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+
+clean:
+	rm -f \#*\#
+	rm -f ./*.pyc
+	rm -f ./*.pyo
+
+cleantest: clean
+	mkdir -p keys
+	touch placeholder.log
+	rm -rf keys
+	rm *.log
+
+test: cleantest 
+	python test_gnupg.py
+
+install: 
+	python setup.py install
+