fi

  basedir="$1"
  wdir="$1"
  while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
    if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
      basedir=$wdir
      break
    fi
    # workaround for JBEAP-8937 (on Solaris 10/Sparc)
    if [ -d "${wdir}" ]; then
      wdir=`cd "$wdir/.."; pwd`
    fi
    # end of workaround
  done
  echo "${basedir}"
}

# concatenates all lines of a file
concat_lines() {