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+# The contents of this file are subject to the Interbase Public
+# License Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+# except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
+# of the License at http://www.Inprise.com/IPL.html
+#
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express
+# or implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+# rights and limitations under the License.
+#
+# The Original Code was created by Inprise Corporation
+# and its predecessors. Portions created by Inprise Corporation are
+# Copyright (C) Inprise Corporation.
+#
+# All Rights Reserved.
+# Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Firebird Installation Directory
+#
+# CHANGE this definition to point to your Firebird installation directory
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+FIREBIRD	= /opt/firebird
+
+DB    		= employee.fdb
+
+INCLUDE		:= -I$(FIREBIRD)/include -I../include
+FBCLIENT	= $(FIREBIRD)/lib/libfbclient.so
+GPRE_M		= $(FIREBIRD)/bin/gpre -c -n -m
+ISQL		= $(FIREBIRD)/bin/isql
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+# General Compiler and linker Defines for Linux
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+CC=		gcc
+LINK=		gcc
+LIB_LINK=	gcc
+CFLAGS=		-c -std=c99 -g3 -Wall $(INCLUDE) -o
+LIB_CFLAGS=	-fPIC -pthread $(CFLAGS)
+LIB_LINK_FLAGS=	-shared -pthread -lfbclient -lrt -lm -ldl -lncurses
+RM=		rm -f
+
+#
+# Do NOT change anything below this point.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: clean all
+
+.SUFFIXES: .o .c .e
+
+.e.c:
+	$(GPRE_M) $< -d $(DB)
+
+.c.o:
+	$(CC) $< $(CFLAGS) $@
+
+.o:
+	$(LINK) -o $@ $< ${FBCLIENT} $(LINKFLAGS)
+
+
+OUTBIN	= api1 api2 api3 api4 api5 api6 api7 api8 api9 api9f api10 api11 api12 api13 api14 api15 api16 api16t apifull
+
+OUTCODE = api14.c
+
+OBJS = *.o api9f.so
+
+all:	api1 api2 api3 api4 api5 api6 api7 api8 api9f api9 api10 api11 api12 api13 api14 api15 api16 api16t apifull
+
+api1.o: api1.c
+
+api2.o: api2.c
+
+api3.o: api3.c
+
+api4.o: api4.c
+
+api5.o: api5.c
+
+api6.o: api6.c
+
+api7.o: api7.c
+
+api8.o: api8.c
+
+api9f.o:api9f.c
+	$(CC) $< $(LIB_CFLAGS) $@
+
+api9f:	api9f.o api9f.sql
+	$(CC) $@.o -o $@.so $(LIB_LINK_FLAGS)
+	@echo ------------------------------------------------------
+	@echo You may need to restart the firebird service
+	@echo in order for api9f to work correctly.
+	@echo ------------------------------------------------------
+	cp api9f.so $(FIREBIRD)/UDF
+	@echo Declaring desc_filter in database $(DB)
+	$(ISQL) -e -i api9f.sql -o api9f.txt -m -m2 $(DB) 
+	@echo ------------------------------------------------------
+
+api9.o: api9.c
+
+api9:	api9.o
+	$(LINK) $@.o -o $@ ${FBCLIENT} $(LINKFLAGS)
+
+api10.o: api10.c
+
+api11.o: api11.c
+
+api12.o: api12.c
+
+api13.o: api13.c
+
+api14.c: api14.e
+	$(ISQL) -e -i ../empbuild/employe2.sql -o employe2.txt -m -m2
+	$(GPRE_M) $< -d $(DB)
+
+api14.o: api14.c
+
+api15.o: api15.c
+
+api16.o: api16.c
+
+api16t.o: api16t.c
+
+apifull.o: apifull.c
+
+clean:
+	$(RM) $(OBJS) $(OUTBIN) $(OUTCODE)
+	@echo Dropping desc_filter in database $(DB)
+	-$(ISQL) -echo -input api9fdrop.sql -output api9fdrop.txt -merge -m2 $(DB)
+	$(RM) new.fdb desc.txt a.out api9f.txt api9fdrop.txt employe2.txt employe2.fdb
+