diff --git a/scripts/build.py b/scripts/build.py
index c02aea13..35a4405b 100644
--- a/scripts/build.py
+++ b/scripts/build.py
@@ -120,5 +120,3 @@ build(modules, order, target)
 
 print datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
 
-print datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
-
diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73e1d1cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python -u
+
+import sys
+import argparse
+from sets import Set
+from os.path import expanduser
+import re
+
+proj_root = expanduser("~") + '/local/src/cvs.stable/proj'
+
+def re_section(name):
+    return re.compile('[' + name + ']'
+                 '.*?'
+                 '(?=[)',
+                 re.DOTALL)
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------- helpers
+def get_section(path, section):
+    r = ''
+    file = open(path)
+    pat = '[' + section + ']'
+    in_section = False
+    for line in file:
+        if (line.rstrip() == pat):
+            in_section = True
+            continue
+        if in_section:
+            if len(line) and line[0] == '[':
+                break
+            r = r + line
+    file.close()
+    return r.rstrip()
+ 
+def get_value(path, section, key):
+    r = ()
+    file = open(path)
+    if not len(section):
+        for line in file:
+            r = re.findall(key + ' *= *(.*)', line)
+            if (len(r) > 0):
+                break
+    else:
+        in_section = False
+        pat = '[' + section + ']'
+        for line in file:
+            if (line.rstrip() == pat):
+                in_section = True
+                continue
+            if in_section:
+                if len(line) and line[0] == '[':
+                    break
+                r = re.findall(key + ' *= *(.*)', line)
+                if (len(r) > 0):
+                    break
+    file.close()
+    if len(r):
+        return r[0]
+    return ""
+ 
+def add_module_from_projects_txt(buf, name, section, key):
+    if name in buf:
+        return
+    buf.add(name)
+    deps = get_value(proj_root + '/' + name + '/doc/share/project.txt', section, key).split()
+    for dep in deps:
+        add_module_from_projects_txt(buf, dep, section, key)
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------- commands
+
+def cmd_test(args_):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Test')
+    parser.add_argument('blah', default='', help='The blah argument')
+    args=parser.parse_args(args_)
+    print "blah = " + args.blah
+
+def cmd_ldlibpath(args_):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='ldlibpath')
+    parser.add_argument('module', nargs='*', help='Modules')
+    args=parser.parse_args(args_)
+    deps = Set()
+    for m in args.module:
+        add_module_from_projects_txt(deps, m, 'dependencies', 'ldlibpath')
+    for m in deps:
+        print m
+
+global_args = []
+for a in sys.argv[1::]:
+    global_args.append(a)
+    if a[0] != '-':
+        break
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- here we go
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Project metadata evaluation')
+parser.add_argument('cmd', default='', help='Command')
+parser.add_argument('arg', nargs='*', help='Command arguments')
+args=parser.parse_args(global_args)
+cmd = getattr(sys.modules[__name__], 'cmd_' + args.cmd);
+cmd(sys.argv[(len(global_args) + 1)::])
+