diff --git a/tools/ejabberdctl b/tools/ejabberdctl
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--- a/tools/ejabberdctl
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-NODE=ejabberd
-HOST=localhost
-
-# Define ejabberd environment
-ERL=erl
-here=`which "$0" 2>/dev/null || echo .`
-base="`dirname $here`/.."
-ROOTDIR=`(cd "$base"; echo $PWD)`
-SASL_LOG_PATH=$ROOTDIR/erlang.log
-EJABBERD_DB=$ROOTDIR/database/$NODE
-EJABBERD_EBIN=$ROOTDIR/src
-export EJABBERD_LOG_PATH=$ROOTDIR/ejabberd.log
-export EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH=$ROOTDIR/ejabberd.cfg
-export EJABBERD_MSGS_PATH=$ROOTDIR/src/msgs
-export EJABBERD_SO_PATH=$ROOTDIR/src
-export EJABBERD_BIN_PATH=$ROOTDIR/src
-export ERL_MAX_PORTS=32000
-
-[ -d $EJABBERD_DB ] || mkdir -p $EJABBERD_DB
-[ -f $EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH ] || cp $ROOTDIR/src/ejabberd.cfg.example $EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH
-
-start()
-{
-    $ERL \
-      -noinput -detached \
-      -sname $NODE@$HOST \
-      -pa $EJABBERD_EBIN \
-      -mnesia dir "\"$EJABBERD_DB\"" \
-      -s ejabberd \
-      -ejabberd config \"$EJABBERD_CONFIG_PATH\" \
-                log_path \"$EJABBERD_LOG_PATH\" \
-      -sasl sasl_error_logger \{file,\"$SASL_LOG_PATH\"\}
-}
-
-debug()
-{
-    $ERL \
-      -sname debug$NODE@$HOST \
-      -pa $EJABBERD_EBIN \
-      -mnesia dir "\"$EJABBERD_DB\"" \
-      -hidden \
-      -remsh $NODE@$HOST
-}
-
-ctl()
-{
-    $ERL \
-      -sname ctl$NODE@$HOST \
-      -pa $EJABBERD_EBIN \
-      -noinput \
-      -hidden \
-      -s ejabberd_ctl -extra $NODE@$HOST $@
-}
-
-usage()
-{
-    ctl
-    exit
-}
-
-[ $# -lt 1 ] && usage
-
-case $1 in
-    start) start;;
-    debug) debug;;
-    *) ctl $@;;
-esac