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+/*****************************************************************************\
+ * src/slurmd/common/reverse_tree.h
+ * $Id: slurmd.h 7501 2006-03-14 20:05:50Z morrone $
+ *****************************************************************************
+ *  Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California.
+ *  Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
+ *  Written by Christopher J. Morrone <morrone2@llnl.gov>
+ *  UCRL-CODE-217948.
+ *  
+ *  This file is part of SLURM, a resource management program.
+ *  For details, see <http://www.llnl.gov/linux/slurm/>.
+ *  
+ *  SLURM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ *  the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ *  Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+ *  any later version.
+ *  
+ *  SLURM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+ *  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ *  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+ *  details.
+ *  
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ *  with SLURM; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *  59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA.
+\*****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef _REVERSE_TREE_H
+#define _REVERSE_TREE_H
+
+#define REVERSE_TREE_WIDTH 2
+#define REVERSE_TREE_CHILDREN_TIMEOUT 60 /* seconds */
+#define REVERSE_TREE_PARENT_RETRY 5 /* seconds */
+
+#endif /* !_REVERSE_TREE_H */