diff --git a/rust/src/system/filedesc.rs b/rust/src/system/filedesc.rs
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+use std::os::unix::io::{IntoRawFd,AsRawFd,RawFd};
+use std::{mem, io};
+use crate::system::cvt;
+use std::os::raw::c_void;
+use libc::c_int;
+use std::io::SeekFrom;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct FileDesc {
+    fd: RawFd,
+}
+
+#[derive(Copy,Clone,Debug,Eq,PartialEq)]
+pub enum FileFlags {
+    Read,
+    Write,
+    ReadWrite,
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+impl FileDesc {
+    pub fn new(fd: RawFd) -> Self {
+        FileDesc { fd }
+    }
+
+    pub fn read(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        let ret = cvt(unsafe {
+            libc::read(self.fd, buf.as_mut_ptr() as *mut c_void, buf.len())
+        })?;
+        Ok(ret as usize)
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_exact(&mut self, mut buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
+        while !buf.is_empty() {
+            match self.read(buf) {
+                Ok(0) => break,
+                Ok(n) => { let tmp = buf; buf = &mut tmp[n..]; }
+                Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::Interrupted => {}
+                Err(e) => return Err(e),
+            }
+        }
+        if !buf.is_empty() {
+            Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
+                           "failed to fill whole buffer"))
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn set_nonblocking(&self, nonblocking: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
+        unsafe {
+            let v = nonblocking as c_int;
+            cvt(libc::ioctl(self.fd, libc::FIONBIO, &v))?;
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn set_cloexec(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        unsafe {
+            cvt(libc::ioctl(self.fd, libc::FIOCLEX))?;
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn flags(&self) -> io::Result<FileFlags> {
+        let flags = unsafe { cvt(libc::fcntl(self.fd, libc::F_GETFL))? };
+        match flags & libc::O_ACCMODE {
+            libc::O_RDONLY => Ok(FileFlags::Read),
+            libc::O_WRONLY => Ok(FileFlags::Write),
+            libc::O_RDWR => Ok(FileFlags::ReadWrite),
+            _ => Err(io::Error::from_raw_os_error(libc::EINVAL)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn seek(&self, pos: SeekFrom) -> io::Result<u64> {
+        let (whence, pos) = match pos {
+            // Casting to `i64` is fine, too large values will end up as
+            // negative which will cause an error in `lseek64`.
+            SeekFrom::Start(off) => (libc::SEEK_SET, off as i64),
+            SeekFrom::End(off) => (libc::SEEK_END, off),
+            SeekFrom::Current(off) => (libc::SEEK_CUR, off),
+        };
+        let n = cvt(unsafe { libc::lseek64(self.fd, pos, whence) })?;
+        Ok(n as u64)
+    }
+    pub fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        let ret = cvt(unsafe {
+            libc::write(self.fd,
+                        buf.as_ptr() as *const c_void,
+                        buf.len())
+        })?;
+        Ok(ret as usize)
+    }
+
+    pub fn write_all(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let mut buf = buf;
+        while !buf.is_empty() {
+            match self.write(buf) {
+                Ok(0) => return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::WriteZero,
+                                                   "failed to write whole buffer")),
+                Ok(n) => {
+                    buf = &buf[n..];
+                }
+                Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::Interrupted => {}
+                Err(e) => return Err(e),
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+
+
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_size(&self, size: usize) -> io::Result<()> {
+        unsafe {
+            if libc::ftruncate64(self.fd, size as libc::off64_t) < 0 {
+                Err(io::Error::last_os_error())
+            } else {
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn flush(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for FileDesc {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let _ = unsafe { libc::close(self.fd) };
+    }
+}
+impl AsRawFd for FileDesc {
+    fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd {
+        self.fd
+    }
+}
+
+impl IntoRawFd for FileDesc {
+    fn into_raw_fd(self) -> RawFd {
+        let fd = self.fd;
+        mem::forget(self);
+        fd
+    }
+}
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