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+aclocal.m4
+aminclude_static.am
+ar-lib
+autom4te.cache
+compile
+config.guess
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+configure
+cscope.*
+depcomp
+.deps
+.dirstamp
+*.gcda
+*.gcno
+*.in
+*~
+install-sh
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+m4
+Makefile
+missing
+stamp-h1
+*.swp
+test-driver