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Merge: 42342905 319c7223
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Date:   Thu Sep 8 15:20:10 2011 +0200

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Date:   Tue Sep 6 17:15:32 2011 +0200

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Date:   Tue Sep 6 17:04:05 2011 +0200

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Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:56:49 2011 +0200

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Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:56:16 2011 +0200

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Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:53:45 2011 +0200

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Author: Łukasz Nowak <luke@nexedi.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:48:47 2011 +0200

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Author: Łukasz Nowak <luke@nexedi.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:30:46 2011 +0200

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Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:24:49 2011 +0200

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Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:17:07 2011 +0200

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Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:15:44 2011 +0200

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Author: Łukasz Nowak <luke@nexedi.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:14:35 2011 +0200

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Author: Łukasz Nowak <luke@nexedi.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:14:14 2011 +0200

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Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:13:53 2011 +0200

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Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:13:15 2011 +0200

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Author: Łukasz Nowak <luke@nexedi.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 6 16:12:31 2011 +0200

    Fix examples.

slapos.cookbook provided it before, but it is simple functionality, which does
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Additionaly support slapos_update_promise

pipeCommand allows to simulate shell pipes.

failIfPathExists allows to stop in case of path which exists.

Read md5sum passed to method directly.