Index: install_profile_api/contrib/export.inc
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--- install_profile_api/contrib/export.inc	(revision 2233)
+++ install_profile_api/contrib/export.inc	(working copy)
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@
  *   An array of node properties to override for each node imported.
  * @param $author
  *   The user all imported nodes should be authored by.
+ * @param $multiple
+ *   By default will expect the file to have multiple records or a nested
+ *   array of nodes, change this to FALSE will interpret this as a single
+ *   node.
  */
-function install_node_export_import_from_file($file, $properties = array(), $author = NULL) {
+function install_node_export_import_from_file($file, $properties = array(), $author = NULL, $multiple = TRUE) {
   if (!file_exists($file)) {
     return FALSE;
   }
@@ -47,8 +51,13 @@
   // 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 " . $node_code . ";");
+  eval("$"."imported_nodes = " . $node_code . ";");
 
+  // handle nodes exported individually
+  if (!$multiple) {
+    $imported_nodes = array($imported_nodes);
+  }
+
   $saved_nodes = array();
 
   foreach ($imported_nodes as $node) {