diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/downloader.sh b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/downloader.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function get_type
+{
+    command=$1
+
+    ( $command | head -1024 | file -b --mime-type - ) 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+function get_decompressor
+{
+    type=$1
+
+    case "$type" in
+    "application/x-gzip")
+        echo "gunzip -c -"
+        ;;
+    "application/x-bzip2")
+        echo "bunzip2 -c -"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "cat"
+        ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+function decompress
+{
+    command="$1"
+    to="$2"
+
+    if [ "x$to" = "x-" ]; then
+        $command
+    else
+        $command > "$to"
+    fi
+}
+
+function hasher
+{
+    algo=$1
+
+    if [ -n "$algo" ]; then
+        openssl dgst -$algo > $HASH_FILE
+    fi
+}
+
+function unarchive
+{
+    TO="$1"
+
+    file_type=$(get_type "cat $TO")
+
+    tmp="$TO"
+
+    if [ ${tmp:0:1} = "/" ]; then
+        $tmp="$PWD/$tmp"
+    fi
+
+    IN="$tmp.tmp"
+    OUT="$tmp"
+
+    case "$file_type" in
+    "application/x-tar")
+        command="tar -xf $IN -C $OUT"
+        ;;
+    "application/zip")
+        command="unzip -d $OUT $IN"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        command=""
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+    if [ -n "$command" ]; then
+        mv "$OUT" "$IN"
+        mkdir "$OUT"
+
+        $command
+
+        if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+            echo "Error uncompressing archive" >&2
+            exit -1
+        fi
+
+        rm "$IN"
+    fi
+}
+
+TEMP=`getopt -o m:s: -l md5:,sha1: -- "$@"`
+
+if [ $? != 0 ] ; then
+    echo "Arguments error"
+    exit -1
+fi
+    
+eval set -- "$TEMP"
+
+while true; do
+    case "$1" in
+        -m|--md5)
+            HASH_TYPE=md5
+            HASH=$2
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        -s|--sha1)
+            HASH_TYPE=sha1
+            HASH=$2
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --)
+            shift
+            break
+            ;;
+        *)
+            shift
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+FROM=$1
+TO=$2
+
+export HASH_FILE="/tmp/downloader.hash.$$"
+
+case "$FROM" in
+http://*)
+    command="curl -L $FROM"
+    ;;
+*)
+    command="cat $FROM"
+    ;;
+esac
+
+file_type=$(get_type "$command")
+decompressor=$(get_decompressor "$file_type")
+
+$command | tee >( decompress "$decompressor" "$TO" ) \
+    >( hasher $HASH_TYPE ) >/dev/null
+
+if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+    echo "Error copying" >&2
+    exit -1
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$HASH_TYPE" ]; then
+    HASH_RESULT=$( cat $HASH_FILE)
+    rm $HASH_FILE
+    if [ "$HASH_RESULT" != "$HASH" ]; then
+        echo "Hash does not match" >&2
+        exit -1
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ "$TO" != "-" ]; then
+    unarchive "$TO"
+fi
+