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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""Nikola main script."""
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+import nikola
+
+USAGE = """To create a new site in a folder, run "nikola init foldername [src]".
+
+The destination folder must not exist.
+
+If you pass the src argument, that folder will be used as a template for
+the new site instead of Nikola's sample site.
+"""
+
+
+def init(dst):
+    """Create a copy of demosite in the current folder."""
+    if len(sys.argv) > 3:
+        src = sys.argv[3]
+    else:
+        src = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(nikola.__file__),'data','samplesite')
+    shutil.copytree(src, dst)
+    print "A new site with some sample data has been created at %s." % dst
+    print "See README.txt in that folder for more information."
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv)>=3 and sys.argv[1] == "init":
+        print "Doing init"
+        init(sys.argv[2])
+    else:
+        print USAGE