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+/*
+ * This file automatically generated by findsound.sh which run by the
+ * Makefile found in the Unix Frotz 2.43 source distribution.
+ * Copying this nasty hack to find headers which may be in any of several
+ * places is not recommended.  I don't want to use autoconf just yet for
+ * this project.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <sys/soundcard.h>