diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index 8c1de73..bfb1bed 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -44,4 +44,6 @@
 include $(commands_recovery_local_path)/minzip/Android.mk
 include $(commands_recovery_local_path)/mtdutils/Android.mk
 include $(commands_recovery_local_path)/tools/Android.mk
+include $(commands_recovery_local_path)/edify/Android.mk
+include $(commands_recovery_local_path)/updater/Android.mk
 commands_recovery_local_path :=
diff --git a/edify/Android.mk b/edify/Android.mk
index 803fba2..fac0ba7 100644
--- a/edify/Android.mk
+++ b/edify/Android.mk
@@ -26,15 +26,14 @@
 
 include $(BUILD_HOST_EXECUTABLE)
 
-# #
-# # Build the device-side library
-# #
-# include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+#
+# Build the device-side library
+#
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 
-# LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(edify_src_files)
-# LOCAL_SRC_FILES += $(edify_test_files)
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(edify_src_files)
 
-# LOCAL_CFLAGS := $(edify_cflags)
-# LOCAL_MODULE := libedify
+LOCAL_CFLAGS := $(edify_cflags)
+LOCAL_MODULE := libedify
 
-# include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/edify/README b/edify/README
index 5ccb582..810455c 100644
--- a/edify/README
+++ b/edify/README
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   understood, as are hexadecimal escapes like \x4a.
 
 - String literals consisting of only letters, numbers, colons,
-  underscores, and slashes don't need to be in double quotes.
+  underscores, slashes, and periods don't need to be in double quotes.
 
 - The following words are reserved:
 
diff --git a/edify/expr.c b/edify/expr.c
index b3b8927..129fbd9 100644
--- a/edify/expr.c
+++ b/edify/expr.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "expr.h"
 
@@ -92,6 +93,12 @@
 }
 
 char* AbortFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
+  char* msg = NULL;
+  if (argc > 0) {
+    msg = Evaluate(cookie, argv[0]);
+  }
+  SetError(msg == NULL ? "called abort()" : msg);
+  free(msg);
   return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -105,12 +112,23 @@
     int b = BooleanString(v);
     free(v);
     if (!b) {
+      SetError("assert() failed");
       return NULL;
     }
   }
   return strdup("");
 }
 
+char* SleepFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
+  char* val = Evaluate(cookie, argv[0]);
+  if (val == NULL) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  int v = strtol(val, NULL, 10);
+  sleep(v);
+  return val;
+}
+
 char* PrintFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
   int i;
   for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
@@ -234,6 +252,32 @@
   return e;
 }
 
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------
+//   error reporting
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+static char* error_message = NULL;
+
+void SetError(const char* message) {
+  if (error_message) {
+    free(error_message);
+  }
+  error_message = strdup(message);
+}
+
+const char* GetError() {
+  return error_message;
+}
+
+void ClearError() {
+  free(error_message);
+  error_message = NULL;
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------
+//   the function table
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------
+
 static int fn_entries = 0;
 static int fn_size = 0;
 NamedFunction* fn_table = NULL;
@@ -276,4 +320,55 @@
   RegisterFunction("concat", ConcatFn);
   RegisterFunction("is_substring", SubstringFn);
   RegisterFunction("print", PrintFn);
+  RegisterFunction("sleep", SleepFn);
+}
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------
+//   convenience methods for functions
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Evaluate the expressions in argv, giving 'count' char* (the ... is
+// zero or more char** to put them in).  If any expression evaluates
+// to NULL, free the rest and return -1.  Return 0 on success.
+int ReadArgs(void* cookie, Expr* argv[], int count, ...) {
+  char** args = malloc(count * sizeof(char*));
+  va_list v;
+  va_start(v, count);
+  int i;
+  for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+    args[i] = Evaluate(cookie, argv[i]);
+    if (args[i] == NULL) {
+      va_end(v);
+      int j;
+      for (j = 0; j < i; ++j) {
+        free(args[j]);
+      }
+      return -1;
+    }
+    *(va_arg(v, char**)) = args[i];
+  }
+  va_end(v);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+// Evaluate the expressions in argv, returning an array of char*
+// results.  If any evaluate to NULL, free the rest and return NULL.
+// The caller is responsible for freeing the returned array and the
+// strings it contains.
+char** ReadVarArgs(void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
+  char** args = (char**)malloc(argc * sizeof(char*));
+  int i = 0;
+  for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
+    args[i] = Evaluate(cookie, argv[i]);
+    if (args[i] == NULL) {
+      int j;
+      for (j = 0; j < i; ++j) {
+        free(args[j]);
+      }
+      free(args);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  }
+  return args;
 }
diff --git a/edify/expr.h b/edify/expr.h
index ac5df18..cfbef90 100644
--- a/edify/expr.h
+++ b/edify/expr.h
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@
 char* AssertFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]);
 char* AbortFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]);
 
+
+// For setting and getting the global error string (when returning
+// NULL from a function).
+void SetError(const char* message);  // makes a copy
+const char* GetError();              // retains ownership
+void ClearError();
+
+
 typedef struct {
   const char* name;
   Function fn;
@@ -77,4 +85,19 @@
 // exists.
 Function FindFunction(const char* name);
 
+
+// --- convenience functions for use in functions ---
+
+// Evaluate the expressions in argv, giving 'count' char* (the ... is
+// zero or more char** to put them in).  If any expression evaluates
+// to NULL, free the rest and return -1.  Return 0 on success.
+int ReadArgs(void* cookie, Expr* argv[], int count, ...);
+
+// Evaluate the expressions in argv, returning an array of char*
+// results.  If any evaluate to NULL, free the rest and return NULL.
+// The caller is responsible for freeing the returned array and the
+// strings it contains.
+char** ReadVarArgs(void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]);
+
+
 #endif  // _EXPRESSION_H
diff --git a/edify/lexer.l b/edify/lexer.l
index 4faef5d..cb5eb31 100644
--- a/edify/lexer.l
+++ b/edify/lexer.l
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 else              { gColumn += yyleng; return ELSE; }
 endif             { gColumn += yyleng; return ENDIF; }
 
-[a-zA-Z0-9_:/]+ {
+[a-zA-Z0-9_:/.]+ {
   gColumn += yyleng;
   yylval.str = strdup(yytext);
   return STRING;
diff --git a/edify/main.c b/edify/main.c
index 4d65da2..c959683 100644
--- a/edify/main.c
+++ b/edify/main.c
@@ -158,7 +158,14 @@
   printf("parse returned %d\n", error);
   if (error == 0) {
     char* result = Evaluate(NULL, root);
-    printf("result is [%s]\n", result == NULL ? "(NULL)" : result);
+    if (result == NULL) {
+      char* errmsg = GetError();
+      printf("result was NULL, message is: %s\n",
+             (errmsg == NULL ? "(NULL)" : errmsg));
+      ClearError();
+    } else {
+      printf("result is [%s]\n", result);
+    }
   }
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/install.c b/install.c
index eff9312..0b5c04d 100644
--- a/install.c
+++ b/install.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
     int status;
     waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
     if (!WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
-        LOGE("Error in %s\n(Status %d)\n", path, status);
+        LOGE("Error in %s\n(Status %d)\n", path, WEXITSTATUS(status));
         return INSTALL_ERROR;
     }
 
diff --git a/updater/Android.mk b/updater/Android.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2716d48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updater/Android.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Copyright 2009 The Android Open Source Project
+
+LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
+
+updater_src_files := \
+	install.c \
+	updater.c
+
+#
+# Build the device-side library
+#
+include $(CLEAR_VARS)
+
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(updater_src_files)
+
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := libedify libmtdutils libminzip libz
+LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES += libcutils libstdc++ libc
+LOCAL_C_INCLUDES += $(LOCAL_PATH)/..
+
+LOCAL_MODULE := updater
+
+LOCAL_FORCE_STATIC_EXECUTABLE := true
+
+include $(BUILD_EXECUTABLE)
diff --git a/updater/install.c b/updater/install.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2336f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updater/install.c
@@ -0,0 +1,370 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "edify/expr.h"
+#include "minzip/DirUtil.h"
+#include "mtdutils/mounts.h"
+#include "mtdutils/mtdutils.h"
+#include "updater.h"
+
+char* ErrorAbort(void* cookie, char* format, ...) {
+    char* buffer = malloc(4096);
+    va_list v;
+    va_start(v, format);
+    vsnprintf(buffer, 4096, format, v);
+    va_end(v);
+    SetError(buffer);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+// mount(type, location, mount_point)
+//
+//   what:  type="MTD"   location="<partition>"            to mount a yaffs2 filesystem
+//          type="vfat"  location="/dev/block/<whatever>"  to mount a device
+char* MountFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
+    char* result = NULL;
+    if (argc != 3) {
+        return ErrorAbort(cookie, "%s() expects 3 args, got %d", name, argc);
+    }
+    char* type;
+    char* location;
+    char* mount_point;
+    if (ReadArgs(cookie, argv, 3, &type, &location, &mount_point) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (strlen(type) == 0) {
+        ErrorAbort(cookie, "type argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        goto done;
+    }
+    if (strlen(location) == 0) {
+        ErrorAbort(cookie, "location argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        goto done;
+    }
+    if (strlen(mount_point) == 0) {
+        ErrorAbort(cookie, "mount_point argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    mkdir(mount_point, 0755);
+
+    if (strcmp(type, "MTD") == 0) {
+        mtd_scan_partitions();
+        const MtdPartition* mtd;
+        mtd = mtd_find_partition_by_name(location);
+        if (mtd == NULL) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: no mtd partition named \"%s\"",
+                    name, location);
+            result = strdup("");
+            goto done;
+        }
+        if (mtd_mount_partition(mtd, mount_point, "yaffs2", 0 /* rw */) != 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "mtd mount of %s failed: %s\n",
+                    location, strerror(errno));
+            result = strdup("");
+            goto done;
+        }
+        result = mount_point;
+    } else {
+        if (mount(location, mount_point, type,
+                  MS_NOATIME | MS_NODEV | MS_NODIRATIME, "") < 0) {
+            result = strdup("");
+        } else {
+            result = mount_point;
+        }
+    }
+
+done:
+    free(type);
+    free(location);
+    if (result != mount_point) free(mount_point);
+    return result;
+}
+
+char* UnmountFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
+    char* result = NULL;
+    if (argc != 1) {
+        return ErrorAbort(cookie, "%s() expects 1 arg, got %d", name, argc);
+    }
+    char* mount_point;
+    if (ReadArgs(cookie, argv, 1, &mount_point) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (strlen(mount_point) == 0) {
+        ErrorAbort(cookie, "mount_point argument to unmount() can't be empty");
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    scan_mounted_volumes();
+    const MountedVolume* vol = find_mounted_volume_by_mount_point(mount_point);
+    if (vol == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "unmount of %s failed; no such volume\n", mount_point);
+        result = strdup("");
+    } else {
+        unmount_mounted_volume(vol);
+        result = mount_point;
+    }
+
+done:
+    if (result != mount_point) free(mount_point);
+    return result;
+}
+// format(type, location)
+//
+//    type="MTD"  location=partition
+char* FormatFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
+    char* result = NULL;
+    if (argc != 2) {
+        return ErrorAbort(cookie, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
+    }
+    char* type;
+    char* location;
+    if (ReadArgs(cookie, argv, 2, &type, &location) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (strlen(type) == 0) {
+        ErrorAbort(cookie, "type argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        goto done;
+    }
+    if (strlen(location) == 0) {
+        ErrorAbort(cookie, "location argument to %s() can't be empty", name);
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    if (strcmp(type, "MTD") == 0) {
+        mtd_scan_partitions();
+        const MtdPartition* mtd = mtd_find_partition_by_name(location);
+        if (mtd == NULL) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: no mtd partition named \"%s\"",
+                    name, location);
+            result = strdup("");
+            goto done;
+        }
+        MtdWriteContext* ctx = mtd_write_partition(mtd);
+        if (ctx == NULL) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't write \"%s\"", name, location);
+            result = strdup("");
+            goto done;
+        }
+        if (mtd_erase_blocks(ctx, -1) == -1) {
+            mtd_write_close(ctx);
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to erase \"%s\"", name, location);
+            result = strdup("");
+            goto done;
+        }
+        if (mtd_write_close(ctx) != 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to close \"%s\"", name, location);
+            result = strdup("");
+            goto done;
+        }
+        result = location;
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: unsupported type \"%s\"", name, type);
+    }
+
+done:
+    free(type);
+    if (result != location) free(location);
+    return result;
+}
+
+char* DeleteFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
+    char** paths = malloc(argc * sizeof(char*));
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
+        paths[i] = Evaluate(cookie, argv[i]);
+        if (paths[i] == NULL) {
+            int j;
+            for (j = 0; j < i; ++i) {
+                free(paths[j]);
+            }
+            free(paths);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    bool recursive = (strcmp(name, "delete_recursive") == 0);
+
+    int success = 0;
+    for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
+        if ((recursive ? dirUnlinkHierarchy(paths[i]) : unlink(paths[i])) == 0)
+            ++success;
+        free(paths[i]);
+    }
+    free(paths);
+
+    char buffer[10];
+    sprintf(buffer, "%d", success);
+    return strdup(buffer);
+}
+
+char* ShowProgressFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
+    if (argc != 2) {
+        return ErrorAbort(cookie, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
+    }
+    char* frac_str;
+    char* sec_str;
+    if (ReadArgs(cookie, argv, 2, &frac_str, &sec_str) < 0) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    double frac = strtod(frac_str, NULL);
+    int sec = strtol(sec_str, NULL, 10);
+
+    UpdaterInfo* ui = (UpdaterInfo*)cookie;
+    fprintf(ui->cmd_pipe, "progress %f %d\n", frac, sec);
+
+    free(frac_str);
+    free(sec_str);
+    return strdup("");
+}
+
+// package_extract package_path destination_path
+char* PackageExtractFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
+    if (argc != 2) {
+        return ErrorAbort(cookie, "%s() expects 2 args, got %d", name, argc);
+    }
+    char* zip_path;
+    char* dest_path;
+    if (ReadArgs(cookie, argv, 2, &zip_path, &dest_path) < 0) return NULL;
+
+    ZipArchive* za = ((UpdaterInfo*)cookie)->package_zip;
+
+    // To create a consistent system image, never use the clock for timestamps.
+    struct utimbuf timestamp = { 1217592000, 1217592000 };  // 8/1/2008 default
+
+    bool success = mzExtractRecursive(za, zip_path, dest_path,
+                                      MZ_EXTRACT_FILES_ONLY, &timestamp,
+                                      NULL, NULL);
+    free(zip_path);
+    free(dest_path);
+    return strdup(success ? "t" : "");
+}
+
+// symlink target src1 src2 ...
+char* SymlinkFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
+    if (argc == 0) {
+        return ErrorAbort(cookie, "%s() expects 1+ args, got %d", name, argc);
+    }
+    char* target;
+    target = Evaluate(cookie, argv[0]);
+    if (target == NULL) return NULL;
+
+    char** srcs = ReadVarArgs(cookie, argc-1, argv+1);
+    if (srcs == NULL) {
+        free(target);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; i < argc-1; ++i) {
+        symlink(target, srcs[i]);
+        free(srcs[i]);
+    }
+    free(srcs);
+    return strdup("");
+}
+
+char* SetPermFn(const char* name, void* cookie, int argc, Expr* argv[]) {
+    char* result = NULL;
+    bool recursive = (strcmp(name, "set_perm_recursive") == 0);
+
+    int min_args = 4 + (recursive ? 1 : 0);
+    if (argc < min_args) {
+        return ErrorAbort(cookie, "%s() expects %d+ args, got %d", name, argc);
+    }
+
+    char** args = ReadVarArgs(cookie, argc, argv);
+    if (args == NULL) return NULL;
+
+    char* end;
+    int i;
+
+    int uid = strtoul(args[0], &end, 0);
+    if (*end != '\0' || args[0][0] == 0) {
+        ErrorAbort(cookie, "%s: \"%s\" not a valid uid", name, args[0]);
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    int gid = strtoul(args[1], &end, 0);
+    if (*end != '\0' || args[1][0] == 0) {
+        ErrorAbort(cookie, "%s: \"%s\" not a valid gid", name, args[1]);
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    if (recursive) {
+        int dir_mode = strtoul(args[2], &end, 0);
+        if (*end != '\0' || args[2][0] == 0) {
+            ErrorAbort(cookie, "%s: \"%s\" not a valid dirmode", name, args[2]);
+            goto done;
+        }
+
+        int file_mode = strtoul(args[3], &end, 0);
+        if (*end != '\0' || args[3][0] == 0) {
+            ErrorAbort(cookie, "%s: \"%s\" not a valid filemode",
+                       name, args[3]);
+            goto done;
+        }
+
+        for (i = 4; i < argc; ++i) {
+            dirSetHierarchyPermissions(args[i], uid, gid, dir_mode, file_mode);
+        }
+    } else {
+        int mode = strtoul(args[2], &end, 0);
+        if (*end != '\0' || args[2][0] == 0) {
+            ErrorAbort(cookie, "%s: \"%s\" not a valid mode", name, args[2]);
+            goto done;
+        }
+
+        for (i = 4; i < argc; ++i) {
+            chown(args[i], uid, gid);
+            chmod(args[i], mode);
+        }
+    }
+    result = strdup("");
+
+done:
+    for (i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
+        free(args[i]);
+    }
+    free(args);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+void RegisterInstallFunctions() {
+    RegisterFunction("mount", MountFn);
+    RegisterFunction("unmount", UnmountFn);
+    RegisterFunction("format", FormatFn);
+    RegisterFunction("show_progress", ShowProgressFn);
+    RegisterFunction("delete", DeleteFn);
+    RegisterFunction("delete_recursive", DeleteFn);
+    RegisterFunction("package_extract", PackageExtractFn);
+    RegisterFunction("symlink", SymlinkFn);
+    RegisterFunction("set_perm", SetPermFn);
+    RegisterFunction("set_perm_recursive", SetPermFn);
+}
diff --git a/updater/install.h b/updater/install.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94f344f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updater/install.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UPDATER_INSTALL_H_
+#define _UPDATER_INSTALL_H_
+
+void RegisterInstallFunctions();
+
+#endif
diff --git a/updater/updater.c b/updater/updater.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa03803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updater/updater.c
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "edify/expr.h"
+#include "updater.h"
+#include "install.h"
+#include "minzip/Zip.h"
+
+// Where in the package we expect to find the edify script to execute.
+// (Note it's "updateR-script", not the older "update-script".)
+#define SCRIPT_NAME "META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script"
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+    if (argc != 4) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "unexpected number of arguments (%d)\n", argc);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    char* version = argv[1];
+    if (version[0] != '1' || version[1] != '\0') {
+        fprintf(stderr, "wrong updater binary API; expected 1, got %s\n",
+                version);
+        return 2;
+    }
+
+    // Set up the pipe for sending commands back to the parent process.
+
+    int fd = atoi(argv[2]);
+    FILE* cmd_pipe = fdopen(fd, "wb");
+    setlinebuf(cmd_pipe);
+
+    // Extract the script from the package.
+
+    char* package_data = argv[3];
+    ZipArchive za;
+    int err;
+    err = mzOpenZipArchive(package_data, &za);
+    if (err != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "failed to open package %s: %s\n",
+                package_data, strerror(err));
+        return 3;
+    }
+
+    const ZipEntry* script_entry = mzFindZipEntry(&za, SCRIPT_NAME);
+    if (script_entry == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "failed to find %s in %s\n", SCRIPT_NAME, package_data);
+        return 4;
+    }
+
+    char* script = malloc(script_entry->uncompLen+1);
+    if (!mzReadZipEntry(&za, script_entry, script, script_entry->uncompLen)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "failed to read script from package\n");
+        return 5;
+    }
+    script[script_entry->uncompLen] = '\0';
+
+    // Configure edify's functions.
+
+    RegisterBuiltins();
+    RegisterInstallFunctions();
+    FinishRegistration();
+
+    // Parse the script.
+
+    Expr* root;
+    yy_scan_string(script);
+    int error = yyparse(&root);
+    if (error != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%d parse errors\n", error);
+        return 6;
+    }
+
+    // Evaluate the parsed script.
+
+    UpdaterInfo updater_info;
+    updater_info.cmd_pipe = cmd_pipe;
+    updater_info.package_zip = &za;
+
+    char* result = Evaluate(&updater_info, root);
+    if (result == NULL) {
+        const char* errmsg = GetError();
+        fprintf(stderr, "script aborted with error: %s\n",
+                errmsg == NULL ? "(none)" : errmsg);
+        ClearError();
+        return 7;
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "script result was [%s]\n", result);
+        free(result);
+    }
+
+    mzCloseZipArchive(&za);
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/updater/updater.h b/updater/updater.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22fbfd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/updater/updater.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UPDATER_UPDATER_H_
+#define _UPDATER_UPDATER_H_
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "minzip/Zip.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+    FILE* cmd_pipe;
+    ZipArchive* package_zip;
+} UpdaterInfo;
+
+#endif