--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+# experimental bash script to create a database
+#
+#
+
+usage () {
+ echo "usage: $0 dbname superuser username password"
+}
+
+if [ $# -ne 4 ]; then
+ usage
+ exit;
+fi;
+
+SCRIPT_FILE="/tmp/createmir.$$.sql"
+
+# database/user creation
+echo "CREATE DATABASE $1 WITH ENCODING='UNICODE';" > ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "CREATE USER "$3" WITH PASSWORD '$4';" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "UPDATE pg_database SET datdba=(select usesysid from pg_user where usename='$3') where datname='$1';" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+
+echo "\connect $1" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+
+# create/populate scripts:
+echo "\i create_pg.sql" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+for i in help*.sql ; do echo "\i ${i}" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE} ; done
+for i in populate*.sql ; do echo "\i ${i}" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE} ; done
+echo "\i update_all_sequences.sql" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+
+# grant rights
+echo "grant all on img_format to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on img_layout to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}\r
+echo "grant all on img_type to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on img_color to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}\r
+echo "grant all on language to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on rights to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}\r
+echo "grant all on feature to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on article_type to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}\r
+echo "grant all on media to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on breaking to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}\r
+echo "grant all on messages to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on comment_status to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}\r
+echo "grant all on links_imcs to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on other_media to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}\r
+echo "grant all on webdb_users to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on content_x_topic to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}\r
+echo "grant all on topic to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on uploaded_media\r to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}\r
+echo "grant all on images to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on content_x_media to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}\r
+echo "grant all on audio to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on video to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}\r
+echo "grant all on content to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on comment to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+echo "grant all on media_folder to $3;" >> ${SCRIPT_FILE}
+
+
+# execute the script
+psql -U $2 -f ${SCRIPT_FILE} -d template1
+
+rm ${SCRIPT_FILE}