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+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  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, 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 OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+oe_setup_addon() {
+  if [ ! -z $1 ] ; then
+    DEF="/storage/.xbmc/addons/$1/settings-default.xml"
+    CUR="/storage/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/$1/settings.xml"
+
+    # copy defaults
+    if [ -f "$DEF" -a ! -f "$CUR" ] ; then
+      cp "$DEF" "$CUR"
+    fi
+
+    # parse config
+    [ -f "$DEF" ] && eval $(cat "$DEF" | awk -F\" '{print $2"=\""$4"\""}' | sed '/^=/d')
+    [ -f "$CUR" ] && eval $(cat "$CUR" | awk -F\" '{print $2"=\""$4"\""}' | sed '/^=/d')
+
+    # export some useful variables
+    ADDON_DIR="$HOME/.xbmc/addons/$1"
+    ADDON_HOME="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/$1"
+    ADDON_LOG_FILE="$ADDON_HOME/service.log"
+
+    [ ! -d $ADDON_HOME ] && mkdir -p $ADDON_HOME
+  fi
+}