby:
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/var/ruby/1.8/gem_home
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Contains the Rubygems repository. Configure the GEM_HOME environment variable to point to /var/ruby/1.8/gem_home as the installation of Rubygems repository.
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Contains executables for any installed gems that supply them (i.e.: thin, rake, rails, etc). Only exists after a gem with an executable has been installed.
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Location that gems will be installed to if /var/ruby/1.8/gem_home is not writable by the user. This is automatically added to GEM_PATH.
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Location that executables for gems will be installed to if /var/ruby/1.8/gem_home/bin is not writable by the user.
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/usr/ruby/1.8/bin
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Contains the Rubygems programs with all other Ruby related programs. These programs are linked from /usr/bin.
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For example: /usr/ruby/1.8/bin/gem is linked from /usr/bin/gem18, and may be linked from /usr/bin/gem if 1.8 is the latest version of Ruby installed on this system.
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.\" Begin Sun update
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.SH ATTRIBUTES
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See
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.BR attributes (5)
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for descriptions of the following attributes:
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ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
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11
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478 |
Availability runtime/ruby-18
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0
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479 |
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480 |
Interface Stability Uncommitted
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481 |
.TE
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482 |
.PP
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483 |
.SH NOTES
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484 |
Source code for RubyGems is available on http://opensolaris.org
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485 |
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486 |
Detailed documentation for RubyGems is available at http://docs.rubygems.org/
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