+/**
+ * start_log: open a log file
+ */
+/* FIXME - parse command line arguments to set log levels etc */
+void start_log(int argc, char **argv);
+
+/**
+ * start_service - do a zebra_start with a decent config name
+ * Takes care of checking the environment for srcdir (as needed by distcheck)
+ * and uses that if need be.
+ * The name defaults to zebra.cfg, if null or emtpy
+ */
+ZebraService start_service(char *cfgname);
+
+
+/**
+ * close_down closes it all down
+ * Does a zebra_close on zh, if not null.
+ * Does a zebra_stop on zs, if not null
+ * Writes a log message, OK if retcode is zero, error if not
+ * closes down nmem and xmalloc
+ * returns the retcode, for use in return or exit in main()
+ */
+int close_down(ZebraHandle zh, ZebraService zs, int retcode);
+
+/** inits the database and inserts test data */
+void init_data( ZebraHandle zh, const char **recs);
+
+
+/**
+ * do_query does a simple query, and checks that the number of hits matches
+ */
+int do_query(int lineno, ZebraHandle zh, char *query, int exphits);
+
+
+/**
+ * ranking_query makes a query, checks number of hits, and for
+ * the first hit, that it contains the given string, and that it
+ * gets the right score
+ */
+void ranking_query(int lineno, ZebraHandle zh, char *query,
+ int exphits, char *firstrec, int firstscore );