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+COPYING
+INSTALL
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+config.cache
+config.guess
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+libtool
+missing
+mkinstalldirs
+stamp-h1
+autom4te.cache
+cscope.files
+cscope.out