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+/******************************COPYRIGHT NOTICE*******************************/
+/* (c) Centro de Regulacio Genomica */
+/* and */
+/* Cedric Notredame */
+/* 12 Aug 2014 - 22:07. */
+/*All rights reserved. */
+/*This file is part of T-COFFEE. */
+/* */
+/* T-COFFEE 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. */
+/* */
+/* T-COFFEE 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 Foobar; if not, write to the Free Software */
+/* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */
+/*............................................... */
+/* If you need some more information */
+/* cedric.notredame@europe.com */
+/*............................................... */
+/******************************COPYRIGHT NOTICE*******************************/
+#ifndef KM_UTIL_H_
+#define KM_UTIL_H_
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Wrapper for fopen.
+ *
+ * \param name_f The name of the file to open.
+ * \param mode The mode in which to open the file
+ * \return The opend File. On failure an error message is printed and the program exits.
+ */
+FILE *
+my_fopen(char *name_f, char *mode);
+
+/**
+ * \brief Wrapper for the malloc function.
+ * \param size The size of the memory block to allocate
+ * \return Pointer to the newly allocated block of memory. On failure an error message is printed and the program exits.
+ */
+void *
+my_malloc(size_t size);
+
+/**
+* \brief Wrapper for the realloc function.
+* \param size The size of the memory block to allocate
+* \return Pointer to the newly allocated block of memory. On failure an error message is printed and the program exits.
+*/
+void *
+my_realloc(void *p, size_t size);
+
+/**
+* \brief Wrapper for the calloc function.
+* \param size The size of the memory block to allocate
+* \return Pointer to the newly allocated block of memory. On failure an error message is printed and the program exits.
+*/
+void *
+my_calloc ( size_t num, size_t size );
+
+/**
+ * \brief Makes a temporary file.
+ *
+ * In case of failure, the program exits.
+ * \param templatee The template to used for making the temporary file.
+ * \param function The function from where this was called (For error message)
+ */
+char *
+my_make_temp_dir(char *templatee, char *function);
+
+
+
+
+
+#endif
+