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give large performance improvements on certain platforms, add --enable-jit to
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give large performance improvements on certain platforms, add --enable-jit to
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the "configure" command. This support is available only for certain hardware
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the "configure" command. This support is available only for certain hardware
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architectures. If you try to enable it on an unsupported architecture, there
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architectures. If you try to enable it on an unsupported architecture, there
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will be a compile time error. If you are running under SELinux you may also
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will be a compile time error. If in doubt, use --enable-jit=auto, which
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want to add --enable-jit-sealloc, which enables the use of an execmem
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enables JIT only if the current hardware is supported.
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allocator in JIT that is compatible with SELinux. This has no effect if JIT
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is not enabled.
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. If you are enabling JIT under SELinux you may also want to add
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--enable-jit-sealloc, which enables the use of an execmem allocator in JIT
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that is compatible with SELinux. This has no effect if JIT is not enabled.
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. If you do not want to make use of the default support for UTF-8 Unicode
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. If you do not want to make use of the default support for UTF-8 Unicode
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character strings in the 8-bit library, UTF-16 Unicode character strings in
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character strings in the 8-bit library, UTF-16 Unicode character strings in
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Philip Hazel
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Philip Hazel
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Email local part: ph10
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Email local part: ph10
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Email domain: cam.ac.uk
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Email domain: cam.ac.uk
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Last updated: 12 September 2017
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Last updated: 25 February 2018
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begin with --enable or --disable. Because of the way that <b>configure</b>
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begin with --enable or --disable. Because of the way that <b>configure</b>
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works, --enable and --disable always come in pairs, so the complementary option
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works, --enable and --disable always come in pairs, so the complementary option
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always exists as well, but as it specifies the default, it is not described.
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always exists as well, but as it specifies the default, it is not described.
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Options that specify values have names that start with --with.
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Options that specify values have names that start with --with. At the end of a
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<b>configure</b> run, a summary of the configuration is output.
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<br><a name="SEC3" href="#TOC1">BUILDING 8-BIT, 16-BIT AND 32-BIT LIBRARIES</a><br>
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--enable-jit
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option is set for an unsupported architecture, a building error occurs. If you
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are running under SELinux you may also want to add
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if JIT is enabled in the configuration summary that is output at the end of a
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<b>configure</b> run. If you are enabling JIT under SELinux you may also want to
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Copyright © 1997-2017 University of Cambridge.
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<li><a name="TOC2" href="#SEC2">DESCRIPTION</a>
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<li><a name="TOC2" href="#SEC2">DESCRIPTION</a>
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<li><a name="TOC3" href="#SEC3">SUPPORT FOR COMPRESSED FILES</a>
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<li><a name="TOC3" href="#SEC3">SUPPORT FOR COMPRESSED FILES</a>
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<li><a name="TOC4" href="#SEC4">BINARY FILES</a>
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<li><a name="TOC4" href="#SEC4">BINARY FILES</a>
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<li><a name="TOC5" href="#SEC5">OPTIONS</a>
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<li><a name="TOC5" href="#SEC5">BINARY ZEROS IN PATTERNS</a>
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<li><a name="TOC6" href="#SEC6">ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</a>
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<li><a name="TOC6" href="#SEC6">OPTIONS</a>
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<li><a name="TOC7" href="#SEC7">NEWLINES</a>
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<li><a name="TOC7" href="#SEC7">ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</a>
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<li><a name="TOC8" href="#SEC8">OPTIONS COMPATIBILITY</a>
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<li><a name="TOC8" href="#SEC8">NEWLINES</a>
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<li><a name="TOC9" href="#SEC9">OPTIONS WITH DATA</a>
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<li><a name="TOC9" href="#SEC9">OPTIONS COMPATIBILITY</a>
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<li><a name="TOC10" href="#SEC10">USING PCRE2'S CALLOUT FACILITY</a>
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<li><a name="TOC10" href="#SEC10">OPTIONS WITH DATA</a>
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<li><a name="TOC11" href="#SEC11">MATCHING ERRORS</a>
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<li><a name="TOC11" href="#SEC11">USING PCRE2'S CALLOUT FACILITY</a>
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<li><a name="TOC12" href="#SEC12">DIAGNOSTICS</a>
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<li><a name="TOC12" href="#SEC12">MATCHING ERRORS</a>
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<li><a name="TOC13" href="#SEC13">SEE ALSO</a>
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<li><a name="TOC13" href="#SEC13">DIAGNOSTICS</a>
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<li><a name="TOC14" href="#SEC14">AUTHOR</a>
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<li><a name="TOC14" href="#SEC14">SEE ALSO</a>
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<li><a name="TOC15" href="#SEC15">REVISION</a>
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<li><a name="TOC15" href="#SEC15">AUTHOR</a>
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<li><a name="TOC16" href="#SEC16">REVISION</a>
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<br><a name="SEC1" href="#TOC1">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
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a binary file is not applied. See the <b>--binary-files</b> option for a means
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a binary file is not applied. See the <b>--binary-files</b> option for a means
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of changing the way binary files are handled.
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of changing the way binary files are handled.
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<br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">OPTIONS</a><br>
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The order in which some of the options appear can affect the output. For
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example, both the <b>-H</b> and <b>-l</b> options affect the printing of file
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<b>-f</b> <i>filename</i>, <b>--file=</b><i>filename</i>
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Read patterns from the file, one per line, and match them against each line of
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input. What constitutes a newline when reading the file is the operating
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system's default. The <b>--newline</b> option has no effect on this option.
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the description of <b>-e</b> above.
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<br><a name="SEC16" href="#TOC1">REVISION</a><br>
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Last updated: 13 November 2017
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it is not described. Options that specify values have names that start
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this option is set for an unsupported architecture, a building error
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this option is set for an unsupported architecture, a building error
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occurs. If you are running under SELinux you may also want to add
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--enable-jit-sealloc
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REVISION
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Last updated: 18 July 2017
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Last updated: 25 February 2018
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Copyright (c) 1997-2017 University of Cambridge.
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handled.
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handled.
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by a binary zero, so cannot contain internal zeros. However, patterns
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that are read from a file via the -f option may contain binary zeros.
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OPTIONS
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OPTIONS
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The order in which some of the options appear can affect the output.
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-f filename, --file=filename
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-f filename, --file=filename
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Read patterns from the file, one per line, and match them
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against each line of input. What constitutes a newline when
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against each line of input. As is the case with patterns on
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reading the file is the operating system's default. The
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the command line, no delimiters should be used. What consti-
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--newline option has no effect on this option. Trailing
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tutes a newline when reading the file is the operating sys-
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white space is removed from each line, and blank lines are
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tem's default interpretation of \n. The --newline option has
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ignored. An empty file contains no patterns and therefore
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no effect on this option. Trailing white space is removed
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matches nothing. See also the comments about multiple pat-
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from each line, and blank lines are ignored. An empty file
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terns versus a single pattern with alternatives in the
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contains no patterns and therefore matches nothing. Patterns
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description of -e above.
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read from a file in this way may contain binary zeros, which
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are treated as ordinary data characters. See also the com-
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ments about multiple patterns versus a single pattern with
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alternatives in the description of -e above.
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If this option is given more than once, all the specified
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If this option is given more than once, all the specified
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files are read. A data line is output if any of the patterns
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files are read. A data line is output if any of the patterns
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--file-list=filename
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--file-list=filename
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Read a list of files and/or directories that are to be
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Read a list of files and/or directories that are to be
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scanned from the given file, one per line. Trailing white
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scanned from the given file, one per line. What constitutes a
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space is removed from each line, and blank lines are ignored.
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newline when reading the file is the operating system's
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These paths are processed before any that are listed on the
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default. Trailing white space is removed from each line, and
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command line. The file name can be given as "-" to refer to
|
blank lines are ignored. These paths are processed before any
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the standard input. If --file and --file-list are both spec-
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that are listed on the command line. The file name can be
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ified as "-", patterns are read first. This is useful only
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given as "-" to refer to the standard input. If --file and
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when the standard input is a terminal, from which further
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--file-list are both specified as "-", patterns are read
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lines (the list of files) can be read after an end-of-file
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first. This is useful only when the standard input is a ter-
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indication. If this option is given more than once, all the
|
minal, from which further lines (the list of files) can be
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||||||
specified files are read.
|
read after an end-of-file indication. If this option is given
|
||||||
|
more than once, all the specified files are read.
|
||||||
|
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||||||
--file-offsets
|
--file-offsets
|
||||||
Instead of showing lines or parts of lines that match, show
|
Instead of showing lines or parts of lines that match, show
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||||||
|
@ -758,13 +769,13 @@ NEWLINES
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newline conventions from the default. Any parts of the input files that
|
newline conventions from the default. Any parts of the input files that
|
||||||
are written to the standard output are copied identically, with what-
|
are written to the standard output are copied identically, with what-
|
||||||
ever newline sequences they have in the input. However, the setting of
|
ever newline sequences they have in the input. However, the setting of
|
||||||
this option does not affect the interpretation of files specified by
|
this option affects only the way scanned files are processed. It does
|
||||||
the -f, --exclude-from, or --include-from options, which are assumed to
|
not affect the interpretation of files specified by the -f, --file-
|
||||||
use the operating system's standard newline sequence, nor does it
|
list, --exclude-from, or --include-from options, nor does it affect the
|
||||||
affect the way in which pcre2grep writes informational messages to the
|
way in which pcre2grep writes informational messages to the standard
|
||||||
standard error and output streams. For these it uses the string "\n" to
|
error and output streams. For these it uses the string "\n" to indicate
|
||||||
indicate newlines, relying on the C I/O library to convert this to an
|
newlines, relying on the C I/O library to convert this to an appropri-
|
||||||
appropriate sequence.
|
ate sequence.
|
||||||
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|
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|
|
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OPTIONS COMPATIBILITY
|
OPTIONS COMPATIBILITY
|
||||||
|
@ -929,5 +940,5 @@ AUTHOR
|
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|
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REVISION
|
REVISION
|
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|
|
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Last updated: 13 November 2017
|
Last updated: 24 February 2018
|
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Copyright (c) 1997-2017 University of Cambridge.
|
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 University of Cambridge.
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