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+/* This file contains some compile-time configuration options for *nix
+ * systems.
+ * config_unix.h is generated from config_unix.h.in by build.sh
+ * For windows, you'll have to edit src/msvc++/config.h manually
+ * if you want anything else than the defaults.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CONFIG_UNIX_H
+#define _CONFIG_UNIX_H
+
+/* Directory where the UQM game data is located */
+#define CONTENTDIR "@CONTENTDIR@"
+
+/* Directory where game data will be stored */
+#define USERDIR "~/.uqm/"
+
+/* Directory where supermelee teams will be stored */
+#define MELEEDIR USERDIR "teams/"
+
+/* Directory where save games will be stored */
+#define SAVEDIR USERDIR "save/"
+
+/* Directory where config files will be stored */
+#define CONFIGDIR USERDIR
+
+/* Defined if words are stored with the most significant byte first */
+@WORDS_BIGENDIAN@
+
+/* Defined if your system has strupr of its own */
+@HAVE_STRUPR@
+
+/* Defined if your system has stricmp of its own */
+@HAVE_STRICMP@
+
+/* Defined if your system has getopt.h */
+@HAVE_GETOPT_H@
+
+#endif  /* _CONFIG_UNIX_H */
+
+