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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# UPGRADING Snappymail
+#
+# I've found this to be working fine when upgrading my Snappymail. The
+# commands should be used at your own risk. I take no responsibility.
+#
+# The script can only be run from the  SnappyMail install directory!
+#
+# By Uwe Bieling <pychi@gmx.de>
+# and Jordan S (https://github.com/jas8522)
+
+if [[ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]] ; then echo -e "\033[1;31mPlease run as root\033[0m" ; exit 1 ; fi
+
+dir=$(pwd)
+if [ ! -d "$dir/snappymail/v" ] ; then echo -e "\033[1;31mThis script can only be run from the SnappyMail install directory\033[0m" ; exit 1 ; fi
+
+LATEST_URL="https://snappymail.eu/repository/latest.tar.gz"
+
+OWNERGROUP=`stat -c "%U:%G" snappymail`
+OLD_VERSION=`grep "define('APP_VERSION" index.php | awk -F\' '{print $4}'`
+
+# Safty First ... make a backup
+DSTAMP=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
+echo -e "\033[1;33mBacking up snappymail $OLD_VERSION to ../backup_snappymail_${DSTAMP}.tar.gz\033[0m"
+tar -czf ../backup_snappymail_${DSTAMP}.tar.gz .
+
+# Download last release to /tmp
+echo -e "\033[1;33mDownloading last release\033[0m"
+wget $LATEST_URL -O /tmp/snappymail_latest.tar.gz
+NEW_VERSION=`tar -tf /tmp/snappymail_latest.tar.gz | grep "snappymail/v/.*/index.php" | awk -F/ '{print $3}'`
+
+echo -e "\033[1;33mInstalling $NEW_VERSION\033[0m"
+tar -xzf /tmp/snappymail_latest.tar.gz
+
+# set permissions
+echo -e "\033[1;33mSet permissions\033[0m"
+find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
+find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+chmod u+x upgrade_snappymail
+chown -R $OWNERGROUP *
+
+echo -e "\033[1;32mFinished with snappymail upgrade from $OLD_VERSION to $NEW_VERSION... \033[0m"