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-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.7 2004-02-07 01:40:30 geuzaine Exp $
-#
-# Copyright (C) 1997-2004 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
-#
-# 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
-# USA.
-# 
-# Please report all bugs and problems to <gmsh@geuz.org>.
-
-clean:
-	rm -f *~
-