diff --git a/dist.sh b/dist.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+release=$(date '+%Y%m%d')
+distname="openpam-${release}"
+
+install -d -m 0755 "${distname}"
+cat MANIFEST | while read file; do
+    install -d -m 0755 "${distname}/$(dirname ${file})"
+    install -c -m 0644 "${file}" "${distname}/${file}"
+done
+tar zcf "${distname}.tar.gz" "${distname}"
+rm -rf "${distname}"