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+# Description
+The tools that are used to display a custom composable motd on login in SCITAS clusters.
+
+# Build RPM 
+Recipe to build the RPM, the tag with the version number must exist!
+
+```bash
+export VERSION=0.1
+mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,BUILDROOT,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS}
+git archive --prefix=scitas-motd-scripts-$VERSION/ -o ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/scitas-motd-scripts-$VERSION.tar.gz $VERSION
+cp scitas-motd-scripts.spec ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/
+rpmbuild -bb ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/scitas-motd-scripts.spec
+```