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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# (c) 2012, Gregory Duchatelet <greg@2lm.fr>
+######################################################################
+
+
+import sys
+import xmlrpclib
+import shlex
+
+try:
+	import json
+except:
+	import simplejson as json
+
+import os
+import logging
+sys.path.insert (1, os.path.abspath("%s/svn_sysadmin/ezscripts/lib/python"%os.environ["HOME"]))
+sys.path.insert (2, '/usr/local/ez/lib/python')
+from ez_admin import *
+
+
+###################################################
+# executed with no parameters, return the list of
+# all groups and hosts
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 2 and (sys.argv[1] == '--list'):
+	logging.root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+	server = EzServer(None, False)
+	print json.dumps(server.list_ansible())
+	sys.exit(0)
+
+#####################################################
+# executed with a hostname as a parameter, return the
+# variables for that host
+
+elif len(sys.argv) == 3 and (sys.argv[1] == '--host'):
+	# TODO: not yet implemented...
+	print json.dumps({})
+	#server.set_list_format("json")
+	#print server.list_hosts(sys.argv[2]) 
+	sys.exit(0)
+
+else:
+	print "usage: --list  ..OR.. --host <hostname>"
+	sys.exit(1)
+