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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Simple bash script to build basic lnd tools for all the platforms
+# we support with the golang cross-compiler.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Company 0, LLC.
+# Use of this source code is governed by the ISC
+# license.
+
+# If no tag specified, use date + version otherwise use tag.
+if [[ $1x = x ]]; then
+    DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
+    VERSION="01"
+    TAG=$DATE-$VERSION
+else
+    TAG=$1
+fi
+
+PACKAGE=lnd
+MAINDIR=$PACKAGE-$TAG
+mkdir -p $MAINDIR
+cd $MAINDIR
+
+SYS="windows-386 windows-amd64 openbsd-386 openbsd-amd64 linux-386 linux-amd64 linux-arm linux-arm64 darwin-386 darwin-amd64 dragonfly-amd64 freebsd-386 freebsd-amd64 freebsd-arm netbsd-386 netbsd-amd64 linux-mips64 linux-mips64le linux-ppc64 linux-arm64"
+
+# Use the first element of $GOPATH in the case where GOPATH is a list
+# (something that is totally allowed).
+GPATH=$(echo $GOPATH | cut -f1 -d:)
+
+for i in $SYS; do
+    OS=$(echo $i | cut -f1 -d-)
+    ARCH=$(echo $i | cut -f2 -d-)
+    mkdir $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
+    cd $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
+    echo "Building:" $OS $ARCH
+    env GOOS=$OS GOARCH=$ARCH go build -v github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd
+    env GOOS=$OS GOARCH=$ARCH go build -v github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/cmd/lncli
+    cd ..
+    if [[ $OS = "windows" ]]; then
+	zip -r $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG.zip $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
+    else
+	tar -cvzf $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG.tar.gz $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
+    fi
+    rm -r $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
+done
+
+shasum -a 256 * > manifest-$TAG.txt