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+;;; installed-scm-file
+
+;;;; Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;;; 
+;;;; 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, 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 software; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+;;;; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
+;;;; Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+;;;; 
+
+
+;;; This is the Scheme part of (ice-9 rw), which is a subset of
+;;; (scsh rw).
+
+(define-module (ice-9 rw)
+  :export (read-string!/partial))