--- junk.inc	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ contrib/export.inc	2009-01-15 15:59:30.000000000 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+// $Id$
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * CRUD functions for node_export (aka "export") module.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Import a node from a file.
+ *
+ * @param $file
+ *   The path to a file containing the export.
+ * @param $properties
+ *   An array of node properties to override for each node imported.
+ * @param $author
+ *   The user all imported nodes should be authored by.
+ */
+function install_node_export_import_from_file($file, $properties = array(), $author = NULL) {
+  if (!file_exists($file)) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  global $user;
+
+  // If the author isn't specified, use the logged in user
+  if (!$author) {
+    $author = $user;
+  }
+
+  // Default node properties
+  $default_properties = array(
+    'nid'     => NULL,
+    'vid'     => NULL,
+    'name'    => $author->name,
+    'uid'     => $author->uid,
+    'created' => NULL,
+    'menu'    => NULL,
+    'book'    => array('mlid' => NULL),
+    'files'   => array(),
+  );
+  $properties = array_merge($default_properties, $properties);
+
+  // This bit borrowed from node_export module, it wasn't possible to use
+  // drupal_execute because the export_node_import() function deals with
+  // $_POST directly.  When that issue is fixed, it should be feasible
+  // to use reuse the node_export code.
+  $export = file_get_contents($file);
+  $node_code = str_replace('node(code(', 'array(array(', $export);
+  $imported_nodes = eval("return " . $node_code . ";");
+
+  foreach ($imported_nodes as $node) {
+    $node = (object) $node;
+
+    foreach ($properties as $key => $value) {
+      $node->$key = $value;
+    }
+
+    node_save($node);
+  }
+}