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+/* -*- c++ -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2005,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of GNU Radio
+ *
+ * GNU Radio 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 3, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * GNU Radio 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 GNU Radio; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_GR_SKIPHEAD_H
+#define INCLUDED_GR_SKIPHEAD_H
+
+#include <blocks/api.h>
+#include <gr_sync_block.h>
+#include <stddef.h>      // size_t
+
+namespace gr {
+  namespace blocks {
+
+    /*!
+     * \brief skips the first N items, from then on copies items to the output
+     * \ingroup slicedice_blk
+     *
+     * Useful for building test cases and sources which have metadata
+     * or junk at the start
+     */
+    class BLOCKS_API skiphead : virtual public gr_block
+    {
+    public:
+      // gr::blocks::skiphead::sptr
+      typedef boost::shared_ptr<skiphead> sptr;
+
+      static sptr make(size_t itemsize,
+                       uint64_t nitems_to_skip);
+    };
+
+  } /* namespace blocks */
+} /* namespace gr */
+
+#endif /* INCLUDED_GR_SKIPHEAD_H */