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+.deps/
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+ar-lib
+autom4te.cache/
+compile
+config.guess
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.h.in~
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+snoopd
+snooper
+snoopd-main.o
+snooper-example.o
+stamp-h1
+test-driver
+x86_64-openbmc-linux-libtool
+x86_64-libtool
+test/post_reporter_test
+test/post_reporter_test.log
+test/post_reporter_test.o
+test/post_reporter_test.trs
+test/test-suite.log