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Windows Compatibility Functions

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UNIX emulation on Windows.

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<!-- ##### MACRO MAXPATHLEN ##### -->
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Provided for UNIX emulation on Windows; equivalent to UNIX 
macro %MAXPATHLEN, which is the maximum length of a filename
(including full path).
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<!-- ##### TYPEDEF pid_t ##### -->
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Provided for UNIX emulation on Windows; process ID type.
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<!-- ##### MACRO pipe ##### -->
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Provided for UNIX emulation on Windows; see documentation for <function>pipe()</function>
in any UNIX manual.
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@phandles: 


<!-- ##### MACRO ftruncate ##### -->
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Provided for UNIX emulation on Windows; see documentation for <function>ftruncate()</function>
in any UNIX manual.
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@fd: 
@size: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_win32_error_message ##### -->
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@error: 
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_win32_getlocale ##### -->
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@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_win32_get_package_installation_directory ##### -->
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@package: 
@dll_name: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_win32_get_package_installation_subdirectory ##### -->
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@package: 
@dll_name: 
@subdir: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### MACRO G_WIN32_DLLMAIN_FOR_DLL_NAME ##### -->
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On Windows, this macro defines a <function>DllMain()</function> function 
that stores the actual DLL name that the code being compiled will be 
included in.
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On non-Windows platforms, expands to nothing.
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@static: empty or "static".
@dll_name: the name of the (pointer to the) char array where the DLL name 
   will be stored. If this is used, you must also include 
   <filename>windows.h</filename>. If you need a more complex DLL entry 
   point function, you cannot use this.
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@static: 
@dll_name: