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-The bin/ directory is for executable code used to create or manage the code here.
-
-* bin/ is not considered a release directory. It will not be packaged into a release.
-* scripts/ is a release directory. The contents of scripts/ will be included in a release.
-
-Code that is actually part of the package (such as shell wrapper scripts) should be put into the scripts/ directory per the PEAR recommendations.
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-Executable scripts for the OpenStack PHP-Client.
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