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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Set location of the config file
+conf_path=/etc/forked-daapd.conf
+
+if [ ! -f $conf_path ]; then
+	echo "Error: Couldn't find $conf_path"
+	echo "Set the correct config file location in the script"
+	exit
+fi
+
+logfile=`awk '$1=="logfile"{print $3}' $conf_path`
+logfile="${logfile%\"}"
+logfile="${logfile#\"}"
+library_path=`awk '$1=="directories"{print $4}' $conf_path`
+library_path="${library_path%\"}"
+library_path="${library_path#\"}"
+
+if [ ! -f $logfile ]; then
+	echo "Error: Couldn't find logfile in $logfile"
+	exit
+fi
+if [ ! -d $library_path ]; then
+	echo "Error: Couldn't find library in $library_path"
+	exit
+fi
+
+echo "This script will help you pair Remote with forked-daapd"
+echo "Please verify that these paths are correct:"
+echo "  Log file: $logfile"
+echo "  Library:  $library_path"
+read -p "Confirm? [Y/n] " yn
+if [ "$yn" = "n" ]; then
+	exit
+fi
+echo "Please start the pairing process in Remote by selecting Add library"
+read -p "Press ENTER when ready..." yn
+echo -n "Looking in $logfile for Remote announcement..."
+
+remote=`grep "Discovered remote" $logfile | tail -1 | grep -Po "'.*?'"`
+remote="${remote%\'}"
+remote="${remote#\'}"
+
+if [ -z "$remote" ]; then
+	echo "not found"
+	exit
+else
+	echo "found"
+fi
+
+read -p "Ready to pair Remote '$remote', please enter PIN: " pin
+if [ -z "$pin" ]; then
+	echo "Error: Invalid PIN"
+	exit
+fi
+
+echo "Writing pair.remote to $library_path..."
+echo "$remote\n$pin" > "$library_path/pair.remote"
+sleep 1
+echo "Removing pair.remote from library again..."
+rm "$library_path/pair.remote"
+echo "All done"
+