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+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache/
+compile
+config.guess
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+docs/Makefile
+docs/Makefile.in
+examples/Makefile
+examples/Makefile.in
+include/Makefile
+include/Makefile.in
+include/dimbl/Makefile
+include/dimbl/Makefile.in
+install-sh
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+m4/Makefile
+m4/Makefile.in
+m4/libtool.m4
+m4/ltoptions.m4
+m4/ltsugar.m4
+m4/ltversion.m4
+m4/lt~obsolete.m4
+m4/pkg.m4
+missing
+src/.deps/
+src/*.o
+src/Makefile
+src/Makefile.in
+src/dimbl
+src/test-suite.log
+src/tst.out
+src/tst.sh.log
+src/tst.sh.trs
+stamp-h1
+test-driver