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+/* exit() exit codes for some BSD system programs.
+   Copyright (C) 2003, 2006-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
+
+/* Written by Simon Josefsson based on sysexits(3) man page */
+
+#ifndef _GL_SYSEXITS_H
+#define _GL_SYSEXITS_H
+
+#if @HAVE_SYSEXITS_H@
+
+/* IRIX 6.5 has an <unistd.h> that defines a macro EX_OK with a nonzero
+   value.  Override it.  See
+   <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2007-03/msg00361.html>  */
+# ifdef __sgi
+#  include <unistd.h>
+#  undef EX_OK
+# endif
+
+# include @ABSOLUTE_SYSEXITS_H@
+
+/* HP-UX 11 <sysexits.h> ends at EX_NOPERM.  */
+# ifndef EX_CONFIG
+#  define EX_CONFIG 78
+# endif
+
+#else
+
+# define EX_OK 0 /* same value as EXIT_SUCCESS */
+
+# define EX_USAGE 64
+# define EX_DATAERR 65
+# define EX_NOINPUT 66
+# define EX_NOUSER 67
+# define EX_NOHOST 68
+# define EX_UNAVAILABLE 69
+# define EX_SOFTWARE 70
+# define EX_OSERR 71
+# define EX_OSFILE 72
+# define EX_CANTCREAT 73
+# define EX_IOERR 74
+# define EX_TEMPFAIL 75
+# define EX_PROTOCOL 76
+# define EX_NOPERM 77
+# define EX_CONFIG 78
+
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _GL_SYSEXITS_H */