diff --git a/ase/awk/awk.h b/ase/awk/awk.h
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+/* 
+ * $Id: awk.h,v 1.1 2005-11-05 17:54:00 bacon Exp $
+ */
+
+#ifndef _XP_AWK_AWK_H_
+#define _XP_AWK_AWK_H_
+
+#include <xp/types.h>
+#include <xp/macros.h>
+
+/*
+ * TYPE: xp_awk_t
+ */
+typedef struct xp_awk_t xp_awk_t;
+
+/*
+ * TYPE: xp_awk_io_t
+ */
+typedef xp_ssize_t (*xp_awk_io_t) (
+	int cmd, void* arg, xp_char_t* data, xp_size_t count);
+
+enum 
+{
+	XP_AWK_IO_OPEN,
+	XP_AWK_IO_CLOSE,
+	XP_AWK_IO_DATA
+};
+
+struct xp_awk_t
+{
+	/* io functions */
+	xp_awk_io_t input_func;
+	xp_awk_io_t output_func;
+	void* input_arg;
+	void* output_arg;
+
+	/* housekeeping */
+	xp_bool_t __malloced;
+};
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+xp_awk_t* xp_awk_open (xp_awk_t* awk);
+int xp_awk_close (xp_awk_t* awk);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif