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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+# ***** BEGIN GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
+# ***** END GPL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+
+# <pep8-80 compliant>
+
+# Write out messages.txt from Blender.
+
+import os
+import sys
+import subprocess
+
+import settings
+
+
+BLENDER_ARGS = [
+    settings.BLENDER_EXEC,
+    "--background",
+    "--factory-startup",
+    "--python",
+    os.path.join(settings.TOOLS_DIR, "bl_process_msg.py"),
+    "--",
+    "-m",
+]
+
+
+def main():
+    import argparse
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Write out messages.txt " \
+                                                 "from Blender.")
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--no_checks', default=True,
+                        action="store_false",
+                        help="No checks over UI messages.")
+    parser.add_argument('-b', '--blender', help="Blender executable path.")
+    parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', help="Output messages file path.")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    if args.blender:
+        BLENDER_ARGS[0] = args.blender
+    if not args.no_checks:
+        BLENDER_ARGS.append("-c")
+    if args.output:
+        BLENDER_ARGS.append("-o")
+        BLENDER_ARGS.append(args.output)
+    ret = subprocess.call(BLENDER_ARGS)
+
+    return ret
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print("\n\n *** Running {} *** \n".format(__file__))
+    ret = main()
+    if ret:
+        raise(Exception(ret))