diff --git a/src/gnome/file-utils.c b/src/gnome/file-utils.c
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-/********************************************************************\
- * file-utils.c -- simple file utilities                                  *
- * Copyright (C) 1997 Robin D. Clark                                *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 Linas Vepstas                                 *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 Rob Browning                                  *
- * Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Linas Vepstas                            *
- *                                                                  *
- * This program 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.              *
- *                                                                  *
- * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software      *
- * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.        *
- *                                                                  *
- *   Author: Rob Clark                                              *
- * Internet: rclark@cs.hmc.edu                                      *
- *  Address: 609 8th Street                                         *
- *           Huntington Beach, CA 92648-4632                        *
-\********************************************************************/
-
-#include "config.h"
-
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <glib.h>
-#include <guile/gh.h>
-
-#include "file-utils.h"
-#include "messages.h"
-#include "gnc-engine-util.h"
- 
-/* This static indicates the debugging module that this .o belongs to.  */
-static short module = MOD_GUILE;
-
-/********************************************************************\
-\********************************************************************/
-
-char *
-gncFindFile (const char * filename) 
-{
-  char *full_filename = NULL;
-  char *g_filename;
-  SCM find_doc_file;
-  SCM scm_filename;
-  SCM scm_result;
-
-  if (!filename || *filename == '\0')
-    return NULL;
-
-  /* This should be gh_lookup, but that appears to be broken */
-  find_doc_file = gh_eval_str("gnc:find-doc-file");
-  scm_filename = gh_str02scm ((char *) filename);
-  scm_result = gh_call1(find_doc_file, scm_filename);
-
-  if (gh_string_p(scm_result))
-    full_filename = gh_scm2newstr(scm_result, NULL);
-
-  g_filename = g_strdup (full_filename);
-  if (full_filename)
-    free (full_filename);
-
-  return g_filename;
-}
-
-/********************************************************************\
- * htmlRead                                                         *
- *                                                                  *
- * Args:   file - the name of the html file to read                 *
- *         data - pointer to set to the buffer of data read in      *
- * Return: size of data read                                        *
- * Global: helpPath - the path to the help files                    *
-\********************************************************************/
-int 
-gncReadFile (const char * file, char ** data)
-{
-  char *buf=NULL;
-  char  *filename;
-  int   size=0;
-  int   fd;
-
-  /* construct absolute path -- twiddle the relative path we received */
-  if (!file || file[0] == '\0') return 0;
-
-  /* take absolute paths without searching */
-  if (file[0] != '/')
-    filename = gncFindFile (file);
-  else
-    filename = g_strdup (file);
-
-  if (!filename) return 0;
-
-  /* Open file: */
-  fd = open( filename, O_RDONLY );
-
-  g_free(filename); filename = NULL;
-
-  if( fd == -1 )
-  {
-    ERROR();
-    PERR ("file was %s\n", file);
-    return 0;
-  }
-
-  /* Find size: */
-  size = lseek( fd, 0, SEEK_END );
-  lseek( fd, 0, SEEK_SET );
-
-  /* Allocate memory */
-  buf = g_new(char, size + 1);
-
-  /* read in file */
-  if( read(fd,buf,size) == -1 )
-  {
-    g_free(buf);
-    buf=NULL;
-  }
-  buf[size] = '\0';
-
-  close(fd);
-  *data = buf;
-
-  return size;
-}
-
-/* ----------------------- END OF FILE ---------------------  */