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+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2011 Tim Mayberry 
+    Copyright (C) 2013 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.
+
+*/
+
+#include <glibmm/miscutils.h>
+
+#include "ardour/search_paths.h"
+#include "ardour/directory_names.h"
+#include "ardour/filesystem_paths.h"
+
+namespace {
+	const char * const backend_env_variable_name = "ARDOUR_BACKEND_PATH";
+} // anonymous
+
+using namespace PBD;
+
+namespace ARDOUR {
+
+Searchpath
+backend_search_path ()
+{
+	Searchpath spath(user_config_directory ());
+	spath += ardour_dll_directory ();
+	spath.add_subdirectory_to_paths(backend_dir_name);
+
+	spath += Searchpath(Glib::getenv(backend_env_variable_name));
+	return spath;
+}
+
+} // namespace ARDOUR