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+//
+// Copyright 2010-2011 Ettus Research LLC
+//
+// 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+#include <uhd/utils/images.hpp>
+#include <uhd/exception.hpp>
+#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
+
+std::vector<fs::path> get_image_paths(void); //defined in paths.cpp
+
+/***********************************************************************
+ * Find a image in the image paths
+ **********************************************************************/
+std::string uhd::find_image_path(const std::string &image_name){
+    if (fs::exists(image_name)){
+        return fs::system_complete(image_name).string();
+    }
+    BOOST_FOREACH(const fs::path &path, get_image_paths()){
+        fs::path image_path = path / image_name;
+        if (fs::exists(image_path)) return image_path.string();
+    }
+    throw uhd::io_error("Could not find path for image: " + image_name);
+}