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+*.bak
+*.rej
+*.orig
+*.swp
+*.core
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+*.o
+*.so
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+dist/atheme.conf.userserv-example
+dist/atheme.conf.operserv-example
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+include/serno.h
+include/sysconf.h
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+libmowgli/src/examples/patriciatest/patriciatest
+libmowgli/src/libmowgli/mowgli_config.h
+modules/Makefile.common
+modules/Makefile.defs
+modules/scripting/perl/api/Atheme.c
+modules/scripting/perl/api/perl_hooks.c
+modules/scripting/perl/perlxsi.c
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+po/stamp-po
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+src/services/atheme-services
+src/footprint/footprint
+tools/createtestdb
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