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-{
-    $Id$
-    This file is part of the Free Component Library (FCL)
-    Copyright (c) 1998 by the Free Pascal development team
-
-    See the file COPYING.FPC, included in this distribution,
-    for details about the copyright.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
- **********************************************************************}
-{
- This file implements the system-dependent calls needed for the 
- classes unit.
-}
-
-{
-  oscalls contains a copy of the needed functions from syscalls.inc
-  to make things go faster.
-}
-
-{$i oscalls.inc}
-
-Function OSCreateFile (Const Filename : string; Mode : Longint) : longint;
-{
-  Creates a file with name FileName, using mode MODE
-  --> Filename : String giving the path to the file.
-      Mode     : Mode can be
-                 fmCreate    : Create file;
-                 fmOpenRead  : open for reading;
-                 fmOpenWrite : open for writing;
-  <-- File Handle, or -1 on error.
-}
-
-var
-  regs : SysCallregs;
-  NewName : string;
-
-Begin
-  // Convert mode. The  meaning of fmcreate isn't 
-  // entirely clear..
-  if (mode and fmcreate) = fmcreate then
-    mode:=OPEN_CREAT or OPEN_RDWR;
-  //!! This MUST be changed when using ansistrings !!!
-  NewName:=FileName+#0;
-  regs.reg2:=longint(@NewName[1]);
-  regs.reg3:=Mode;
-  regs.reg4:=438;        { 666 octal }
-  Do_SysCall(SysCall_nr_open,regs);
-  Result:=regs.reg1;
-  If Result<0 then Result:=-1;
-End;
-
-Function OSReadHandle(Handle : Longint;Var Buffer; Count : Longint): Longint;
-{
-  Read from a handle
-  --> Handle : file,pipe,etc Handle to read from.
-      Buffer : Location where to put the read bytes.
-      Count  : Number of bytes that should be read
-  <-- Number of bytes actually read, or -1 on error.   
-}
-var sr : syscallregs;
-
-begin
-  sr.reg2:=Handle;
-  sr.reg3:=Longint(@Buffer);
-  sr.reg4:=Count;
-  Do_Syscall (syscall_nr_read,sr);
-  Result:=sr.reg1;
-  If Result<-1 then Result:=-1;  
-end;
-
-Function OSWriteHandle(Handle : Longint;var Buffer; Count : longint) : Longint;
-{ 
-  Write to a handle
-  --> Handle : file,pipe,etc Handle to write to.
-      Buffer : Location where to get the bytes.
-      Count  : Number of bytes that should be written.
-  <-- Number of bytes actually written, or -1 on error.   
-}
-Var sr: syscallregs;
-
-begin
-  sr.reg2:=Handle;
-  sr.reg3:=Longint(@Buffer);
-  sr.reg4:=Count;
-  Do_Syscall (syscall_nr_write,sr);
-  Result:=sr.reg1;
-  If Result<-1 then Result:=-1;  
-end;
-
-
-Function OSSetHandleSize (Handle,Size : Longint) : longint;
-{
-  Set size of handle (for files only)
-  --> Handle : Handle to set size for.
-      Size   : Size to be set.
-  <-- 0 on succes or -1 on error.
-}
-Var sr: syscallregs;
-
-begin
-  sr.reg2:=Handle;
-  sr.reg3:=Size;
-  Do_Syscall (SysCall_nr_Ftruncate,sr);
-  Result:=sr.reg1;
-  If Result<-1 then Result:=-1;
-end;
-
-Function OSSeekHandle (Handle,OffSet,Origin : longint) : longint;
-{
-  Seek Handle position starting from Origin
-  --> Handle : Handle of file to do seek on.
-      Offset : Position to seek.
-      Origin : Where to start seek: 
-               soFromBeginning 
-               soFromCurrent
-               soFromEnd 
-  <-- -1 on error, else the new fileposition in bytes from the origin.
-}
-var sr : syscallregs;
-
-begin
-  sr.reg2:=Handle;
-  sr.reg3:=Offset;
-  sr.reg4:=Origin;
-  Do_Syscall(Syscall_nr_lseek,sr);
-  Result:=sr.reg1;
-
-  If Result<-1 then Result:=-1;
-end;
-
-Function OSCloseHandle (Handle : longint) : longint;
-{
-  Close file associated with HAndle.
-  --> Handle : Handle of file to do seek on.
-  <-- 0 on succes, -1 on error.
-}
-Var sr : syscallregs;
-
-begin
-  sr.reg2:=Handle;
-  Do_Syscall (syscall_nr_close,sr);
-  Result:=sr.reg1;
-  If Result<-1 then Result:=-1;
-end;