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+cite about-plugin
+about-plugin 'maven helper functions'
+
+usemvn ()
+{
+	local MAVEN_INSTALL_ROOT="/usr/local"
+	
+    if [ -z "$1" -o ! -x "$MAVEN_INSTALL_ROOT/apache-maven-$1/bin/mvn" ]
+    then
+        local prefix="Syntax: usemvn "
+        for i in $MAVEN_INSTALL_ROOT/apache-maven-*
+        do
+            if [ -x "$i/bin/mvn" ]; then
+                echo -n "$prefix$(basename $i | sed 's/^apache-maven-//')"
+                prefix=" | "
+            fi
+        done
+        echo ""
+    else
+        if [ -z "$MAVEN_HOME" ]
+        then
+            export PATH=$MAVEN_INSTALL_ROOT/apache-maven-$1/bin:$PATH
+        else
+            export PATH=$(echo $PATH|sed -e "s:$MAVEN_HOME/bin:$MAVEN_INSTALL_ROOT/apache-maven-$1/bin:g")
+        fi
+        export MAVEN_HOME=$MAVEN_INSTALL_ROOT/apache-maven-$1
+    fi
+}
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