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+
+# /
+/gfx2.ini
+/gfx2.cfg
+/message.txt
+/uploadwin.sh
+/uploadsrc.sh
+/stdout.txt
+/stderr.txt
+/*.bak
+/obj
+/googlecode_upload.py
+
+# /share/grafx2/scripts/
+/share/grafx2/scripts/*.bak
+
+# /src/
+/src/version.c
+/src/*.bak