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+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2011 Paul Davis
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+*/
+
+#ifndef __ardour_backend_search_path_h__
+#define __ardour_backend_search_path_h__
+
+#include "pbd/search_path.h"
+
+namespace ARDOUR {
+
+	/**
+	 * return a SearchPath containing directories in which to look for
+	 * backend plugins.
+	 *
+	 * If ARDOUR_BACKEND_PATH is defined then the SearchPath returned
+	 * will contain only those directories specified in it, otherwise it will
+	 * contain the user and system directories which may contain audio/MIDI
+	 * backends.
+	 */
+	PBD::Searchpath backend_search_path ();
+
+} // namespace ARDOUR
+
+#endif /* __ardour_backend_search_path_h__ */