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+"""
+Create a cache of the given rules.
+
+Usage:
+
+   $ python scripts/cache-ruleset.py rules/ /path/to/cache/directory
+
+Copyright (C) 2023 Mandiant, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+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: [package root]/LICENSE.txt
+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.
+"""
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import logging
+import argparse
+
+import capa.main
+import capa.rules
+import capa.engine
+import capa.helpers
+import capa.rules.cache
+import capa.features.insn
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("cache-ruleset")
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    if argv is None:
+        argv = sys.argv[1:]
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Cache ruleset.")
+    capa.main.install_common_args(parser)
+    parser.add_argument("rules", type=str, action="append", help="Path to rules")
+    parser.add_argument("cache", type=str, help="Path to cache directory")
+    args = parser.parse_args(args=argv)
+    capa.main.handle_common_args(args)
+
+    if args.debug:
+        logging.getLogger("capa").setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        logging.getLogger("viv_utils").setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    else:
+        logging.getLogger("capa").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+        logging.getLogger("viv_utils").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+
+    time0 = time.time()
+
+    try:
+        rules = capa.main.get_rules(args.rules, disable_progress=True)
+        logger.info("successfully loaded %s rules", len(rules))
+    except (IOError, capa.rules.InvalidRule, capa.rules.InvalidRuleSet) as e:
+        logger.error("%s", str(e))
+        return -1
+
+    content = capa.rules.cache.get_ruleset_content(rules)
+    id = capa.rules.cache.compute_cache_identifier(content)
+    path = capa.rules.cache.get_default_cache_path(id)
+
+    assert os.path.exists(path)
+    with open(path, "rb") as f:
+        buf = f.read()
+
+    cache_filename = os.path.basename(path)
+    cache_filepath = os.path.join(args.cache, cache_filename)
+    if os.path.exists(cache_filepath):
+        logger.info("cache file already exists: %s", cache_filepath)
+        return 0
+
+    with open(os.path.join(args.cache, cache_filename), "wb") as f:
+        f.write(buf)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())