diff --git a/libc/fmtfdflush.c b/libc/fmtfdflush.c
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+++ b/libc/fmtfdflush.c
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+/*
+ * The authors of this software are Rob Pike and Ken Thompson.
+ *              Copyright (c) 2002 by Lucent Technologies.
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+ * purpose without fee is hereby granted, provided that this entire notice
+ * is included in all copies of any software which is or includes a copy
+ * or modification of this software and in all copies of the supporting
+ * documentation for such software.
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS BEING PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTY.  IN PARTICULAR, NEITHER THE AUTHORS NOR LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES MAKE
+ * ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE MERCHANTABILITY
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ */
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "plan9.h"
+#include "fmt.h"
+#include "fmtdef.h"
+
+/*
+ * generic routine for flushing a formatting buffer
+ * to a file descriptor
+ */
+int
+__fmtFdFlush(Fmt *f)
+{
+	int n;
+
+	n = (char*)f->to - (char*)f->start;
+	if(n && write((uintptr)f->farg, f->start, n) != n)
+		return 0;
+	f->to = f->start;
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/libc/plan9.h b/libc/plan9.h
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+++ b/libc/plan9.h
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+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/*
+ * compiler directive on Plan 9
+ */
+#ifndef USED
+#define USED(x) if(x);else
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * easiest way to make sure these are defined
+ */
+#define uchar	_fmtuchar
+#define ushort	_fmtushort
+#define uint	_fmtuint
+#define ulong	_fmtulong
+#define vlong	_fmtvlong
+#define uvlong	_fmtuvlong
+#define uintptr	_fmtuintptr
+
+typedef unsigned char		uchar;
+typedef unsigned short		ushort;
+typedef unsigned int		uint;
+typedef unsigned long		ulong;
+typedef unsigned long long	uvlong;
+typedef long long		vlong;
+typedef uintptr_t uintptr;
+
+/*
+ * nil cannot be ((void*)0) on ANSI C,
+ * because it is used for function pointers
+ */
+#undef	nil
+#define	nil	0
+
+#undef	nelem
+#define	nelem(x)	(sizeof (x)/sizeof (x)[0])
+