diff --git a/tools/check-compat.sh b/tools/check-compat.sh
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+# $Id: check-compat.sh,v 1.1 2010-10-24 00:42:04 tcunha Exp $
+
+grep "#include" compat.h|while read line; do
+     grep "$line" *.[ch] compat/*.[ch]
+done