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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use FindBin;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use DBI;
+
+sub usage {
+    die "Usage: dev-indexer [--wipe] <portnumber> -- [other_camlistored_opts]";
+}
+
+my $opt_wipe;
+GetOptions("wipe" => \$opt_wipe)
+    or usage();
+
+my $port = shift || "3200";
+usage() unless $port =~ /^\d+$/;
+
+system("./build.pl", "server/go/blobserver") and die "Failed to build.\n";
+
+# NOTE: Root required but not used by indexer blobserver
+my $root = "/tmp/camliroot/port$port/";
+if ($opt_wipe && -d $root) {
+    print "Wiping $root\n";
+    system("rm", "-rf", $root) and die "Failed to wipe $root.\n";
+}
+unless (-d $root) {
+    system("mkdir", "-p", $root) and die "Failed to create $root.\n";
+}
+
+if ($opt_wipe) {
+    system("mysqladmin", "-uroot", "-proot", "drop", "camlistore");
+    system("mysqladmin", "-uroot", "-proot", "create", "camlistore") and die "Could not create MySQL database on localhost.\n";
+    my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=camlistore", "root", "root", {
+        "RaiseError" => 1,
+    }) or die "Failed to connect to MySQL on localhost.\n";
+
+    # Begin schema creation.
+    $dbh->do("CREATE TABLE blobs (".
+             "blobref VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, ".
+             "size INTEGER NOT NULL, ".
+             "type VARCHAR(100)".
+             ")");
+}
+
+print "Starting blobserver with indexer on http://localhost:$port/ in $root\n";
+
+$ENV{CAMLI_PASSWORD} = "pass$port";
+exec("$FindBin::Bin/server/go/blobserver/camlistored",
+     "-root=$root",  # NOTE: Root required but not used by indexer blobserver
+     "-listen=:$port",
+     "-devmysqlindexer",
+     @ARGV);