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+#!/usr/bin/env python -tt
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Intel Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+# Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import os
+import time
+
+def build_name(kscfg, release=None, prefix=None, suffix=None):
+    """Construct and return an image name string.
+
+    This is a utility function to help create sensible name and fslabel
+    strings. The name is constructed using the sans-prefix-and-extension
+    kickstart filename and the supplied prefix and suffix.
+
+    kscfg -- a path to a kickstart file
+    release --  a replacement to suffix for image release
+    prefix -- a prefix to prepend to the name; defaults to None, which causes
+              no prefix to be used
+    suffix -- a suffix to append to the name; defaults to None, which causes
+              a YYYYMMDDHHMM suffix to be used
+
+    Note, if maxlen is less then the len(suffix), you get to keep both pieces.
+
+    """
+    name = os.path.basename(kscfg)
+    idx = name.rfind('.')
+    if idx >= 0:
+        name = name[:idx]
+
+    if release is not None:
+        suffix = ""
+    if prefix is None:
+        prefix = ""
+    if suffix is None:
+        suffix = time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M")
+
+    if name.startswith(prefix):
+        name = name[len(prefix):]
+
+    prefix = "%s-" % prefix if prefix else ""
+    suffix = "-%s" % suffix if suffix else ""
+
+    ret = prefix + name + suffix
+
+    return ret