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@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ test/H5test.cc -text
 test/H5testF.f -text
 test/H5testFpar.f90 -text
 test/Makefile.am -text
+/testfile -text
 tools/Makefile.am -text
 tools/README -text
 tools/h5pAttrib.cc -text
diff --git a/testfile b/testfile
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index 0000000..e69de29