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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 The TCPDUMP project
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that: (1) source code
+ * distributions retain the above copyright notice and this paragraph
+ * in its entirety, and (2) distributions including binary code include
+ * the above copyright notice and this paragraph in its entirety in
+ * the documentation or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND
+ * WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
+ * LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef status_exit_codes_h
+#define status_exit_codes_h
+
+/* S_ERR_ND_* are libnetdissect status */
+
+typedef enum {
+	S_SUCCESS           = 0, /* not a libnetdissect status */
+	S_ERR_HOST_PROGRAM  = 1, /* not a libnetdissect status */
+	S_ERR_ND_NO_PRINTER = 11,
+	S_ERR_ND_MEM_ALLOC  = 12,
+	S_ERR_ND_OPEN_FILE  = 13,
+	S_ERR_ND_WRITE_FILE = 14,
+	S_ERR_ND_ESP_SECRET = 15
+} status_exit_codes_t;
+
+#endif /* status_exit_codes_h */