diff --git a/lib/file-callbacks.c b/lib/file-callbacks.c
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+/*
+ * libwebsockets - small server side websockets and web server implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2015 Andy Green <andy@warmcat.com>
+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation:
+ *  version 2.1 of the License.
+ *
+ *  This library 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.  See the GNU
+ *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ *  MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#include "private-libwebsockets.h"
+#include "libwebsockets.h"
+
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_WIN32)
+
+HANDLE compatible_file_open(const char* filename, unsigned long* filelen){
+	HANDLE ret;
+	WCHAR buffer[MAX_PATH];
+
+	MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, filename, -1, buffer,
+				sizeof(buffer) / sizeof(buffer[0]));
+	ret = CreateFileW(buffer, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ,
+				NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
+
+	if (ret != LWS_INVALID_FILE)
+		*filelen = GetFileSize(ret, NULL);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void compatible_file_close(void*fd){
+	CloseHandle((HANDLE)fd);
+}
+
+unsigned long compatible_file_seek_cur(void* fd, long offset){
+	return SetFilePointer((HANDLE)fd, offset, NULL, FILE_CURRENT);
+}
+
+void compatible_file_read(unsigned long* amount, void* fd, unsigned char* buf, unsigned long len){
+	DWORD _amount;
+	if (!ReadFile((HANDLE)fd, buf, (DWORD)len, &_amount, NULL))
+		*amount = -1;
+	else
+		*amount = (unsigned long)_amount;
+}
+
+#else /* not windows --> */
+
+int compatible_file_open(const char* filename, unsigned long* filelen){
+	struct stat stat_buf;
+	int ret = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return LWS_INVALID_FILE;
+
+	if (fstat(ret, &stat_buf) < 0) {
+		close(ret);
+		return LWS_INVALID_FILE;
+	}
+	*filelen = stat_buf.st_size;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void compatible_file_close(void*fd){
+	close((int)fd)
+}
+
+unsigned long compatible_file_seek_cur(void* fd, long offset){
+	return lseek((int)fd, offset, SEEK_CUR);
+}
+
+void compatible_file_read(unsigned long amount, void* fd, unsigned char* buf, unsigned long* len){
+	*amount = read((int)fd, buf, len);
+}
+
+#endif // WIN32 || _WIN32
+
+
+LWS_VISIBLE void
+lws_context_init_file_callbacks(struct lws_context_creation_info *info, 
+	struct libwebsocket_context *context)
+{
+	struct libwebsocket_file_callbacks* cb;
+
+	cb = info->file_callbacks;
+
+	if(cb && cb->pfn_open)
+		context->file_callbacks.pfn_open = cb->pfn_open;
+	else
+		context->file_callbacks.pfn_open = compatible_file_open;
+
+	if(cb && cb->pfn_close)
+		context->file_callbacks.pfn_close = cb->pfn_close;
+	else
+		context->file_callbacks.pfn_close = compatible_file_close;
+
+	if(cb && cb->pfn_seek_cur)
+		context->file_callbacks.pfn_seek_cur = cb->pfn_seek_cur;
+	else
+		context->file_callbacks.pfn_seek_cur = compatible_file_seek_cur;
+
+	if(cb && cb->pfn_read)
+		context->file_callbacks.pfn_read = cb->pfn_read;
+	else
+		context->file_callbacks.pfn_read = compatible_file_read;
+
+}
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