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+// utils.h                                               -*- C++ -*-
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave 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.
+
+Octave 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 Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (_utils_h)
+#define _utils_h 1
+
+#ifdef __GNUG__
+#pragma interface
+#endif
+
+#include <time.h>
+
+class istream;
+class ostrstream;
+class tree_constant;
+
+extern char *strsave (const char *);
+extern char *strconcat (const char *, const char *);
+extern void discard_until (istream&, char);
+extern void check_dimensions (int& nr, int& nc, char *warnfor);
+extern void raw_mode (int);
+extern int kbhit (void);
+extern char **pathstring_to_vector (char *);
+extern char *default_path (void);
+extern char *get_site_defaults (void);
+extern char *default_pager (void);
+extern char *file_in_path (char *, char *);
+extern char *m_file_in_path (char *);
+extern char *polite_directory_format (char *);
+extern int absolute_pathname (char *);
+extern int absolute_program (char *);
+extern char *base_pathname (char *);
+extern int read_octal (char *);
+extern char *sub_append_string (char *, char *, int *, int *);
+extern char *decode_prompt_string (char *);
+extern void pathname_backup (char *, int);
+extern char *make_absolute (char *, char *);
+extern char *get_working_directory (char *);
+extern int change_to_directory (char *);
+extern int is_newer (char *, time_t);
+extern volatile void jump_to_top_level (void);
+extern char *s_plural (int);
+extern char *es_plural (int);
+extern char *save_in_tmp_file (tree_constant& t, int nd = 2, int para = 0);
+extern void mark_for_deletion (const char *);
+extern void cleanup_tmp_files (void);
+extern int send_to_plot_stream (const char *cmd);
+extern void close_plot_stream (void);
+extern int almost_match (char *std, char *s, int min_match_len = 1);
+extern char **get_m_file_names (int& mfl_len, char *dir, int no_suffix);
+extern char **get_m_file_names (int& mfl_len, int no_suffix);
+extern int NINT (double x);
+extern double D_NINT (double x);
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; page-delimiter: "^/\\*" ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/