{
  DYNAMIC_ARRAY full_list;
  char **list;
  uint cur, max;
#ifdef THREAD
  pthread_mutex_t mutex;
#endif
} MY_TMPDIR;

typedef struct st_dynamic_string
{
  char *str;
  size_t length,max_length,alloc_increment;
} DYNAMIC_STRING;

struct st_io_cache;
typedef int (*IO_CACHE_CALLBACK)(struct st_io_cache*);

#ifdef THREAD
typedef struct st_io_cache_share
{
  pthread_mutex_t       mutex;           /* To sync on reads into buffer. */
  pthread_cond_t        cond;            /* To wait for signals. */
  pthread_cond_t        cond_writer;     /* For a synchronized writer. */
  /* Offset in file corresponding to the first byte of buffer. */
  my_off_t              pos_in_file;
  /* If a synchronized write cache is the source of the data. */
  struct st_io_cache    *source_cache;
  uchar                 *buffer;         /* The read buffer. */
  uchar                 *read_end;       /* Behind last valid byte of buffer. */
  int                   running_threads; /* threads not in lock. */
  int                   total_threads;   /* threads sharing the cache. */
  int                   error;           /* Last error. */
#ifdef NOT_YET_IMPLEMENTED
  /* whether the structure should be free'd */
  my_bool alloced;
#endif
} IO_CACHE_SHARE;
#endif

typedef struct st_io_cache		/* Used when cacheing files */
{
  /* Offset in file corresponding to the first byte of uchar* buffer. */
  my_off_t pos_in_file;
  /*
    The offset of end of file for READ_CACHE and WRITE_CACHE.
    For SEQ_READ_APPEND it the maximum of the actual end of file and
    the position represented by read_end.
  */
  my_off_t end_of_file;
  /* Points to current read position in the buffer */
  uchar	*read_pos;
  /* the non-inclusive boundary in the buffer for the currently valid read */
  uchar  *read_end;
  uchar  *buffer;				/* The read buffer */
  /* Used in ASYNC_IO */
  uchar  *request_pos;

  /* Only used in WRITE caches and in SEQ_READ_APPEND to buffer writes */
  uchar  *write_buffer;
  /*
    Only used in SEQ_READ_APPEND, and points to the current read position
    in the write buffer. Note that reads in SEQ_READ_APPEND caches can
    happen from both read buffer (uchar* buffer) and write buffer
    (uchar* write_buffer).
  */
  uchar *append_read_pos;
  /* Points to current write position in the write buffer */
  uchar *write_pos;
  /* The non-inclusive boundary of the valid write area */
  uchar *write_end;

  /*
    Current_pos and current_end are convenience variables used by
    my_b_tell() and other routines that need to know the current offset
    current_pos points to &write_pos, and current_end to &write_end in a
    WRITE_CACHE, and &read_pos and &read_end respectively otherwise
  */
  uchar  **current_pos, **current_end;
#ifdef THREAD
  /*
    The lock is for append buffer used in SEQ_READ_APPEND cache
    need mutex copying from append buffer to read buffer.
  */
  pthread_mutex_t append_buffer_lock;
  /*
    The following is used when several threads are reading the
    same file in parallel. They are synchronized on disk
    accesses reading the cached part of the file asynchronously.
    It should be set to NULL to disable the feature.  Only
    READ_CACHE mode is supported.
  */
  IO_CACHE_SHARE *share;
#endif
  /*
    A caller will use my_b_read() macro to read from the cache
    if the data is already in cache, it will be simply copied with
    memcpy() and internal variables will be accordinging updated with
    no functions invoked. However, if the data is not fully in the cache,
    my_b_read() will call read_function to fetch the data. read_function
    must never be invoked directly.
  */
  int (*read_function)(struct st_io_cache *,uchar *,size_t);
  /*
    Same idea as in the case of read_function, except my_b_write() needs to
    be replaced with my_b_append() for a SEQ_READ_APPEND cache
  */
  int (*write_function)(struct st_io_cache *,const uchar *,size_t);
  /*
    Specifies the type of the cache. Depending on the type of the cache
    certain operations might not be available and yield unpredicatable
    results. Details to be documented later
  */
  enum cache_type type;
  /*
    Callbacks when the actual read I/O happens. These were added and
    are currently used for binary logging of LOAD DATA INFILE - when a
    block is read from the file, we create a block create/append event, and
    when IO_CACHE is closed, we create an end event. These functions could,
    of course be used for other things
  */
  IO_CACHE_CALLBACK pre_read;
  IO_CACHE_CALLBACK post_read;
  IO_CACHE_CALLBACK pre_close;
  /*
    Counts the number of times, when we were forced to use disk. We use it to
    increase the binlog_cache_disk_use status variable.
  */
  ulong disk_writes;
  void* arg;				/* for use by pre/post_read */
  char *file_name;			/* if used with 'open_cached_file' */
  char *dir,*prefix;
  File file; /* file descriptor */
  /*
    seek_not_done is set by my_b_seek() to inform the upcoming read/write
    operation that a seek needs to be preformed prior to the actual I/O
    error is 0 if the cache operation was successful, -1 if there was a
    "hard" error, and the actual number of I/O-ed bytes if the read/write was
    partial.
  */
  int	seek_not_done,error;
  /* buffer_length is memory size allocated for buffer or write_buffer */
  size_t	buffer_length;
  /* read_length is the same as buffer_length except when we use async io */
  size_t  read_length;
  myf	myflags;			/* Flags used to my_read/my_write */
  /*
    alloced_buffer is 1 if the buffer was allocated by init_io_cache() and
    0 if it was supplied by the user.
    Currently READ_NET is the only one that will use a buffer allocated
    somewhere else
  */
  my_bool alloced_buffer;
#ifdef HAVE_AIOWAIT
  /*
    As inidicated by ifdef, this is for async I/O, which is not currently
    used (because it's not reliable on all systems)
  */
  uint inited;
  my_off_t aio_read_pos;
  my_aio_result aio_result;
#endif
} IO_CACHE;

typedef int (*qsort2_cmp)(const void *, const void *, const void *);

	/* defines for mf_iocache */

	/* Test if buffer is inited */
#define my_b_clear(info) (info)->buffer=0
#define my_b_inited(info) (info)->buffer
#define my_b_EOF INT_MIN

#define my_b_read(info,Buffer,Count) \
  ((info)->read_pos + (Count) <= (info)->read_end ?\
   (memcpy(Buffer,(info)->read_pos,(size_t) (Count)), \
    ((info)->read_pos+=(Count)),0) :\
   (*(info)->read_function)((info),Buffer,Count))

#define my_b_write(info,Buffer,Count) \
 ((info)->write_pos + (Count) <=(info)->write_end ?\
  (memcpy((info)->write_pos, (Buffer), (size_t)(Count)),\
   ((info)->write_pos+=(Count)),0) : \
   (*(info)->write_function)((info),(Buffer),(Count)))

#define my_b_get(info) \
  ((info)->read_pos != (info)->read_end ?\
   ((info)->read_pos++, (int) (uchar) (info)->read_pos[-1]) :\
   _my_b_get(info))

	/* my_b_write_byte dosn't have any err-check */
#define my_b_write_byte(info,chr) \
  (((info)->write_pos < (info)->write_end) ?\
   ((*(info)->write_pos++)=(chr)) :\
   (_my_b_write(info,0,0) , ((*(info)->write_pos++)=(chr))))

#define my_b_fill_cache(info) \
  (((info)->read_end=(info)->read_pos),(*(info)->read_function)(info,0,0))

#define my_b_tell(info) ((info)->pos_in_file + \
			 (size_t) (*(info)->current_pos - (info)->request_pos))

/* tell write offset in the SEQ_APPEND cache */
int      my_b_copy_to_file(IO_CACHE *cache, FILE *file);
my_off_t my_b_append_tell(IO_CACHE* info);
my_off_t my_b_safe_tell(IO_CACHE* info); /* picks the correct tell() */

#define my_b_bytes_in_cache(info) (size_t) (*(info)->current_end - \
					  *(info)->current_pos)

typedef uint32 ha_checksum;

/* Define the type of function to be passed to process_default_option_files */
typedef int (*Process_option_func)(void *ctx, const char *group_name,
                                   const char *option);

#include <my_alloc.h>


	/* Prototypes for mysys and my_func functions */

extern int my_copy(const char *from,const char *to,myf MyFlags);
extern int my_append(const char *from,const char *to,myf MyFlags);
extern int my_delete(const char *name,myf MyFlags);
extern int my_getwd(char * buf,size_t size,myf MyFlags);
extern int my_setwd(const char *dir,myf MyFlags);
extern int my_lock(File fd,int op,my_off_t start, my_off_t length,myf MyFlags);
extern void *my_once_alloc(size_t Size,myf MyFlags);
extern void my_once_free(void);
extern char *my_once_strdup(const char *src,myf myflags);
extern void *my_once_memdup(const void *src, size_t len, myf myflags);
extern File my_open(const char *FileName,int Flags,myf MyFlags);
extern File my_register_filename(File fd, const char *FileName,
				 enum file_type type_of_file,
				 uint error_message_number, myf MyFlags);
extern File my_create(const char *FileName,int CreateFlags,
		      int AccessFlags, myf MyFlags);
extern int my_close(File Filedes,myf MyFlags);
extern File my_dup(File file, myf MyFlags);
extern int my_mkdir(const char *dir, int Flags, myf MyFlags);
extern int my_readlink(char *to, const char *filename, myf MyFlags);
extern int my_realpath(char *to, const char *filename, myf MyFlags);
extern File my_create_with_symlink(const char *linkname, const char *filename,
				   int createflags, int access_flags,
				   myf MyFlags);
extern int my_delete_with_symlink(const char *name, myf MyFlags);
extern int my_rename_with_symlink(const char *from,const char *to,myf MyFlags);
extern int my_symlink(const char *content, const char *linkname, myf MyFlags);
extern size_t my_read(File Filedes,uchar *Buffer,size_t Count,myf MyFlags);
extern size_t my_pread(File Filedes,uchar *Buffer,size_t Count,my_off_t offset,
		     myf MyFlags);
extern int my_rename(const char *from,const char *to,myf MyFlags);
extern my_off_t my_seek(File fd,my_off_t pos,int whence,myf MyFlags);
extern my_off_t my_tell(File fd,myf MyFlags);
extern size_t my_write(File Filedes,const uchar *Buffer,size_t Count,
		     myf MyFlags);
extern size_t my_pwrite(File Filedes,const uchar *Buffer,size_t Count,
		      my_off_t offset,myf MyFlags);
extern size_t my_fread(FILE *stream,uchar *Buffer,size_t Count,myf MyFlags);
extern size_t my_fwrite(FILE *stream,const uchar *Buffer,size_t Count,
		      myf MyFlags);
extern my_off_t my_fseek(FILE *stream,my_off_t pos,int whence,myf MyFlags);
extern my_off_t my_ftell(FILE *stream,myf MyFlags);
extern void *_mymalloc(size_t uSize,const char *sFile,
                       uint uLine, myf MyFlag);
extern void *_myrealloc(void *pPtr,size_t uSize,const char *sFile,
		       uint uLine, myf MyFlag);
extern void * my_multi_malloc _VARARGS((myf MyFlags, ...));
extern void _myfree(void *pPtr,const char *sFile,uint uLine, myf MyFlag);
extern int _sanity(const char *sFile, uint uLine);
extern void *_my_memdup(const void *from, size_t length,
                        const char *sFile, uint uLine,myf MyFlag);
extern char * _my_strdup(const char *from, const char *sFile, uint uLine,
                         myf MyFlag);
extern char *_my_strndup(const char *from, size_t length,
                         const char *sFile, uint uLine,
                         myf MyFlag);

/* implemented in my_memmem.c */
extern void *my_memmem(const void *haystack, size_t haystacklen,
                       const void *needle, size_t needlelen);


#ifdef __WIN__
extern int my_access(const char *path, int amode);
extern File my_sopen(const char *path, int oflag, int shflag, int pmode);
#else
#define my_access access
#endif
extern int check_if_legal_filename(const char *path);
extern int check_if_legal_tablename(const char *path);

#if defined(__WIN__) && defined(__NT__)
extern int nt_share_delete(const char *name,myf MyFlags);
#define my_delete_allow_opened(fname,flags)  nt_share_delete((fname),(flags))
#else
#define my_delete_allow_opened(fname,flags)  my_delete((fname),(flags))
#endif

#ifndef TERMINATE
extern void TERMINATE(FILE *file, uint flag);
#endif
extern void init_glob_errs(void);
extern FILE *my_fopen(const char *FileName,int Flags,myf MyFlags);
extern FILE *my_fdopen(File Filedes,const char *name, int Flags,myf MyFlags);
extern int my_fclose(FILE *fd,myf MyFlags);
extern int my_chsize(File fd,my_off_t newlength, int filler, myf MyFlags);
extern int my_sync(File fd, myf my_flags);
extern int my_error _VARARGS((int nr,myf MyFlags, ...));
extern int my_printf_error _VARARGS((uint my_err, const char *format,
				     myf MyFlags, ...))
				    ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(printf, 2, 4);
extern int my_error_register(const char **errmsgs, int first, int last);
extern const char **my_error_unregister(int first, int last);
extern int my_message(uint my_err, const char *str,myf MyFlags);
extern int my_message_no_curses(uint my_err, const char *str,myf MyFlags);
extern int my_message_curses(uint my_err, const char *str,myf MyFlags);
extern my_bool my_init(void);
extern void my_end(int infoflag);
extern int my_redel(const char *from, const char *to, int MyFlags);
extern int my_copystat(const char *from, const char *to, int MyFlags);