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+#!/usr/local/bin/perl
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# runfg -- front end for setting up the FG_ROOT env variable and launching 
+#          the fg executable.
+#
+# Written by Curtis Olson, started September 1997.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 1997  Curtis L. Olson  - curt@infoplane.com
+#
+# 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 2 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, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#
+# $Id$
+# (Log is kept at end of this file)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+# Flight Gear Version
+$version_major = "0";
+
+# name of Flight Gear executable
+$program = "fg" . $version_major;
+
+# see if we can find the executable
+if ( -x "./Main/$program" ) {
+    $path = "./Main/$program";
+} elsif ( -x "./$program" ) {
+    $path = "./$program";
+} else {
+    die "Cannot locate $program\n";
+}
+
+# set the FG_ROOT environment variable if it hasn't already been set.
+if ( $ENV{FG_ROOT} eq "" ) {
+    # look for a file called fgtop as a place marker
+    if ( -e "fgtop" ) {
+        $ENV{FG_ROOT} = ".";
+    } elsif ( -e "../fgtop" ) {
+        $ENV{FG_ROOT} = "..";
+    }
+}
+
+# run Flight Gear
+print "Running $path\n";
+exec($path);
+
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# $Log$
+# Revision 1.1  1997/10/28 18:47:27  curt
+# Initial revision.
+#