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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _INIT_UTIL_H_
+#define _INIT_UTIL_H_
+
+int mtd_name_to_number(const char *name);
+int create_socket(const char *name, int type, mode_t perm,
+                  uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
+void *read_file(const char *fn, unsigned *_sz);
+time_t gettime(void);
+unsigned int decode_uid(const char *s);
+
+#endif