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+#ifndef __VALUES_H
+#define __VALUES_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "hash.hh"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+
+/* Copy a value to the nixValues directory and register it in dbRefs.
+ Return the hash code of the value. */
+Hash addValue(string pathName);
+
+
+/* Obtain the path of a value with the given hash. If a file with
+ that hash is known to exist in the local file system (as indicated
+ by the dbRefs database), we use that. Otherwise, we attempt to
+ fetch it from the network (using dbNetSources). We verify that the
+ file has the right hash. */
+string queryValuePath(Hash hash);
+
+
+#endif /* !__VALUES_H */