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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2018, Great Software Laboratory Pvt. Ltd.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * options.h
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef OPTIONS_H_
+#define OPTIONS_H_
+
+#include "s1ap.h"
+
+#define REQ_ARGS 0x0000
+void parse_args(int argc, char **argv);
+void log_buffer_free(char** buffer);
+void convert_imsi_to_bcd_str(uint8_t *src, uint8_t* dest); 
+#endif /* OPTIONS_H_ */