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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ *
+ * Build platform specific handling.
+ * This allows for builds on non-Posix platforms
+ * e.g. Visual Studio on Windows
+ */
+
+#ifndef __FIPTOOL_PLATFORM_H__
+#	define __FIPTOOL_PLATFORM_H__
+
+#	ifndef _MSC_VER
+
+		/* Not Visual Studio, so include Posix Headers. */
+#		include <getopt.h>
+#		include <openssl/sha.h>
+#		include <unistd.h>
+
+#		define  BLD_PLAT_STAT stat
+
+#	else
+
+		/* Visual Studio. */
+
+#	endif
+
+#endif /* __FIPTOOL_PLATFORM_H__ */