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+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Runs the standard XOS synchronizer
+
+import importlib
+import os
+import sys
+from xosconfig import Config
+
+config_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/venb_config.yaml')
+
+print config_file
+
+Config.init(config_file, 'synchronizer-config-schema.yaml')
+
+synchronizer_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
+    os.path.realpath(__file__)), "../../synchronizers/new_base")
+sys.path.append(synchronizer_path)
+mod = importlib.import_module("xos-synchronizer")
+mod.main()