new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  import sys
  import cvmfs
  
  def usage():
      print sys.argv[0] + " <local repo name | remote repo url>"
      print "This script retrieves the last modified timestamp and root hash of the"
      print "provided CVMFS repository."
  
  if len(sys.argv) != 2:
      usage();
      sys.exit(1)
  
  repo_identifier = sys.argv[1]
  
  repo         = cvmfs.open_repository(repo_identifier)
  root_catalog = repo.retrieve_root_catalog()
  print root_catalog.last_modified , root_catalog.hash
  
subject: add script to retrieve root hash and timestamp