if (sscanf(dirname, "%8x", &scanf_id)==1)
{
// We can  extract the ID right now
su = alloc_vsSu((uint32_t) strtoul(dirname, NULL, 16));
g_assert(su->config->id.idAsUint32==scanf_id);
}
else if (g_strcmp0("default", dirname)==0)
{
// The …

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