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+
+This file outlines the purpose and usage of the 
+makefeatregconfig.pl and checkfeatregconfig.pl scripts.
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+Purpose
+-------
+These scripts are used to generate and validate a binary configuration data file 
+which drives the featreg api.
+
+Usage
+-----
+makefeatregconfig.pl
+- Creates a binary configuration file called featreg.cfg in the current directory.
+
+checkfeatregconfig.pl <configuration file>
+- Validates the specified configuration file and prints the contents to stdout.  If the file is invalid, reasons are printed to stdout.
+
+- The testconfigfiles directory contains two example configuration files which can be used to test checkfeatregconfig.pl.
+  validfeatreg.cfg is a valid binary configuration file containing 3 feature entries and 2 default ranges.
+  invalidfeatreg.cfg is an invalid binary configuration file as it is larger than the limit of 65535 bytes.