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-# |  (C) 2006-2023 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
-# |  authors, and contributors see CITATION.cff file. This file is part
-# |  of REMIND and licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later. Under Section 7 of
-# |  AGPL-3.0, you are granted additional permissions described in the
-# |  REMIND License Exception, version 1.0 (see LICENSE file).
-# |  Contact: remind@pik-potsdam.de
-
-library(remind2)
-library(lucode2)
-
-############################# BASIC CONFIGURATION #############################
-
-if(!exists("source_include")) {
-  #Define arguments that can be read from command line
-   outputdir <- "output/R17IH_SSP2_postIIASA-26_2016-12-23_16.03.23"     # path to the output folder
-   readArgs("outputdir")
-} 
-
-scenario              <- getScenNames(outputdir)
-remind_reporting_file <- file.path(outputdir,paste0("REMIND_generic_",scenario,".mif"))
-gdx                   <- file.path(outputdir,"fulldata.gdx")
-hist                  <- c(paste0(outputdir, "/historical.mif"), "./core/input/historical/historical.mif")
-
-###############################################################################
-# paths of the validation file
-remind_validation_file <- file.path(outputdir,paste0("REMIND_validation_",scenario,".pdf"))
-
-
-#### Choose validation data ###
-# Use first hist file that can be found
-for(h in hist) {
-  if(file.exists(h)) break
-}
-
-# generate validation for REMIND
-validationREMIND(gdx=gdx, hist=h, file=remind_validation_file, reportfile=remind_reporting_file)