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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Adapted from ash applet code
+ *
+ * This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
+ * Kenneth Almquist.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994
+ *      The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 1997-2005 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
+ * was re-ported from NetBSD and debianized.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Denys Vlasenko
+ * Split from ash.c
+ *
+ * Licensed under the GPL v2 or later, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
+ */
+#ifndef SHELL_BUILTIN_READ_H
+#define SHELL_BUILTIN_READ_H 1
+
+PUSH_AND_SET_FUNCTION_VISIBILITY_TO_HIDDEN
+
+enum {
+	BUILTIN_READ_SILENT = 1 << 0,
+	BUILTIN_READ_RAW    = 1 << 1,
+};
+
+const char* FAST_FUNC
+builtin_read(void (*setvar)(const char *name, const char *val, int flags),
+	char       **argv,
+	const char *ifs,
+	int        read_flags,
+	const char *opt_n,
+	const char *opt_p,
+	const char *opt_t,
+	const char *opt_u
+);
+
+POP_SAVED_FUNCTION_VISIBILITY
+
+#endif