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+*.log
+*.pyc
+*.o
+*.lo
+*.la
+.DS_Store
+.cproject
+.project
+.pydevproject
+.settings
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache
+config.*
+configure
+ctools.pc
+.DS_Store
+install-sh
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+m4
+missing
+.libs
+stamp-h1
+
+pyext/build/
+pyext/ctools.py
+pyext/ctools_wrap.cpp
+src/ctbin/ctbin
+src/ctlike/ctlike
+src/ctmodel/ctmodel
+src/ctobssim/ctobssim
+src/ctselect/ctselect
+src/ctskymap/ctskymap
+test/pfiles/