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diff --git a/apps/codecs/dumb/make/dumbask.c b/apps/codecs/dumb/make/dumbask.c
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+++ b/apps/codecs/dumb/make/dumbask.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+
+int main(int argc, const char *const argv[])
+{
+        const char *message = argv[1];
+        const char *options;
+
+        if (!message) {
+                fprintf(stderr,
+                        "dumbask: asks the user a question.\n"
+                        "Specify a message as the first argument (quoted!).\n"
+                        "You may optionally specify the choices as the second argument.\n"
+                        "Default choices are YN. Exit code is 0 for first, 1 for second, etc.\n");
+                return 0;
+        }
+
+        options = argv[2] ? : "YN"; /* I _had_ to use a GNU Extension _somewhere_! */
+
+        printf("%s", argv[1]);
+
+        for (;;) {
+                char c = toupper(getchar());
+                int i;
+                for (i = 0; options[i]; i++)
+                        if (c == toupper(options[i]))
+                                return i;
+        }
+}