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+
+/*
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Author: Eric Norum
+ */
+
+#ifndef osdTimeh
+#define osdTimeh
+
+/*
+ * Linux needs this dummy include file since the POSIX version
+ * causes `struct timespec' to be defined in more than one place.
+ */
+
+#endif /* ifndef osdTimeh */
+