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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+
+"""
+Create MC 2016 records.
+"""
+
+import hashlib
+import json
+import re
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+
+from utils import get_from_deep_json, \
+                  populate_doiinfo, \
+                  get_dataset_format, \
+                  get_dataset_year, \
+                  get_author_list_recid, \
+                  get_doi
+from das_json_store import get_das_store_json, \
+                           get_parent_dataset
+from eos_store import XROOTD_URI_BASE, \
+                      get_dataset_index_file_base, \
+                      get_dataset_location
+from mcm_store import get_mcm_dict, \
+                      get_global_tag, \
+                      get_genfragment_url, \
+                      get_generator_name, \
+                      get_dataset_energy, \
+                      get_cmsDriver_script
+from config_store import get_conffile_ids_all_chain_steps
+from categorisation import guess_title_category
+from dataset_records import get_dataset, \
+                            newer_dataset_version_exists
+
+
+def create_record(conf_id, conffiles_dir):
+    """Create record for the given dataset."""
+
+    rec = {}
+
+    with open(conffiles_dir + '/' + conf_id + '.configFile') as myfile:
+        rec['cms_confdb_id'] = conf_id
+        rec['script'] = myfile.read()
+
+    return rec
+
+
+def create_records(conf_ids, conffiles_dir):
+    """Create records."""
+
+    records = []
+    for conf_id in conf_ids:
+        records.append(create_record(conf_id, conffiles_dir))
+    return records
+
+
+def main(datasets, eos_dir, das_dir, mcm_dir, conffiles_dir):
+    "Do the job."
+
+    dataset_full_names = []
+    for dataset_full_name in datasets:
+        if newer_dataset_version_exists(dataset_full_name, datasets):
+            print('[ERROR] Ignoring older dataset version ' + dataset_full_name,
+                  file=sys.stderr)
+        else:
+            dataset_full_names.append(dataset_full_name)
+
+    conffiles = []
+    for ds in dataset_full_names:
+        # this returns config_ids for all steps in the processing chain of the dataset
+        config_ids = get_conffile_ids_all_chain_steps(ds, mcm_dir)
+        if config_ids:
+            for config_id in config_ids:
+                if config_id not in conffiles:
+                    conffiles.append(config_id)
+
+    records = create_records(conffiles, conffiles_dir)
+    json.dump(records, indent=2, sort_keys=True, ensure_ascii=True, fp=sys.stdout)