diff --git a/src/include/url.h b/src/include/url.h
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+#ifndef URL_H
+#define URL_H
+
+/*
+ * Information parsed from a URL string.  "char *" pointers will point
+ * to the start of the relevant portion of the original URL string,
+ * which will have been modified by inserting terminating NULs at the
+ * appropriate points.  Use unparse_url() if you want to get back the
+ * original string.
+ *
+ */
+struct url_info {
+	char *protocol;
+	char *host;
+	char *port;
+	char *file;
+};
+
+extern void parse_url ( struct url_info *info, char *url );
+extern char * unparse_url ( struct url_info *info );
+
+#endif /* URL_H */