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diff --git a/overlord/dumb_client.py b/overlord/dumb_client.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+
+# all the cool kids would use optparse instead
+import getopt
+import sys
+import xmlrpclib
+
+myname, argv = sys.argv[0], sys.argv[1:]
+
+def usage():
+    return "Usage: %s [ --help ] [ --verbose ] [ --server=http://hostname:port ] method arg1 [ ... ]" % myname
+
+verbose = 0
+server = "http://127.0.0.1:51234"
+
+try:
+    opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, "hvs:",
+                               ["help",
+                                "verbose",
+                                "server="])
+except getopt.error, e:
+    print _("Error parsing list arguments: %s") % e
+    print usage()
+    sys.exit()
+    
+for (opt, val) in opts:
+    print "opt = %s, val = %s" % (opt, val)
+    if opt in ["-h", "--help"]:
+        print usage()
+        sys.exit()
+    if opt in ["-v", "--verbose"]:
+        verbose = verbose + 1
+    if opt in ["-s", "--server"]:
+        server = val
+
+if len(args) < 1:
+    print usage()
+    sys.exit()
+
+s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(server)
+
+method = args[0]
+print "calling %s with args: %s" % (method, args[1:])
+
+# thats some pretty code right there aint it? -akl
+# we can't call "call" on s, since thats a rpc, so
+# we call gettatr around it. 
+print getattr(s, method)(*args[1:])
+