Index: trunk/ippScripts/Build.PL
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--- trunk/ippScripts/Build.PL	(revision 23966)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/Build.PL	(revision 24001)
@@ -83,4 +83,5 @@
         scripts/dist_advancerun.pl
         scripts/dist_make_fileset.pl
+        scripts/dist_queue_runs.pl
         scripts/receive_source.pl
         scripts/receive_fileset.pl
Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/dist_queue_runs.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/dist_queue_runs.pl	(revision 24001)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/dist_queue_runs.pl	(revision 24001)
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use Carp;
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+## report the program and machine
+use Sys::Hostname;
+my $host = hostname();
+print "\n\n";
+print "Starting script $0 on $host\n\n";
+
+use vars qw( $VERSION );
+$VERSION = '0.01';
+
+use IPC::Cmd 0.36 qw( can_run run );
+use File::Temp qw( tempfile );
+use File::Basename qw( basename );
+use Digest::MD5::File qw( file_md5_hex );
+use PS::IPP::Metadata::Config;
+use PS::IPP::Metadata::List qw( parse_md_list );
+
+use PS::IPP::Config 1.01 qw( :standard );
+
+my $ipprc = PS::IPP::Config->new(); # IPP configuration
+
+use Getopt::Long qw( GetOptions :config auto_help auto_version gnu_getopt );
+use Pod::Usage qw( pod2usage );
+
+
+# Look for programs we need
+my $missing_tools;
+my $disttool   = can_run('disttool') or (warn "Can't find disttool" and $missing_tools = 1);
+if ($missing_tools) {
+    warn("Can't find required tools.");
+    exit($PS_EXIT_CONFIG_ERROR);
+}
+
+# Parse the command-line arguments
+my ($stage, $stage_limit, $dist_root, $no_magic);
+my ($dbname, $save_temps, $verbose, $no_update, $logfile);
+
+GetOptions(
+           'dist_root=s'    => \$dist_root,  # root of distribution work area
+           'stage=s'        => \$stage,      # stage to queue
+           'stage_limit=s'  => \$stage_limit,# maximum number of runs queued for each stage
+           'no_magic'       => \$no_magic,   # queue runs without requiring magic
+           'dbname=s'       => \$dbname,     # Database name
+           'verbose'        => \$verbose,    # Print stuff?
+           'no-update'      => \$no_update,  # Don't update the database
+           'save-temps'     => \$save_temps, # Save temporary files?
+           'logfile=s'      => \$logfile,
+           ) or pod2usage( 2 );
+
+pod2usage( -msg => "Unknown option: @ARGV", -exitval => 2 ) if @ARGV;
+if (0) {
+pod2usage( -msg => "Required options: --stage",
+           -exitval => 3) unless
+    defined $stage;
+}
+
+$ipprc->redirect_output($logfile) if $logfile;
+
+if (!$dist_root) {
+    $dist_root = metadataLookupStr($ipprc->{_siteConfig}, "DISTRIBUTION_ROOT");
+    &my_die("failed to find DISTRIBUTION_ROOT in site configuration", $PS_EXIT_CONFIG_ERROR) if !$dist_root;
+}
+
+my ($day, $month, $year) = (localtime)[3,4,5];
+my $datestr = sprintf "%04d%02d%02d", $year+1900, $month + 1, $day;
+
+my $workdir = "$dist_root/$datestr";
+
+print "workdir is $workdir\n";
+
+# if stage is not supplied as an argument, loop over all stages
+my @stages;
+if ($stage) {
+    push @stages, $stage;
+} else {
+    @stages = qw( raw chip camera fake warp diff stack);
+}
+
+foreach my $stage (@stages) {
+    my $command = "$disttool -definebyquery -stage $stage -workdir $workdir";
+    $command .= " -no_magic" if $no_magic;
+    $command .= " -dry_run" if $no_update;
+    $command .= " -limit $stage_limit" if $stage_limit;
+    $command .= " -dbname $dbname" if defined $dbname;
+    my ( $success, $error_code, $full_buf, $stdout_buf, $stderr_buf ) =
+        run(command => $command, verbose => $verbose);
+    unless ($success) {
+        $error_code = (($error_code >> 8) or $PS_EXIT_PROG_ERROR);
+        &my_die("Unable to perform $command error_code: $error_code", $error_code);
+    }
+    # display the output from the command
+    print STDERR join "", @$stdout_buf if $verbose;
+}
+
+exit 0;
+
+sub my_die {
+    my $msg = shift;
+    my $fault = shift;
+
+    print STDERR "$msg\n";
+
+    exit $fault;
+}
+
+__END__