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+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+
+/ABOUT-NLS
+/INSTALL
+/aclocal.m4
+/autom4te.cache/
+/compile
+/config.guess
+/config.h*
+/config.log
+/config.rpath
+/config.status
+/config.sub
+/configure
+/configure~
+/depcomp
+/stamp-h1
+/install-sh
+/libtool
+/ltmain.sh
+/missing
+/m4/*.m4
+/po/
+/intl/
+
+/man/*.1
+/man/*.5
+/html/*.html
+/html/devel/
+/html.internal/
+/xml/libpst
+
+*.o
+*.la
+*.lo
+.deps/
+.libs/
+/src/deltasearch
+/src/dumpblocks
+/src/getidblock
+/src/lspst
+/src/nick2ldif
+/src/pst2dii
+/src/pst2dii.cpp
+/src/pst2ldif
+/src/readpst
+
+/libpst.html.tar.gz
+/libpst.pc
+/libpst-[0-9].[0-9].[0-9][0-9].tar.gz