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-# Directory contents
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-* `pacemaker-fenced.c`, `pacemaker-fenced.h`, `fenced_commands.c`,
-  `fenced_remote.c`, `pacemaker-fenced.7`: pacemaker-fenced (the fencer) and
-   its man page
-* `fence_legacy`, `fence_legacy.8`: Pacemaker-supplied wrapper for
-   LHA fence agents and its man page
-* `cts-fence-helper.c`: `cts-fence-helper` command-line tool