diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.tar.gz
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# defines
+NAME=nmonchart
+VERSION=23
+
+# pack sources
+tar -cvzf "${NAME}-${VERSION}.tar.gz" --exclude .git --exclude "*.tar.gz" --transform s/./"${NAME}-${VERSION}"/ ./*
+
+# run rpm build command
+rpmbuild -ta "${NAME}-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/nmon.spec b/nmon.spec
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+Name:		nmonchart
+Version:	23
+Release:	1%{?dist}
+Summary:	Nigel's .nmon to .html transformer for Linux
+License:	GPLv3
+Group:		Development/Tools
+URL:		http://nmon.sourceforge.net
+Source:		http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+Requires:	ksh
+
+%description
+The Korn shell script file nmonchart transforms .nmon performance capture files in to .html files for a webserver site.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%install
+install -D -p -m 0755 %{name} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/%{name}
+
+%files
+%doc nmonchart_license
+%doc nmon_upload.html
+%doc nmon_upload.php
+%doc README
+%doc sampleC.html
+%doc sampleC.nmon
+%{_bindir}/%{name}
+
+%changelog
+* Sun Jan 10 2016 Andreas Guther <github@guther.net> - 23-1
+- Initial package based on version 23