diff --git a/wxPython/distrib/makedemo b/wxPython/distrib/makedemo
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+#!/bin/bash
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ -z $1 ]; then
+    echo "Please specify a version number on the command line."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d wxPython ]; then
+    echo "Please run this script from the root wxPython directory."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir _distrib_tgz
+mkdir _distrib_tgz/wxPython-$1
+
+cp -R demo _distrib_tgz/wxPython-$1
+
+# do some cleanup
+rm -rf `find _distrib_tgz/wxPython-$1 -name CVS`
+rm -f `find  _distrib_tgz/wxPython-$1 -name "*.pyc"`
+rm -f `find  _distrib_tgz/wxPython-$1 -name .cvsignore`
+rm -f _distrib_tgz/wxPython-$1/demo/core
+rm -rf _distrib_tgz/wxPython-$1/demo/wxPython
+
+cd _distrib_tgz
+
+tar cvf ../dist/wxPython-demo-$1.tar wxPython-$1
+gzip ../dist/wxPython-demo-$1.tar
+
+cd ..
+rm -r _distrib_tgz
+
+
+
+