diff --git a/admin/fixuserpix.php b/admin/fixuserpix.php
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+<?php
+
+require_once('../config.php');
+/**
+ * SCRIPT CONFIGURATION
+ */
+$starttimer = time()+microtime();
+
+$settings = array();
+$settings['verbose'] = false;
+$settings['username'] = null;
+$settings['password'] = null;
+$settings['eolchar'] = '<br />'; // Character used to break lines
+
+// Argument arrays: 0=>short name, 1=>long name
+$arguments = array(
+ array('short'=>'u', 'long'=>'username', 'help' => 'Your moodle username', 'type'=>'STRING', 'default' => ''),
+ array('short'=>'pw', 'long'=>'password', 'help' => 'Your moodle password', 'type'=>'STRING', 'default' => ''),
+ array('short'=>'v', 'long' => 'verbose', 'help' => 'Display extra information about the process')
+);
+
+// Building the USAGE output of the command line version
+if (isset($argv) && isset($argc)) {
+    $help = "Moodle User Pix Fix. Restores user profile images that were not properly moved during 1.8.2 upgrade to newer versions.\n\n"
+          . "Usage: {$argv[0]}; [OPTION] ...\n"
+          . "Options:\n"
+          . "  -h,    -?, -help, --help               This output\n";
+
+    foreach ($arguments as $arg_array) {
+        $equal = '';
+        if (!empty($arg_array['type'])) {
+            $equal = "={$arg_array['type']}";
+        }
+
+        $padding1 = 5 - strlen($arg_array['short']);
+        $padding2 = 30 - (strlen($arg_array['long']) + strlen($equal));
+        $paddingstr1 = '';
+        for ($i = 0; $i < $padding1; $i++) {
+            $paddingstr1 .= ' ';
+        }
+        $paddingstr2 = '';
+        for ($i = 0; $i < $padding2; $i++) {
+            $paddingstr2 .= ' ';
+        }
+
+        $help .= "  -{$arg_array['short']},$paddingstr1--{$arg_array['long']}$equal$paddingstr2{$arg_array['help']}\n";
+    }
+
+    $help .= "\nEmail nicolasconnault@gmail.com for any suggestions or bug reports.\n";
+
+    if ($argc == 1 || in_array($argv[1], array('--help', '-help', '-h', '-?'))) {
+        echo $help;
+        die();
+
+    } else {
+
+        $settings['eolchar'] = "\n";
+        $argv = arguments($argv);
+        $argscount = 0;
+
+        foreach ($arguments as $arg_array) {
+            $value = null;
+            if (in_array($arg_array['short'], array_keys($argv))) {
+                $value = $argv[$arg_array['short']];
+                unset($argv[$arg_array['short']]);
+            } elseif (in_array($arg_array['long'], array_keys($argv))) {
+                $value = $argv[$arg_array['long']];
+                unset($argv[$arg_array['long']]);
+            }
+            if (!is_null($value)) {
+                $settings[$arg_array['long']] = $value;
+                $argscount++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If some params are left in argv, it means they are not supported
+        if ($argscount == 0 || count($argv) > 0) {
+            echo $help;
+            die();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * SCRIPT SETUP
+ */
+require_once($CFG->libdir . '/formslib.php');
+require_once($CFG->dirroot .'/course/lib.php');
+verbose("Loading libraries...");
+$systemcontext = get_context_instance(CONTEXT_SYSTEM);
+
+/**
+ * WEB INTERFACE FORM
+ */
+
+class pixfix_form extends moodleform {
+    function definition() {
+        global $arguments;
+        $mform =& $this->_form;
+
+        foreach ($arguments as $arg_array) {
+            $type = 'advcheckbox';
+
+            $label = ucfirst(str_replace('-', ' ', $arg_array['long']));
+            if (!empty($arg_array['type'])) {
+                $type = 'text';
+            }
+
+            if ($arg_array['long'] == 'password' || $arg_array['long'] == 'username') {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $mform->addElement($type, $arg_array['long'], $label);
+
+            if (isset($arg_array['default'])) {
+                $mform->setDefault($arg_array['long'], $arg_array['default']);
+            }
+        }
+        $this->add_action_buttons(false, 'Restore Images');
+    }
+
+    function definition_after_data() {
+
+    }
+}
+
+$run_script = true;
+$web_interface = false;
+
+// If eolchar is still <br />, load the web interface
+if ($settings['eolchar'] == '<br />') {
+    print_header("User Pix-Fix");
+    print_heading("User Pix-Fix");
+    $mform = new pixfix_form();
+
+    if ($data = $mform->get_data(false)) {
+        foreach ($arguments as $arg_array) {
+            if (!empty($data->{$arg_array['long']})) {
+                $settings[$arg_array['long']] = $data->{$arg_array['long']};
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        $run_script = false;
+    }
+
+    if (!has_capability('moodle/site:doanything', $systemcontext)) {
+        // If not logged in, give link to login page for current site
+        notify("You must be logged in as administrator before using this script.");
+        require_login();
+    } else {
+        $mform->display();
+    }
+
+    $web_interface = true;
+}
+
+if ($run_script) {
+
+    // User authentication
+    if (!$web_interface) {
+        if (empty($settings['username'])) {
+            echo "You must enter a valid username for a moodle administrator account on this site.{$settings['eolchar']}";
+            die();
+        } elseif (empty($settings['password'])) {
+            echo "You must enter a valid password for a moodle administrator account on this site.{$settings['eolchar']}";
+            die();
+        } else {
+            if (!$user = authenticate_user_login($settings['username'], $settings['password'])) {
+                echo "Invalid username or password!{$settings['eolchar']}";
+                die();
+            }
+            $USER = complete_user_login($user);
+            if (!has_capability('moodle/site:doanything', $systemcontext)) {
+                echo "You do not have administration privileges on this Moodle site. These are required for running the restore script.{$settings['eolchar']}";
+                die();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Script code here
+
+    // Look for old moodledata/users directory
+    $oldusersdir = $CFG->dataroot . '/users';
+
+    if (!file_exists($oldusersdir)) {
+        notify('The old directory for user profile images ('.$oldusersdir.') does not exist. Pictures cannot be restored!');
+    } else {
+        // Find user profile images that are not yet in the new directory
+        $folders = get_directory_list($oldusersdir, '', false, true, false);
+
+        $restored_count = 0;
+
+        foreach ($folders as $userid) {
+            $olddir = $oldusersdir . '/' . $userid;
+            $files = get_directory_list($olddir);
+
+            if (empty($files)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Create new user directory
+            if (!$newdir = make_user_directory($userid)) {
+                // some weird directory - do not stop the upgrade, just ignore it
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Move contents of old directory to new one
+            if (file_exists($olddir) && file_exists($newdir)) {
+                $restored = false;
+
+                foreach ($files as $file) {
+                    if (!file_exists($newdir . '/' . $file)) {
+                        copy($olddir . '/' . $file, $newdir . '/' . $file);
+                        verbose("Moved $olddir/$file into $newdir/$file");
+                        $restored = true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if ($restored) {
+                    $restored_count++;
+                }
+            } else {
+                notify("Could not move the contents of $olddir into $newdir!");
+                $result = false;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ($settings['eolchar'] == '<br />') {
+            print_box_start('generalbox centerpara');
+        }
+        if ($restored_count > 0) {
+            echo "Successfully restored profile images for $restored_count users!" . $settings['eolchar'];
+        } else {
+            echo "Did not find any user profile images in need of restoring." . $settings['eolchar'];
+        }
+        if ($settings['eolchar'] == '<br />') {
+            print_box_end();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+if ($settings['eolchar'] == '<br />') {
+    print_footer();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts the standard $argv into an associative array taking var=val arguments into account
+ * @param array $argv
+ * @return array $_ARG
+ */
+function arguments($argv) {
+    $_ARG = array();
+    foreach ($argv as $arg) {
+        if (ereg('--?([^=]+)=(.*)',$arg,$reg)) {
+            $_ARG[$reg[1]] = $reg[2];
+        } elseif(ereg('-([a-zA-Z0-9]+)',$arg,$reg)) {
+           $_ARG[$reg[1]] = 'true';
+        }
+    }
+    return $_ARG;
+}
+
+/**
+ * If verbose is switched on, prints a string terminated by the global eolchar string.
+ * @param string $string The string to STDOUT
+ */
+function verbose($string) {
+    global $settings;
+    if ($settings['verbose'] && !$settings['quiet']) {
+        echo $string . $settings['eolchar'];
+    }
+}
+
+?>