Index: /fact/tools/pyscripts/sandbox/dneise/fact_compress/c++/helper.hxx
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--- /fact/tools/pyscripts/sandbox/dneise/fact_compress/c++/helper.hxx	(revision 14269)
+++ /fact/tools/pyscripts/sandbox/dneise/fact_compress/c++/helper.hxx	(revision 14269)
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+#include <fstream>
+
+class helper {
+public:
+    std::ifstream * infile;
+    std::ofstream  * outfile;
+
+    unsigned long long event_header_start;
+    
+    helper( std::ifstream * in, std::ofstream * out);
+    void copy_ascii_header();
+    void copy_event_header();
+
+
+};
