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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-findutils" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="findutils.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Findutils-&findutils-version;</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils">
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Findutils">Findutils</primary>
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| 15 | </indexterm>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 18 | href="../common/findutils.xml"
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| 19 | xpointer="xpointer(//*[@role='package'])"/>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 22 | <title>Installation of Findutils</title>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 25 | href="../common/findutils.xml"
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| 26 | xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='a'])"/>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <screen os="b"><userinput>CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 29 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib64/locate --localstatedir=/var/lib64/locate</userinput></screen>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <variablelist os="c">
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| 32 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <varlistentry>
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| 35 | <term><parameter>--localstatedir</parameter></term>
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| 36 | <listitem>
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| 37 | <para>This option changes the location of the <command>locate</command>
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| 38 | database to be in <filename class="directory">/var/lib64/locate</filename>,
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| 39 | which is FHS-compliant.</para>
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| 40 | </listitem>
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| 41 | </varlistentry>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | </variablelist>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 46 | href="../common/findutils.xml"
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| 47 | xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='d'])"/>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 50 | href="../common/findutils.xml"
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| 51 | xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='e'])"/>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 54 | href="../common/findutils.xml"
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| 55 | xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='f'])"/>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 58 | href="../common/findutils.xml"
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| 59 | xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='g'])"/>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 62 | href="../common/findutils.xml"
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| 63 | xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='h'])"/>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 66 | href="../common/findutils.xml"
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| 67 | xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='i'])"/>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 70 | href="../common/findutils.xml"
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| 71 | xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='j'])"/>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 74 | href="../common/findutils.xml"
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| 75 | xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='k'])"/>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
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| 78 | href="../common/findutils.xml"
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| 79 | xpointer="xpointer(//*[@os='l'])"/>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | </sect2>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <sect2 id="contents-findutils" role="content">
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| 84 | <title>Contents of Findutils</title>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <segmentedlist>
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| 87 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <seglistitem>
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| 90 | <seg>bigram, code, find, frcode, locate, updatedb, and xargs</seg>
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| 91 | </seglistitem>
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| 92 | </segmentedlist>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <variablelist>
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| 95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 96 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 97 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <varlistentry id="bigram">
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| 100 | <term><command>bigram</command></term>
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| 101 | <listitem>
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| 102 | <para>Was formerly used to produce <command>locate</command>
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| 103 | databases</para>
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| 104 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils bigram">
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| 105 | <primary sortas="b-bigram">bigram</primary>
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| 106 | </indexterm>
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| 107 | </listitem>
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| 108 | </varlistentry>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <varlistentry id="code">
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| 111 | <term><command>code</command></term>
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| 112 | <listitem>
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| 113 | <para>Was formerly used to produce <command>locate</command>
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| 114 | databases; it is the ancestor of <command>frcode</command>.</para>
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| 115 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils code">
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| 116 | <primary sortas="b-code">code</primary>
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| 117 | </indexterm>
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| 118 | </listitem>
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| 119 | </varlistentry>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <varlistentry id="find">
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| 122 | <term><command>find</command></term>
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| 123 | <listitem>
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| 124 | <para>Searches given directory trees for files matching the specified
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| 125 | criteria</para>
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| 126 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils find">
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| 127 | <primary sortas="b-find">find</primary>
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| 128 | </indexterm>
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| 129 | </listitem>
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| 130 | </varlistentry>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <varlistentry id="frcode">
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| 133 | <term><command>frcode</command></term>
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| 134 | <listitem>
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| 135 | <para>Is called by <command>updatedb</command> to compress the list
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| 136 | of file names; it uses front-compression, reducing the database size
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| 137 | by a factor of four to five.</para>
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| 138 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils frcode">
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| 139 | <primary sortas="b-frcode">frcode</primary>
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| 140 | </indexterm>
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| 141 | </listitem>
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| 142 | </varlistentry>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <varlistentry id="locate">
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| 145 | <term><command>locate</command></term>
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| 146 | <listitem>
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| 147 | <para>Searches through a database of file names and reports the names
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| 148 | that contain a given string or match a given pattern</para>
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| 149 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils locate">
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| 150 | <primary sortas="b-locate">locate</primary>
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| 151 | </indexterm>
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| 152 | </listitem>
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| 153 | </varlistentry>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="updatedb">
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| 156 | <term><command>updatedb</command></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>Updates the <command>locate</command> database; it scans the
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| 159 | entire file system (including other file systems that are currently
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| 160 | mounted, unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds into
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| 161 | the database</para>
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| 162 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils updatedb">
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| 163 | <primary sortas="b-updatedb">updatedb</primary>
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| 164 | </indexterm>
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| 165 | </listitem>
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| 166 | </varlistentry>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <varlistentry id="xargs">
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| 169 | <term><command>xargs</command></term>
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| 170 | <listitem>
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| 171 | <para>Can be used to apply a given command to a list of files</para>
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| 172 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils xargs">
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| 173 | <primary sortas="b-xargs">xargs</primary>
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| 174 | </indexterm>
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| 175 | </listitem>
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| 176 | </varlistentry>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | </variablelist>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | </sect2>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | </sect1>
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