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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim:fileencoding=UTF-8:ts=4:sw=4:sta:et:sts=4:ai
+from __future__ import (unicode_literals, division, absolute_import,
+                        print_function)
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2011, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
+
+
+import os, shutil#, unittest
+
+def create_db(library_path):
+    from calibre.library.database2 import LibraryDatabase2
+    if LibraryDatabase2.exists_at(library_path):
+        raise ValueError('A library already exists at %r'%library_path)
+    src = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'metadata.db')
+    db = os.path.join(library_path, 'metadata.db')
+    shutil.copyfile(src, db)
+    db = LibraryDatabase2(library_path)
+