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+@echo off
+rem    Copyright (C) 2000  Bastian Kleineidam
+rem
+rem    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+rem    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+rem    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+rem    (at your option) any later version.
+rem
+rem    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+rem    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+rem    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+rem    GNU General Public License for more details.
+rem
+rem    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+rem    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+rem    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+rem uncomment the next line to enable german output
+rem set LC_MESSAGES=de
+rem Limited to 9 parameters? Is there a $* for Windows?
+"$python" "$install_scripts\linkchecker" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9