diff --git a/scripts/embedded_scripts b/scripts/embedded_scripts
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+target="$1"
+loc="$2"
+
+test "$target" || exit 1
+test "$SED" || SED=sed
+test "$DD" || DD=dd
+
+# Some people were bitten by their system lacking a (proper) od
+od -v -b </dev/null >/dev/null
+if test $? != 0; then
+	echo 'od tool is not installed or cannot accept "-v -b" options'
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+exec >"$target.$$"
+
+scripts=""
+if [ -d "$loc" ]
+then
+	scripts=$(cd $loc; ls * 2>/dev/null)
+fi
+
+n=$(echo $scripts | wc -w)
+
+if [ $n -ne 0 ]
+then
+	printf '#ifdef DEFINE_script_names\n'
+	printf 'const char script_names[] ALIGN1 = '
+	for i in $scripts
+	do
+		printf '"%s\\0"' $i
+	done
+	printf '"\\0";\n'
+	printf '#else\n'
+	printf 'extern const char script_names[] ALIGN1;\n'
+	printf '#endif\n'
+fi
+printf "#define NUM_SCRIPTS $n\n\n"
+
+if [ $n -ne 0 ]
+then
+	printf '#define UNPACKED_SCRIPTS_LENGTH '
+	for i in $scripts
+	do
+		cat $loc/$i
+		printf '\000'
+	done | wc -c
+
+	printf '#define PACKED_SCRIPTS \\\n'
+	for i in $scripts
+	do
+		cat $loc/$i
+		printf '\000'
+	done | bzip2 -1 | $DD bs=2 skip=1 2>/dev/null | od -v -b \
+	| grep -v '^ ' \
+	| $SED -e 's/^[^ ]*//' \
+		-e 's/ //g' \
+		-e '/^$/d' \
+		-e 's/\(...\)/0\1,/g' \
+		-e 's/$/ \\/'
+	printf '\n'
+fi
+
+mv -- "$target.$$" "$target"