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+# Template file for 'iotop'
+pkgname=iotop
+version=0.5
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+build_style=python-module
+fulldepends="python>=2.7"
+pycompile_module="iotop"
+short_desc="View I/O usage of processes"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop"
+distfiles="http://guichaz.free.fr/iotop/files/iotop-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=761b7b34b88a6b4715927f5319cf0b775e15aa70f43c69dcb805b0e49da1a2e9