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+/*
+ *  LibXDiff by Davide Libenzi ( File Differential Library )
+ *  Copyright (C) 2003  Davide Libenzi
+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License along with this library; if not, see
+ *  <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *  Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
+ *
+ */
+
+#if !defined(XPREPARE_H)
+#define XPREPARE_H
+
+
+
+int xdl_prepare_env(mmfile_t *mf1, mmfile_t *mf2, xpparam_t const *xpp,
+		    xdfenv_t *xe);
+void xdl_free_env(xdfenv_t *xe);
+
+
+
+#endif /* #if !defined(XPREPARE_H) */