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+/*
+Plan 9 from User Space src/lib9/sysfatal.c
+http://code.swtch.com/plan9port/src/tip/src/lib9/sysfatal.c
+
+Copyright 2001-2007 Russ Cox.  All Rights Reserved.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#include <u.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+
+void (*_sysfatal)(char*, ...);
+
+void
+sysfatal(char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	char buf[256];
+	va_list arg;
+
+	va_start(arg, fmt);
+	if(_sysfatal)
+		(*_sysfatal)(fmt, arg);
+	vseprint(buf, buf+sizeof buf, fmt, arg);
+	va_end(arg);
+
+	__fixargv0();
+	fprint(2, "%s: %s\n", argv0 ? argv0 : "<prog>", buf);
+	exits("fatal");
+}
+