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+
+/*
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Author: Jeff Hill
+ *
+ * Functions which interrogate the state of the system wide pool
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "shareLib.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+epicsShareFunc int epicsShareAPI osiSufficentSpaceInPool ();
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+