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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	hosts.deny, hosts.allow configuration files
+" Maintainer:	Thilo Six <T.Six@gmx.de>
+" Last Change:	2011 May 01
+" Derived From: conf.vim
+" Credits:	Bram Moolenaar
+"
+" This file is there to get at least a minimal highlighting.
+" A later version may be improved.
+
+
+" Quit when a (custom) syntax file was already loaded
+if exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" For a starter we just use conf.vim for highlighting
+if version < 600
+  so <sfile>:p:h/conf.vim
+else
+  runtime! syntax/conf.vim
+  unlet b:current_syntax
+endif
+
+
+let b:current_syntax = "hostsaccess"
+" vim: ts=8 sw=2