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+BASH_PATH=$(which bash)
+#!BASH_PATH
+
+#########
+# GLOBALS
+#########
+SCRIPT_NAME=$0
+PRINT_NAME=${SCRIPT_NAME:2}
+SERVER_MODE=0 # 1=true, 0=false
+CLIENT_MODE=0 # 1=true, 0=false
+LOG_LEVEL=1
+BUILD_PATH="build"
+RUN_PATH="run"
+RESET_ALL=0
+GRADLEW_PATH="gradlew"
+
+# $1 is text level
+# LEVELS:
+# 1: Info
+# 2: Debug
+# 3: Warning
+function TermWrite() {
+	textLevel=$1
+	text="${2}"
+	prefix="[\033[34m"${PRINT_NAME}"\033[0m]: "
+
+	if [[ "${textLevel}" == "2" ]]; then
+		prefix="[\033[33m"${PRINT_NAME}"\033[0m]:"
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "${textLevel}" == "3" ]]; then
+		prefix="[\033[31m"${PRINT_NAME}"\033[0m]:"
+	fi
+
+  if [[ ${LOG_LEVEL} -ge ${textLevel} ]]; then
+	  printf "${prefix} ${text}\n"
+  fi
+}
+
+function help() {
+  echo -e "Help for running $0:"
+  echo -e " -s:         Build and run the program in server mode"
+  echo -e " -c:         Build and run the program in client mode"
+  echo -e " -l [1-3]:   Turn up the logging level to see more messages (default: 1)"
+  echo -e " -g <path>:  The path to the gradlew executable (default: $(pwd)/gradlew)"
+  echo -e " -r:         Reset everything. This will nuke the previous install area and re-build EVERYTHING from scratch"
+  echo -e " -b <path>:  Specify the build area (default is cur dir $(pwd)/build)"
+  echo -e " -b2 <path>: Specify the run area (default is cur dir $(pwd)/run)"
+  echo -e " -h:         Bring up this help message"
+}
+
+while getopts ":schl:g:r:b:b2:" opt; do
+  case ${opt} in
+    s)
+      TermWrite 2 "SERVER MODE ENABLED"
+      SERVER_MODE=1
+      ;;
+    c)
+      TermWrite 2 "CLIENT MODE ENABLED"
+      CLIENT_MODE=1
+      ;;
+    h)
+      help
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    l)
+      if [[ $OPTARG =~ [1-3] ]]; then
+        LOG_LEVEL=$OPTARG
+        TermWrite 2 "LOG LEVEL SET TO $LOG_LEVEL"
+      fi
+      ;;
+    g)
+      if [[ -f "${OPTARG}" ]]; then
+        TermWrite 2 "Set gradlew path to $OPTARG"
+        GRADLEW_PATH="$OPTARG"
+      else
+        TermWrite 3 "The path you gave to the gradlew executable (${OPTARG}) does not appear to exist. Please check the path!"
+      fi
+      ;;
+    r)
+      RESET_ALL=1
+      ;;
+    b)
+      if [[ -f "${OPTARG}" ]]; then
+        TermWrite 2 "Setting build directory to: ${OPTARG}"
+        BUILD_PATH="${OPTARG}"
+      else
+        TermWrite 3 "The specified path (${OPTARG}) does not appear to exist. Please check the path!"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+      ;;
+    b1)
+      if [[ "${OPTARG}" ]]; then
+        TermWrite 2 "Setting run directory to: ${OPTARG}"
+        RUN_PATH="${OPTARG}"
+      else
+        TermWrite 3 "The specified path (${OPTARG}) does not appear to exist. Please check the path!"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+      ;;
+    ?)
+      help
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+TermWrite 2 "CURRENT DIRECTORY: $(pwd)"
+TermWrite 2 "SERVER MODE? ${SERVER_MODE}"
+TermWrite 2 "CLIENT MODE? ${CLIENT_MODE}"
+
+# If the user specified they wish to wipe everything before we begin; then let us do so.
+if [[ $RESET_ALL -eq 1 ]]; then
+  TermWrite 1 "Removing $BUILD_PATH"
+  rm -rf $BUILD_PATH
+  TermWrite 1 "Removing $RUN_PATH"
+  rm -rf $RUN_PATH
+
+  TermWrite 1 "Running build..."
+  $BASH_PATH $GRADLEW_PATH build
+  TermWrite 1 "Running datagen..."
+  $BASH_PATH $GRADLEW_PATH runDatagen
+  TermWrite 1 "All completed!"
+fi
+
+if [[ $SERVER_MODE -eq 1 ]]; then
+  TermWrite 1 "Running ./gradlew build"
+  $BASH_PATH $GRADLEW_PATH build
+  TermWrite 1 "Running ./gradlew runServer"
+  $BASH_PATH $GRADLEW_PATH runServer
+fi
+
+if [[ $CLIENT_MODE -eq 1 ]]; then
+  TermWrite 1 "Running ./gradlew build"
+  $BASH_PATH $GRADLEW_PATH build
+  TermWrite 1 "Running ./gradlew runClient"
+  $BASH_PATH $GRADLEW_PATH runClient
+fi
+
+TermWrite 1 "Finished running gradlew command with exit code $?"
+exit 0