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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(name='ansible',
+      version='1.0',
+      description='Minimal SSH command and control',
+      author='Michael DeHaan',
+      author_email='michael.dehaan@gmail.com',
+      url='http://github.com/mpdehaan/ansible/',
+      license='MIT',
+      package_dir = { 'ansible' : 'lib/ansible' },
+      packages=[
+         'ansible',
+      ],
+      data_files=[ 
+         ('/usr/share/ancible', 'library/ping'),
+         ('/usr/share/ancible', 'library/command'),
+         ('/usr/share/ancible', 'library/facter'),
+         ('/usr/share/ancible', 'library/copy'),
+      ],
+      scripts=[
+         'bin/ansible',
+      ]
+)
+