+};
+
+WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(extern const wxChar*) wxEmptyString;
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// declare our versions of low level file functions: some compilers prepend
+// underscores to the usual names, some also have Unicode versions of them
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Microsoft compiler loves underscores, feed them to it
+#if defined( __VISUALC__ ) \
+ || ( defined(__MINGW32__) && wxCHECK_W32API_VERSION( 0, 5 ) ) \
+ || ( defined(__MWERKS__) && defined(__WXMSW__) )
+ // functions
+ #define wxClose _close
+ #define wxRead _read
+ #define wxWrite _write
+ #define wxLseek _lseek
+ #define wxFsync _commit
+ #define wxEof _eof
+
+ #define wxTell _tell
+
+ #if wxUSE_UNICODE
+ #define wxOpen _wopen
+ #define wxAccess _waccess
+
+ #define wxMkDir _wmkdir
+ #define wxRmDir _wrmdir
+
+ #define wxStat _wstat
+ #else // !wxUSE_UNICODE
+ #define wxOpen _open
+ #define wxAccess _access
+
+ #define wxMkDir _mkdir
+ #define wxRmDir _rmdir
+
+ #define wxStat _stat
+ #endif
+
+ // types
+ #define wxStructStat struct _stat
+
+ // constants (unless already defined by the user code)
+ #ifndef O_RDONLY
+ #define O_RDONLY _O_RDONLY
+ #define O_WRONLY _O_WRONLY
+ #define O_RDWR _O_RDWR
+ #define O_EXCL _O_EXCL
+ #define O_CREAT _O_CREAT
+ #define O_BINARY _O_BINARY
+
+ #define S_IFMT _S_IFMT
+ #define S_IFDIR _S_IFDIR
+ #define S_IFREG _S_IFREG
+ #endif // O_RDONLY
+#else
+ // functions
+ #define wxOpen open
+ #define wxClose close
+ #define wxRead read
+ #define wxWrite write
+ #define wxLseek lseek
+ #define wxFsync commit
+ #define wxAccess access
+ #define wxEof eof
+
+ #define wxMkDir mkdir
+ #define wxRmDir rmdir
+
+ #define wxTell(fd) lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR)
+
+ #define wxStat stat
+
+ // types
+ #define wxStructStat struct stat
+
+#endif // VC++