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+#!/bin/sh
+
+export now=$(TZ=Australia/Sydney date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')
+echo $now
+echo "build commences"
+go build -ldflags "-X main.sha1ver=`git rev-parse HEAD` -X main.buildTime=$now" -o vm-metrics
+echo "build complete"
+sha256sum vm-metrics > vm-metrics_checksum.txt
+ls -lah
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