diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/inc/defs.h b/contrib/win32/win32compat/inc/defs.h
index a56ea3f..0090baf 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/inc/defs.h
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/inc/defs.h
@@ -28,43 +28,3 @@
 
 /*fd flags*/
 #define FD_CLOEXEC 0x1
-
-
-/*
- * open() flags and modes
- * all commented out macros are defined in fcntl.h
- * they are listed here so as to cross check any conflicts with macros explicitly 
- * defined below.
- */
-/*open access modes. only one of these can be specified*/
-/* #define O_RDONLY    0x0  */
-/* #define O_WRONLY    0x1 */
-/* #define O_RDWR      0x2 */
-/* open file creation and file status flags can be bitwise-or'd*/
-/* #define O_APPEND    0x8    /*file is opened in append mode*/
-#ifndef O_NONBLOCK
-#define O_NONBLOCK  0x0004    /*io operations wont block*/
-#endif
-/* #define O_CREAT     0x100   /*If the file does not exist it will be created*/
-/* 
- * If the file exists and is a regular file, and the file is successfully 
- * opened O_RDWR or O_WRONLY, its length shall be truncated to 0, and the mode 
- * and owner shall be unchanged
- */
-/* #define O_TRUNC     0x200    */
-/* If O_CREAT and O_EXCL are set, open() shall fail if the file exists */
-/* #define O_EXCL      0x400   */  
-/* #define O_BINARY    0x8000   //Gives raw data (while O_TEXT normalises line endings */
-// open modes
-#ifndef  S_IRUSR
-#define S_IRUSR     00400   //user has read permission 
-#endif // ! S_IRUSR
-#ifndef S_IWUSR
-#define S_IWUSR     00200   //user has write permission 
-#endif
-#ifndef S_IRGRP
-#define S_IRGRP     00040   //group has read permission 
-#endif
-#ifndef S_IROTH
-#define S_IROTH     00004   //others have read permission
-#endif
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diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/inc/w32posix.h b/contrib/win32/win32compat/inc/w32posix.h
index 95d07ca..0e3f851 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/inc/w32posix.h
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/inc/w32posix.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ int w32_dup2(int oldfd, int newfd);
 
 /* misc */
 unsigned int w32_alarm(unsigned int seconds);
+typedef void(*sighandler_t)(int);
 #define signal w32_signal
 #define mysignal w32_signal
 
@@ -89,3 +90,13 @@ unsigned int w32_alarm(unsigned int seconds);
 #define EPFNOSUPPORT	        WSAEPFNOSUPPORT
 #endif
 
+
+/* 
+ * these routines are temporarily defined here to allow transition 
+ * from older POSIX wrapper to the newer one. After complete transition 
+ * these should move to a internal header.
+ */
+int w32_temp_DelChildToWatch(HANDLE processtowatch);
+HANDLE w32_fd_to_handle(int fd);
+int w32_allocate_fd_for_handle(HANDLE h);
+
diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.c b/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.c
index b3b0c2e..20b4f91 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.c
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.c
@@ -585,4 +585,46 @@ w32_dup2(int oldfd, int newfd) {
 	errno = EOPNOTSUPP;
 	debug("ERROR: dup2 is not implemented yet");
 	return -1;
-}
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+}
+
+unsigned int 
+w32_alarm(unsigned int seconds) {
+	/*TODO -  implement alarm */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+sighandler_t w32_signal(int signum, sighandler_t handler) {
+	/*TODO - implement signal()*/
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int 
+w32_temp_DelChildToWatch(HANDLE processtowatch) {
+	return 0;
+}
+
+HANDLE 
+w32_fd_to_handle(int fd) {
+	return fd_table.w32_ios[fd]->handle;
+}
+
+int w32_allocate_fd_for_handle(HANDLE h) {
+	int min_index = fd_table_get_min_index();
+	struct w32_io* pio;
+	
+	if (min_index == -1) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	pio = malloc(sizeof(struct w32_io));
+	if (pio == NULL) {
+		errno = ENOMEM;
+		return -1;
+	}
+	memset(pio, 0, sizeof(struct w32_io));
+
+	pio->type = FILE_FD;
+	pio->handle = h;
+	fd_table_set(pio, min_index);
+	return min_index;
+}
diff --git a/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.h b/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.h
index ea9ab83..e591c7d 100644
--- a/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.h
+++ b/contrib/win32/win32compat/w32fd.h
@@ -118,3 +118,42 @@ int fileio_isatty(struct w32_io* pio);
 FILE* fileio_fdopen(struct w32_io* pio, const char *mode);
 
 
+
+/*
+* open() flags and modes
+* all commented out macros are defined in fcntl.h
+* they are listed here so as to cross check any conflicts with macros explicitly
+* defined below.
+*/
+/*open access modes. only one of these can be specified*/
+/* #define O_RDONLY    0x0  */
+/* #define O_WRONLY    0x1 */
+/* #define O_RDWR      0x2 */
+/* open file creation and file status flags can be bitwise-or'd*/
+/* #define O_APPEND    0x8    /*file is opened in append mode*/
+#ifndef O_NONBLOCK
+#define O_NONBLOCK  0x0004    /*io operations wont block*/
+#endif
+/* #define O_CREAT     0x100   /*If the file does not exist it will be created*/
+/*
+* If the file exists and is a regular file, and the file is successfully
+* opened O_RDWR or O_WRONLY, its length shall be truncated to 0, and the mode
+* and owner shall be unchanged
+*/
+/* #define O_TRUNC     0x200    */
+/* If O_CREAT and O_EXCL are set, open() shall fail if the file exists */
+/* #define O_EXCL      0x400   */
+/* #define O_BINARY    0x8000   //Gives raw data (while O_TEXT normalises line endings */
+// open modes
+#ifndef  S_IRUSR
+#define S_IRUSR     00400   //user has read permission 
+#endif // ! S_IRUSR
+#ifndef S_IWUSR
+#define S_IWUSR     00200   //user has write permission 
+#endif
+#ifndef S_IRGRP
+#define S_IRGRP     00040   //group has read permission 
+#endif
+#ifndef S_IROTH
+#define S_IROTH     00004   //others have read permission
+#endif
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