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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+use File::Copy;
+use File::Path;
+use File::Basename;
+use File::Temp qw/tempdir/;
+use Cwd qw/getcwd realpath/;
+
+my @data = qw(  BackgroundTransitions
+		BackgroundEffects
+		Characters/default
+		Courses/Samples
+		NoteSkins/common/common
+		NoteSkins/dance/default
+		Themes/default
+		Data/Translations.xml
+		Data/AI.ini
+		Data/Shaders
+		Data/splash.png );
+
+die "usage: $0 [input_dir output_dir]\n" if @ARGV > 2;
+
+my $srcdir = @ARGV > 0? $ARGV[0]:getcwd;
+my $destdir = @ARGV == 2? $ARGV[1]:$srcdir;
+
+$srcdir = realpath $srcdir;
+$destdir = realpath $destdir;
+
+my $tmp = tempdir;
+
+for( @data )
+{
+	mkpath "$tmp/" . dirname $_;
+	system 'cp', '-r', "$srcdir/$_", "$tmp/$_" and die "cp -r failed: $!\n";
+}
+my @cvsdirs = split /\n/, `find "$tmp" -type d -name CVS`;
+rmtree \@cvsdirs;
+chdir $tmp;
+system qq(zip -qyrn .ogg:.mp3:.png "$destdir"/SMData.smzip *) and die "zip failed: $!";
+rmtree $tmp