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+/*
+ * Asterisk -- A telephony toolkit for Linux.
+ *
+ * Persistant data storage (akin to *doze registry)
+ * 
+ * Copyright (C) 1999, Mark Spencer
+ *
+ * Mark Spencer <markster@linux-support.net>
+ *
+ * This program is free software, distributed under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ASTERISK_ASTDB_H
+#define _ASTERISK_ASTDB_H
+
+#if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+int ast_db_get(const char *family, const char *key, char *out, int outlen);
+
+int ast_db_put(const char *family, const char *key, char *value);
+
+int ast_db_del(const char *family, const char *key);
+
+int ast_db_deltree(const char *family, const char *keytree);
+
+#if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif