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+/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
+ * vim:expandtab:shiftwidth=8:tabstop=8:
+ *
+ *   This file is part of Lustre, http://www.lustre.org
+ */
+#ifndef _MOUNT_UTILS_H_
+#define _MOUNT_UTILS_H_
+
+void fatal(void);
+int run_command(char *, int);
+int get_mountdata(char *, struct lustre_disk_data *);
+void register_service_tags(char *, char *, char *);
+
+#endif