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+#!/usr/bin/python3 -tt
+
+# Copyright 2012 Jussi Pakkanen
+
+# 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.
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+import sys
+
+parser = OptionParser()
+
+parser.add_option('--prefix', default='/usr/local', dest='prefix')
+parser.add_option('--libdir', default='lib', dest='libdir')
+parser.add_option('--includedir', default='include', dest='includedir')
+parser.add_option('--datadir', default='share', dest='datadir')
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args(sys.argv)
+    print (len(args))
+    if len(args) == 1 or len(args) > 3:
+        print('Invalid arguments')
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