diff --git a/oragetsrc/GNUmakefile b/oragetsrc/GNUmakefile
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/oragetsrc/GNUmakefile
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+include GNUmakevars
+
+CONFDIR=../../configure
+
+all: configure oragetsrc
+
+clean:
+	rm oragetsrc customize
+
+install: $(BINDIR) $(BINDIR)/oragetsrc
+
+%: %.pl customize
+	sh ./customize < $< > $@
+	chmod +x $@
+
+%: %.sh customize
+	sh ./customize < $< > $@
+	chmod +x $@
+
+customize: configure
+	sh ./configure
+
+configure: $(CONFDIR)/start $(CONFDIR)/perl $(CONFDIR)/finish
+	cat $^ > $@
+
+$(BINDIR):
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+include GNUmakerules
+
diff --git a/oragetsrc/configure b/oragetsrc/configure
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+++ b/oragetsrc/configure
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+echo "#!/bin/sh" > customize.$$
+echo "sed \\" > customize.$$
+chmod +x customize.$$
+
+################################################################
+# find a working perl:
+#
+for i in /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/bin/perl /usr/bin/perl5 /usr/local/bin/perl5
+do
+    if $i -e 'exit ($] < 5.000)'
+    then
+	echo $i works
+	perl="$i"
+	break
+    fi
+done
+if [ -z "$perl" ]
+then
+    could not find a working perl command, sorry.
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "  -e 's,@@@perl@@@,$perl,g' \\" >> customize.$$
+
+
+################################################################
+# finish
+#	Add trailing newline and rename temp file to final name
+#
+echo  >> customize.$$
+
+mv customize.$$ customize
+
diff --git a/oragetsrc/oragetsrc.pl b/oragetsrc/oragetsrc.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bba8d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oragetsrc/oragetsrc.pl
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+#!@@@perl@@@ -w
+
+# $Id: oragetsrc.pl,v 1.1 2001-02-12 14:32:43 hjp Exp $
+#
+# print a named source (e.g, a function or procedure) from an oracle schema
+#
+use strict;
+use DBI;
+
+sub read_cred {
+    my ($fn) = @_;
+
+    open(FN, "<$fn") or die "cannot open $fn: $!";
+    my $line = <FN>;
+    close(FN);
+    my @cred = split(/[\s\n]/, $line);
+    return @cred;
+}
+
+if (@ARGV != 2) {
+    print STDERR "Usage: $0 credential_file source_name\n";
+    print STDERR "\tcredential_file is a filename relative to \$HOME/.dbi/\n";
+    print STDERR "\tThe file must contain a single line with three whitespace-separated fields:\n";
+    print STDERR "\tDBI data source, username, password.\n";
+    print STDERR "\te.g:\n";
+    print STDERR "\tdbi:Oracle:ORCL scott tiger\n";
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+
+my $db_name = $ARGV[0];
+my $src_name = $ARGV[1];
+
+my @cred = read_cred("$ENV{HOME}/.dbi/$ARGV[0]");
+my $dbh = DBI->connect($cred[0], $cred[1], $cred[2],
+			    { RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 0 });
+
+my $lines =
+    $dbh->selectcol_arrayref(
+	"select text from user_source where name=? order by line",
+	{},
+	$src_name
+    );
+
+for my $i (@$lines) {
+    print "$i";
+}
+$dbh->disconnect();
+