+static int defer_forwarding_messages = 0;
+static int select_timeout = SELECT_TIMEOUT;
+static int active_filecnt = 0;
+static OFF_T active_bytecnt = 0;
+
+static char int_byte_cnt[64] = {
+ 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, /* (00 - 3F)/4 */
+ 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, /* (40 - 7F)/4 */
+ 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, /* (80 - BF)/4 */
+ 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, /* (C0 - FF)/4 */
+};
+
+static int readfd_unbuffered(int fd, char *buf, size_t len);
+static void writefd(int fd, const char *buf, size_t len);
+static void writefd_unbuffered(int fd, const char *buf, size_t len);
+static void decrement_active_files(int ndx);
+static void decrement_flist_in_progress(int ndx, int redo);