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+/* A translator to start up a central translation server
+
+   Note: most translators that use a central server will look for the server
+   and forward the request to the server if they find one, otherwise doing
+   the translation themselves.
+
+   Copyright (C) 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   Written by Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
+
+   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, 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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
+
+#include <error.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <hurd/fshelp.h>
+
+void
+main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  error_t err;
+  mach_port_t bootstrap;
+
+  if (argc < 2 || *argv[1] == '-')
+    {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s SERVER [TRANS_NAME [TRANS_ARG...]]",
+	      program_invocation_name);
+      exit(1);
+    }
+
+  task_get_bootstrap_port (mach_task_self (), &bootstrap);
+  if (bootstrap == MACH_PORT_NULL)
+    error(2, 0, "must be started as a translator");
+
+  err = fshelp_delegate_translation (argv[1], bootstrap, argv + 2);
+  if (err)
+    error (3, err, "%s", argv[1]);
+
+  exit (0);
+}