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+;;; srfi-6.scm --- Basic String Ports
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;
+;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+;; License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+;; version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+;;
+;; This library 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
+;; Lesser General Public License for more details.
+;;
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+;; License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+;; Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; This module is fully documented in the Guile Reference Manual.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(define-module (srfi srfi-6)
+ #:re-export (open-input-string open-output-string get-output-string))
+
+;; Currently, guile provides these functions by default, so no action
+;; is needed, and this file is just a placeholder.
+
+(cond-expand-provide (current-module) '(srfi-6))
+
+;;; srfi-6.scm ends here