Merge remote branch 'qt/master' into symbian-socket-engine

33 files changed, 5587 insertions, 2761 deletions

diff --git a/src/corelib/io/io.pri b/src/corelib/io/io.pri
index 6cf55e7..2e7b2eb 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/io.pri
+++ b/src/corelib/io/io.pri
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ HEADERS +=  \
         io/qdataurl_p.h \
         io/qdebug.h \
         io/qdir.h \
+        io/qdir_p.h \
         io/qdiriterator.h \
         io/qfile.h \
         io/qfileinfo.h \
@@ -29,7 +30,11 @@ HEADERS +=  \
         io/qfsfileengine_p.h \
         io/qfsfileengine_iterator_p.h \
         io/qfilesystemwatcher.h \
-        io/qfilesystemwatcher_p.h
+        io/qfilesystemwatcher_p.h \
+        io/qfilesystementry_p.h \
+        io/qfilesystemengine_p.h \
+        io/qfilesystemmetadata_p.h \
+        io/qfilesystemiterator_p.h
 
 SOURCES += \
         io/qabstractfileengine.cpp \
@@ -52,25 +57,35 @@ SOURCES += \
         io/qsettings.cpp \
         io/qfsfileengine.cpp \
         io/qfsfileengine_iterator.cpp \
-        io/qfilesystemwatcher.cpp
+        io/qfilesystemwatcher.cpp \
+        io/qfilesystementry.cpp \
+        io/qfilesystemengine.cpp
 
 win32 {
         SOURCES += io/qsettings_win.cpp
         SOURCES += io/qprocess_win.cpp
         SOURCES += io/qfsfileengine_win.cpp
 
-        SOURCES += io/qfsfileengine_iterator_win.cpp
         SOURCES += io/qfilesystemwatcher_win.cpp
         HEADERS += io/qfilesystemwatcher_win_p.h
         HEADERS += io/qwindowspipewriter_p.h
         SOURCES += io/qwindowspipewriter.cpp
+        SOURCES += io/qfilesystemengine_win.cpp
+        SOURCES += io/qfilesystemiterator_win.cpp
 } else:unix {
         SOURCES += io/qfsfileengine_unix.cpp
-        SOURCES += io/qfsfileengine_iterator_unix.cpp
-        symbian:SOURCES += io/qprocess_symbian.cpp
-        else:SOURCES += io/qprocess_unix.cpp
+        symbian {
+            SOURCES += io/qfilesystemengine_symbian.cpp
+            SOURCES += io/qprocess_symbian.cpp
+            SOURCES += io/qfilesystemiterator_symbian.cpp
+        } else {
+            SOURCES += io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
+            SOURCES += io/qprocess_unix.cpp
+            SOURCES += io/qfilesystemiterator_unix.cpp
+        }
         !nacl:macx-*: {
             HEADERS += io/qfilesystemwatcher_fsevents_p.h
+            SOURCES += io/qfilesystemengine_mac.cpp
             SOURCES += io/qsettings_mac.cpp io/qfilesystemwatcher_fsevents.cpp
         }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine.cpp
index 37a093c..67109aa 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
 #include "qdiriterator.h"
 #include "qstringbuilder.h"
 
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystementry_p.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystemmetadata_p.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystemengine_p.h>
+
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 /*!
@@ -149,6 +153,29 @@ QAbstractFileEngineHandler::~QAbstractFileEngineHandler()
     }
 }
 
+/*
+   \ìnternal
+
+   Handles calls to custom file engine handlers.
+*/
+QAbstractFileEngine *qt_custom_file_engine_handler_create(const QString &path)
+{
+    QAbstractFileEngine *engine = 0;
+
+    if (qt_file_engine_handlers_in_use) {
+        QReadLocker locker(fileEngineHandlerMutex());
+
+        // check for registered handlers that can load the file
+        QAbstractFileEngineHandlerList *handlers = fileEngineHandlers();
+        for (int i = 0; i < handlers->size(); i++) {
+            if ((engine = handlers->at(i)->create(path)))
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return engine;
+}
+
 /*!
     \fn QAbstractFileEngine *QAbstractFileEngineHandler::create(const QString &fileName) const
 
@@ -177,57 +204,17 @@ QAbstractFileEngineHandler::~QAbstractFileEngineHandler()
 */
 QAbstractFileEngine *QAbstractFileEngine::create(const QString &fileName)
 {
-    if (qt_file_engine_handlers_in_use) {
-        QReadLocker locker(fileEngineHandlerMutex());
-
-        // check for registered handlers that can load the file
-        QAbstractFileEngineHandlerList *handlers = fileEngineHandlers();
-        for (int i = 0; i < handlers->size(); i++) {
-            if (QAbstractFileEngine *ret = handlers->at(i)->create(fileName))
-                return ret;
-        }
-    }
-
-#ifdef QT_BUILD_CORE_LIB
-    for (int prefixSeparator = 0; prefixSeparator < fileName.size(); ++prefixSeparator) {
-        QChar const ch = fileName[prefixSeparator];
-        if (ch == QLatin1Char('/'))
-            break;
-
-        if (ch == QLatin1Char(':')) {
-            if (prefixSeparator == 0)
-                return new QResourceFileEngine(fileName);
-
-            if (prefixSeparator == 1)
-                break;
-
-            const QStringList &paths = QDir::searchPaths(fileName.left(prefixSeparator));
-            for (int i = 0; i < paths.count(); i++) {
-                QAbstractFileEngine *engine = create(paths.at(i) % QLatin1Char('/') % fileName.mid(prefixSeparator + 1));
-                if (engine && (engine->fileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::FlagsMask) & QAbstractFileEngine::ExistsFlag)) {
-                    return engine;
-                }
-                delete engine;
-            }
-
-            break;
-        }
-
-        //  There's no need to fully validate the prefix here. Consulting the
-        //  unicode tables could be expensive and validation is already
-        //  performed in QDir::setSearchPaths.
-        //
-        //  if (!ch.isLetterOrNumber())
-        //      break;
-    }
+    QFileSystemEntry entry(fileName);
+    QFileSystemMetaData metaData;
+    QAbstractFileEngine *engine = QFileSystemEngine::resolveEntryAndCreateLegacyEngine(entry, metaData);
+
+#ifndef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
+    if (!engine)
+        // fall back to regular file engine
+        return new QFSFileEngine(entry.filePath());
 #endif
 
-#ifdef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
-    return 0;
-#else
-    // fall back to regular file engine
-    return new QFSFileEngine(fileName);
-#endif
+    return engine;
 }
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine_p.h
index e1eba30..075ec81 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qabstractfileengine_p.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ public:
     Q_DECLARE_PUBLIC(QAbstractFileEngine)
 };
 
+QAbstractFileEngine *qt_custom_file_engine_handler_create(const QString &path);
+
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 #endif // QABSTRACTFILEENGINE_P_H
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qdir.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qdir.cpp
index 426f61e..2f97c3a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qdir.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qdir.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 #include "qplatformdefs.h"
 #include "qdir.h"
+#include "qdir_p.h"
 #include "qabstractfileengine.h"
 #ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG_STREAM
 #include "qdebug.h"
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@
 #include "qvector.h"
 #include "qalgorithms.h"
 #include "qvarlengtharray.h"
+#include "qfilesystementry_p.h"
+#include "qfilesystemmetadata_p.h"
+#include "qfilesystemengine_p.h"
+#include <qstringbuilder.h>
 
 #ifdef QT_BUILD_CORE_LIB
 #  include "qresource.h"
@@ -81,129 +86,123 @@ static QString driveSpec(const QString &path)
 }
 
 //************* QDirPrivate
-class QDirPrivate
-    : public QSharedData
-{
-public:
-    QDirPrivate(const QString &path,
-            const QStringList &nameFilters_ = QStringList(),
-            QDir::SortFlags sort_ = QDir::SortFlags(QDir::Name | QDir::IgnoreCase),
-            QDir::Filters filters_ = QDir::AllEntries)
-        : QSharedData()
-        , nameFilters(nameFilters_)
-        , sort(sort_)
-        , filters(filters_)
+QDirPrivate::QDirPrivate(const QString &path, const QStringList &nameFilters_, QDir::SortFlags sort_, QDir::Filters filters_)
+    : QSharedData()
+    , nameFilters(nameFilters_)
+    , sort(sort_)
+    , filters(filters_)
 #ifdef QT3_SUPPORT
-        , filterSepChar(0)
-        , matchAllDirs(false)
+    , filterSepChar(0)
+    , matchAllDirs(false)
 #endif
-        , fileListsInitialized(false)
-    {
-        setPath(path.isEmpty() ? QString::fromLatin1(".") : path);
-
-        bool empty = nameFilters.isEmpty();
-        if (!empty) {
-            empty = true;
-            for (int i = 0; i < nameFilters.size(); ++i) {
-                if (!nameFilters.at(i).isEmpty()) {
-                    empty = false;
-                    break;
-                }
+    , fileListsInitialized(false)
+{
+    setPath(path.isEmpty() ? QString::fromLatin1(".") : path);
+
+    bool empty = nameFilters.isEmpty();
+    if (!empty) {
+        empty = true;
+        for (int i = 0; i < nameFilters.size(); ++i) {
+            if (!nameFilters.at(i).isEmpty()) {
+                empty = false;
+                break;
             }
         }
-        if (empty)
-            nameFilters = QStringList(QString::fromLatin1("*"));
     }
+    if (empty)
+        nameFilters = QStringList(QString::fromLatin1("*"));
+}
 
-    QDirPrivate(const QDirPrivate &copy)
-        : QSharedData(copy)
-        , path(copy.path)
-        , nameFilters(copy.nameFilters)
-        , sort(copy.sort)
-        , filters(copy.filters)
+QDirPrivate::QDirPrivate(const QDirPrivate &copy)
+    : QSharedData(copy)
+    , nameFilters(copy.nameFilters)
+    , sort(copy.sort)
+    , filters(copy.filters)
 #ifdef QT3_SUPPORT
-        , filterSepChar(copy.filterSepChar)
-        , matchAllDirs(copy.matchAllDirs)
+    , filterSepChar(copy.filterSepChar)
+    , matchAllDirs(copy.matchAllDirs)
 #endif
-        , fileListsInitialized(false)
-    {
-    }
+    , fileListsInitialized(false)
+    , dirEntry(copy.dirEntry)
+    , metaData(copy.metaData)
+{
+}
 
-    bool exists() const
-    {
-        const QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags info =
-            fileEngine->fileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::DirectoryType
-                                           | QAbstractFileEngine::ExistsFlag
-                                           | QAbstractFileEngine::Refresh);
-        if (!(info & QAbstractFileEngine::DirectoryType))
-            return false;
-        return info & QAbstractFileEngine::ExistsFlag;
+bool QDirPrivate::exists() const
+{
+    if (fileEngine.isNull()) {
+        QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(dirEntry, metaData,
+                QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute | QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType); // always stat
+        return metaData.exists() && metaData.isDirectory();
     }
+    const QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags info =
+        fileEngine->fileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::DirectoryType
+                                       | QAbstractFileEngine::ExistsFlag
+                                       | QAbstractFileEngine::Refresh);
+    if (!(info & QAbstractFileEngine::DirectoryType))
+        return false;
+    return info & QAbstractFileEngine::ExistsFlag;
+}
 
-    void initFileEngine();
-    void initFileLists() const;
-
-    static void sortFileList(QDir::SortFlags, QFileInfoList &, QStringList *, QFileInfoList *);
-
-    static inline QChar getFilterSepChar(const QString &nameFilter)
-    {
-        QChar sep(QLatin1Char(';'));
-        int i = nameFilter.indexOf(sep, 0);
-        if (i == -1 && nameFilter.indexOf(QLatin1Char(' '), 0) != -1)
-            sep = QChar(QLatin1Char(' '));
-        return sep;
-    }
+// static
+inline QChar QDirPrivate::getFilterSepChar(const QString &nameFilter)
+{
+    QChar sep(QLatin1Char(';'));
+    int i = nameFilter.indexOf(sep, 0);
+    if (i == -1 && nameFilter.indexOf(QLatin1Char(' '), 0) != -1)
+        sep = QChar(QLatin1Char(' '));
+    return sep;
+}
 
-    static inline QStringList splitFilters(const QString &nameFilter, QChar sep = 0)
-    {
-        if (sep == 0)
-            sep = getFilterSepChar(nameFilter);
-        QStringList ret = nameFilter.split(sep);
-        for (int i = 0; i < ret.count(); ++i)
-            ret[i] = ret[i].trimmed();
-        return ret;
-    }
+// static
+inline QStringList QDirPrivate::splitFilters(const QString &nameFilter, QChar sep)
+{
+    if (sep == 0)
+        sep = getFilterSepChar(nameFilter);
+    QStringList ret = nameFilter.split(sep);
+    for (int i = 0; i < ret.count(); ++i)
+        ret[i] = ret[i].trimmed();
+    return ret;
+}
 
-    inline void setPath(QString p)
-    {
-        if ((p.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')) || p.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
-                && p.length() > 1) {
+inline void QDirPrivate::setPath(const QString &path)
+{
+    QString p = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(path);
+    if (p.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))
+            && p.length() > 1
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-            if (!(p.length() == 3 && p.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':')))
+        && (!(p.length() == 3 && p.at(1).unicode() == ':' && p.at(0).isLetter()))
 #endif
-                p.truncate(p.length() - 1);
-        }
-
-        path = p;
-        initFileEngine();
-
-        // set the path to be the qt friendly version so then we can operate on it using just /
-        path = fileEngine->fileName(QAbstractFileEngine::DefaultName);
-        clearFileLists();
+    ) {
+            p.truncate(p.length() - 1);
     }
 
-    inline void clearFileLists() {
-        fileListsInitialized = false;
-        files.clear();
-        fileInfos.clear();
-    }
-
-    QString path;
-    QStringList nameFilters;
-    QDir::SortFlags sort;
-    QDir::Filters filters;
+    dirEntry = QFileSystemEntry(p, QFileSystemEntry::FromInternalPath());
+    metaData.clear();
+    initFileEngine();
+    clearFileLists();
+    absoluteDirEntry = QFileSystemEntry();
+}
 
-#ifdef QT3_SUPPORT
-    QChar filterSepChar;
-    bool matchAllDirs;
-#endif
+inline void QDirPrivate::clearFileLists()
+{
+    fileListsInitialized = false;
+    files.clear();
+    fileInfos.clear();
+}
 
-    QScopedPointer<QAbstractFileEngine> fileEngine;
+inline void QDirPrivate::resolveAbsoluteEntry() const
+{
+    if (!absoluteDirEntry.isEmpty() || dirEntry.isEmpty())
+        return;
 
-    mutable bool fileListsInitialized;
-    mutable QStringList files;
-    mutable QFileInfoList fileInfos;
-};
+    if (dirEntry.isRelative()) {
+        QFileSystemEntry answer = QFileSystemEngine::absoluteName(dirEntry);
+        absoluteDirEntry = QFileSystemEntry(QDir::cleanPath(answer.filePath()), QFileSystemEntry::FromInternalPath());
+    } else {
+        absoluteDirEntry = dirEntry;
+    }
+}
 
 /* For sorting */
 struct QDirSortItem
@@ -315,12 +314,11 @@ inline void QDirPrivate::sortFileList(QDir::SortFlags sort, QFileInfoList &l,
         }
     }
 }
-
-inline void QDirPrivate::initFileLists() const
+inline void QDirPrivate::initFileLists(const QDir &dir) const
 {
     if (!fileListsInitialized) {
         QFileInfoList l;
-        QDirIterator it(path, nameFilters, filters);
+        QDirIterator it(dir);
         while (it.hasNext()) {
             it.next();
             l.append(it.fileInfo());
@@ -332,7 +330,7 @@ inline void QDirPrivate::initFileLists() const
 
 inline void QDirPrivate::initFileEngine()
 {
-    fileEngine.reset(QAbstractFileEngine::create(path));
+    fileEngine.reset(QFileSystemEngine::resolveEntryAndCreateLegacyEngine(dirEntry, metaData));
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -597,7 +595,7 @@ void QDir::setPath(const QString &path)
 QString QDir::path() const
 {
     const QDirPrivate* d = d_ptr.constData();
-    return d->path;
+    return d->dirEntry.filePath();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -611,10 +609,8 @@ QString QDir::path() const
 QString QDir::absolutePath() const
 {
     const QDirPrivate* d = d_ptr.constData();
-    QString ret = d->path;
-    if (QDir::isRelativePath(ret))
-        ret = absoluteFilePath(QString::fromLatin1(""));
-    return cleanPath(ret);
+    d->resolveAbsoluteEntry();
+    return d->absoluteDirEntry.filePath();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -635,7 +631,12 @@ QString QDir::absolutePath() const
 */
 QString QDir::canonicalPath() const
 {
-    return cleanPath(d_ptr->fileEngine->fileName(QAbstractFileEngine::CanonicalName));
+    const QDirPrivate* d = d_ptr.constData();
+    if (d->fileEngine.isNull()) {
+        QFileSystemEntry answer = QFileSystemEngine::canonicalName(d->dirEntry, d->metaData);
+        return answer.filePath();
+    }
+    return d->fileEngine->fileName(QAbstractFileEngine::CanonicalName);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -652,10 +653,7 @@ QString QDir::canonicalPath() const
 QString QDir::dirName() const
 {
     const QDirPrivate* d = d_ptr.constData();
-    int pos = d->path.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));
-    if (pos == -1)
-        return d->path;
-    return d->path.mid(pos + 1);
+    return d->dirEntry.fileName();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -673,7 +671,7 @@ QString QDir::filePath(const QString &fileName) const
     if (isAbsolutePath(fileName))
         return QString(fileName);
 
-    QString ret = d->path;
+    QString ret = d->dirEntry.filePath();
     if (!fileName.isEmpty()) {
         if (!ret.isEmpty() && ret[(int)ret.length()-1] != QLatin1Char('/') && fileName[0] != QLatin1Char('/'))
             ret += QLatin1Char('/');
@@ -696,22 +694,12 @@ QString QDir::absoluteFilePath(const QString &fileName) const
     if (isAbsolutePath(fileName))
         return fileName;
 
-    QString ret;
-#ifndef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
-    if (isRelativePath(d->path)) //get pwd
-        ret = QFSFileEngine::currentPath(fileName);
-#endif
-    if (!d->path.isEmpty() && d->path != QLatin1String(".")) {
-        if (!ret.isEmpty() && !ret.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
-            ret += QLatin1Char('/');
-        ret += d->path;
-    }
-    if (!fileName.isEmpty()) {
-        if (!ret.isEmpty() && !ret.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
-            ret += QLatin1Char('/');
-        ret += fileName;
-    }
-    return ret;
+    d->resolveAbsoluteEntry();
+    if (fileName.isEmpty())
+        return d->absoluteDirEntry.filePath();
+    if (!d->absoluteDirEntry.isRoot())
+        return d->absoluteDirEntry.filePath() % QLatin1Char('/') % fileName;
+    return d->absoluteDirEntry.filePath() % fileName;
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -723,7 +711,7 @@ QString QDir::absoluteFilePath(const QString &fileName) const
 */
 QString QDir::relativeFilePath(const QString &fileName) const
 {
-    QString dir = absolutePath();
+    QString dir = cleanPath(absolutePath());
     QString file = cleanPath(fileName);
 
     if (isRelativePath(file) || isRelativePath(dir))
@@ -859,21 +847,22 @@ bool QDir::cd(const QString &dirName)
 
     if (dirName.isEmpty() || dirName == QLatin1String("."))
         return true;
-    QString newPath = d->path;
+    QString newPath;
     if (isAbsolutePath(dirName)) {
         newPath = cleanPath(dirName);
     } else {
         if (isRoot()) {
             if (dirName == QLatin1String(".."))
                 return false;
+            newPath = d->dirEntry.filePath();
         } else {
-            newPath += QLatin1Char('/');
+            newPath = d->dirEntry.filePath() % QLatin1Char('/');
         }
 
         newPath += dirName;
         if (dirName.indexOf(QLatin1Char('/')) >= 0
-            || d->path == QLatin1String(".")
-            || dirName == QLatin1String("..")) {
+            || dirName == QLatin1String("..")
+            || d->dirEntry.filePath() == QLatin1String(".")) {
             newPath = cleanPath(newPath);
             /*
               If newPath starts with .., we convert it to absolute to
@@ -891,7 +880,6 @@ bool QDir::cd(const QString &dirName)
 
     QScopedPointer<QDirPrivate> dir(new QDirPrivate(*d_ptr.constData()));
     dir->setPath(newPath);
-
     if (!dir->exists())
         return false;
 
@@ -1204,7 +1192,7 @@ void QDir::setSorting(SortFlags sort)
 uint QDir::count() const
 {
     const QDirPrivate* d = d_ptr.constData();
-    d->initFileLists();
+    d->initFileLists(*this);
     return d->files.count();
 }
 
@@ -1218,7 +1206,7 @@ uint QDir::count() const
 QString QDir::operator[](int pos) const
 {
     const QDirPrivate* d = d_ptr.constData();
-    d->initFileLists();
+    d->initFileLists(*this);
     return d->files[pos];
 }
 
@@ -1301,12 +1289,12 @@ QStringList QDir::entryList(const QStringList &nameFilters, Filters filters,
         sort = d->sort;
 
     if (filters == d->filters && sort == d->sort && nameFilters == d->nameFilters) {
-        d->initFileLists();
+        d->initFileLists(*this);
         return d->files;
     }
 
     QFileInfoList l;
-    QDirIterator it(d->path, nameFilters, filters);
+    QDirIterator it(d->dirEntry.filePath(), nameFilters, filters);
     while (it.hasNext()) {
         it.next();
         l.append(it.fileInfo());
@@ -1347,12 +1335,12 @@ QFileInfoList QDir::entryInfoList(const QStringList &nameFilters, Filters filter
         sort = d->sort;
 
     if (filters == d->filters && sort == d->sort && nameFilters == d->nameFilters) {
-        d->initFileLists();
+        d->initFileLists(*this);
         return d->fileInfos;
     }
 
     QFileInfoList l;
-    QDirIterator it(d->path, nameFilters, filters);
+    QDirIterator it(d->dirEntry.filePath(), nameFilters, filters);
     while (it.hasNext()) {
         it.next();
         l.append(it.fileInfo());
@@ -1367,8 +1355,11 @@ QFileInfoList QDir::entryInfoList(const QStringList &nameFilters, Filters filter
 
     Returns true on success; otherwise returns false.
 
+    If the directory already exists when this function is called, it will return false.
+
     \sa rmdir()
 */
+// ### Qt5: behaviour when directory already exists should be made consistent for mkdir and mkpath
 bool QDir::mkdir(const QString &dirName) const
 {
     const QDirPrivate* d = d_ptr.constData();
@@ -1379,6 +1370,8 @@ bool QDir::mkdir(const QString &dirName) const
     }
 
     QString fn = filePath(dirName);
+    if (d->fileEngine.isNull())
+        return QFileSystemEngine::createDirectory(QFileSystemEntry(fn), false);
     return d->fileEngine->mkdir(fn, false);
 }
 
@@ -1401,6 +1394,9 @@ bool QDir::rmdir(const QString &dirName) const
     }
 
     QString fn = filePath(dirName);
+    if (d->fileEngine.isNull())
+        return QFileSystemEngine::removeDirectory(QFileSystemEntry(fn), false);
+
     return d->fileEngine->rmdir(fn, false);
 }
 
@@ -1412,8 +1408,11 @@ bool QDir::rmdir(const QString &dirName) const
 
     Returns true if successful; otherwise returns false.
 
+    If the path already exists when this function is called, it will return true.
+
     \sa rmpath()
 */
+// ### Qt5: behaviour when directory already exists should be made consistent for mkdir and mkpath
 bool QDir::mkpath(const QString &dirPath) const
 {
     const QDirPrivate* d = d_ptr.constData();
@@ -1424,6 +1423,8 @@ bool QDir::mkpath(const QString &dirPath) const
     }
 
     QString fn = filePath(dirPath);
+    if (d->fileEngine.isNull())
+        return QFileSystemEngine::createDirectory(QFileSystemEntry(fn), true);
     return d->fileEngine->mkdir(fn, true);
 }
 
@@ -1448,6 +1449,8 @@ bool QDir::rmpath(const QString &dirPath) const
     }
 
     QString fn = filePath(dirPath);
+    if (d->fileEngine.isNull())
+        return QFileSystemEngine::removeDirectory(QFileSystemEntry(fn), true);
     return d->fileEngine->rmdir(fn, true);
 }
 
@@ -1464,6 +1467,13 @@ bool QDir::isReadable() const
 {
     const QDirPrivate* d = d_ptr.constData();
 
+    if (d->fileEngine.isNull()) {
+        if (!d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::UserReadPermission))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->dirEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::UserReadPermission);
+
+        return (d->metaData.permissions() & QFile::ReadUser) != 0;
+    }
+
     const QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags info =
         d->fileEngine->fileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::DirectoryType
                                        | QAbstractFileEngine::PermsMask);
@@ -1502,6 +1512,8 @@ bool QDir::exists() const
 */
 bool QDir::isRoot() const
 {
+    if (d_ptr->fileEngine.isNull())
+        return d_ptr->dirEntry.isRoot();
     return d_ptr->fileEngine->fileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::FlagsMask) & QAbstractFileEngine::RootFlag;
 }
 
@@ -1532,6 +1544,8 @@ bool QDir::isRoot() const
 */
 bool QDir::isRelative() const
 {
+    if (d_ptr->fileEngine.isNull())
+        return d_ptr->dirEntry.isRelative();
     return d_ptr->fileEngine->isRelativePath();
 }
 
@@ -1543,20 +1557,23 @@ bool QDir::isRelative() const
 
     \sa isAbsolute() isAbsolutePath() isRelative() cleanPath()
 */
-bool QDir::makeAbsolute() // ### What do the return values signify?
+bool QDir::makeAbsolute()
 {
-    QString absolutePath = d_ptr.constData()->fileEngine->fileName(QAbstractFileEngine::AbsoluteName);
-    if (QDir::isRelativePath(absolutePath))
-        return false;
-
-    QScopedPointer<QDirPrivate> dir(new QDirPrivate(*d_ptr.constData()));
-    dir->setPath(absolutePath);
-
-    d_ptr = dir.take();
-
-    if (!(d_ptr->fileEngine->fileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::TypesMask) & QAbstractFileEngine::DirectoryType))
-        return false;
+    const QDirPrivate *d = d_ptr.constData();
+    QScopedPointer<QDirPrivate> dir;
+    if (!d->fileEngine.isNull()) {
+        QString absolutePath = d->fileEngine->fileName(QAbstractFileEngine::AbsoluteName);
+        if (QDir::isRelativePath(absolutePath))
+            return false;
 
+        dir.reset(new QDirPrivate(*d_ptr.constData()));
+        dir->setPath(absolutePath);
+    } else { // native FS
+        d->resolveAbsoluteEntry();
+        dir.reset(new QDirPrivate(*d_ptr.constData()));
+        dir->setPath(d->absoluteDirEntry.filePath());
+    }
+    d_ptr = dir.take(); // actually detach
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -1576,17 +1593,24 @@ bool QDir::operator==(const QDir &dir) const
 
     if (d == other)
         return true;
-    if (d->fileEngine->caseSensitive() != other->fileEngine->caseSensitive())
-        return false;
+    Qt::CaseSensitivity sensitive;
+    if (d->fileEngine.isNull() || other->fileEngine.isNull()) {
+        if (d->fileEngine.data() != other->fileEngine.data()) // one is native, the other is a custom file-engine
+            return false;
+
+        sensitive = QFileSystemEngine::isCaseSensitive() ? Qt::CaseSensitive : Qt::CaseInsensitive;
+    } else {
+        if (d->fileEngine->caseSensitive() != other->fileEngine->caseSensitive())
+            return false;
+        sensitive = d->fileEngine->caseSensitive() ? Qt::CaseSensitive : Qt::CaseInsensitive;
+    }
+
     if (d->filters == other->filters
        && d->sort == other->sort
        && d->nameFilters == other->nameFilters) {
-        QString dir1 = absolutePath(), dir2 = dir.absolutePath();
-        if (!other->fileEngine->caseSensitive())
-            return (dir1.toLower() == dir2.toLower());
-
-        return (dir1 == dir2);
-
+        d->resolveAbsoluteEntry();
+        other->resolveAbsoluteEntry();
+        return d->absoluteDirEntry.filePath().compare(other->absoluteDirEntry.filePath(), sensitive) == 0;
     }
     return false;
 }
@@ -1735,12 +1759,7 @@ QChar QDir::separator()
 */
 bool QDir::setCurrent(const QString &path)
 {
-#ifdef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
-    Q_UNUSED(path);
-    return false;
-#else
-    return QFSFileEngine::setCurrentPath(path);
-#endif
+    return QFileSystemEngine::setCurrentPath(QFileSystemEntry(path));
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -1761,11 +1780,7 @@ bool QDir::setCurrent(const QString &path)
 */
 QString QDir::currentPath()
 {
-#ifdef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
-    return QString();
-#else
-    return QFSFileEngine::currentPath();
-#endif
+    return QFileSystemEngine::currentPath().filePath();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -1823,11 +1838,7 @@ QString QDir::currentPath()
 */
 QString QDir::homePath()
 {
-#ifdef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
-    return QString();
-#else
-    return cleanPath(QFSFileEngine::homePath());
-#endif
+    return QFileSystemEngine::homePath();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -1866,11 +1877,7 @@ QString QDir::homePath()
 */
 QString QDir::tempPath()
 {
-#ifdef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
-    return QString();
-#else
-    return cleanPath(QFSFileEngine::tempPath());
-#endif
+    return QFileSystemEngine::tempPath();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -1897,11 +1904,7 @@ QString QDir::tempPath()
 */
 QString QDir::rootPath()
 {
-#ifdef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
-    return QString();
-#else
-    return QFSFileEngine::rootPath();
-#endif
+    return QFileSystemEngine::rootPath();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -2098,6 +2101,7 @@ bool QDir::isRelativePath(const QString &path)
 void QDir::refresh() const
 {
     QDirPrivate *d = const_cast<QDir*>(this)->d_ptr.data();
+    d->metaData.clear();
     d->initFileEngine();
     d->clearFileLists();
 }
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qdir_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qdir_p.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f97c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qdir_p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef QDIR_PRIVATE_H
+#define QDIR_PRIVATE_H
+
+#include "qfilesystementry_p.h"
+#include "qfilesystemmetadata_p.h"
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+class QDirPrivate : public QSharedData
+{
+public:
+    QDirPrivate(const QString &path, const QStringList &nameFilters_ = QStringList(),
+            QDir::SortFlags sort_ = QDir::SortFlags(QDir::Name | QDir::IgnoreCase),
+            QDir::Filters filters_ = QDir::AllEntries);
+
+    QDirPrivate(const QDirPrivate &copy);
+
+    bool exists() const;
+
+    void initFileEngine();
+    void initFileLists(const QDir &dir) const;
+
+    static void sortFileList(QDir::SortFlags, QFileInfoList &, QStringList *, QFileInfoList *);
+
+    static inline QChar getFilterSepChar(const QString &nameFilter);
+
+    static inline QStringList splitFilters(const QString &nameFilter, QChar sep = 0);
+
+    inline void setPath(const QString &path);
+
+    inline void clearFileLists();
+
+    inline void resolveAbsoluteEntry() const;
+
+    QStringList nameFilters;
+    QDir::SortFlags sort;
+    QDir::Filters filters;
+
+#ifdef QT3_SUPPORT
+    QChar filterSepChar;
+    bool matchAllDirs;
+#endif
+
+    QScopedPointer<QAbstractFileEngine> fileEngine;
+
+    mutable bool fileListsInitialized;
+    mutable QStringList files;
+    mutable QFileInfoList fileInfos;
+
+    QFileSystemEntry dirEntry;
+    mutable QFileSystemEntry absoluteDirEntry;
+    mutable QFileSystemMetaData metaData;
+};
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qdiriterator.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qdiriterator.cpp
index fd4b9c1..a8192ea 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qdiriterator.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qdiriterator.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 */
 
 #include "qdiriterator.h"
+#include "qdir_p.h"
 
 #include "qabstractfileengine.h"
 
@@ -97,36 +98,41 @@
 #include <QtCore/qstack.h>
 #include <QtCore/qvariant.h>
 
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystemiterator_p.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystementry_p.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystemmetadata_p.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystemengine_p.h>
+#include <QtCore/qfsfileengine.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qfileinfo_p.h>
+
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-class QDirIteratorPrivateIteratorStack : public QStack<QAbstractFileEngineIterator *>
+template <class Iterator>
+class QDirIteratorPrivateIteratorStack : public QStack<Iterator *>
 {
 public:
-    ~QDirIteratorPrivateIteratorStack();
+    ~QDirIteratorPrivateIteratorStack()
+    {
+        qDeleteAll(*this);
+    }
 };
 
-QDirIteratorPrivateIteratorStack::~QDirIteratorPrivateIteratorStack()
-{
-    qDeleteAll(*this);
-}
-
-
 class QDirIteratorPrivate
 {
 public:
-    QDirIteratorPrivate(const QString &path, const QStringList &nameFilters,
-                        QDir::Filters filters, QDirIterator::IteratorFlags flags);
-    ~QDirIteratorPrivate();
+    QDirIteratorPrivate(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, const QStringList &nameFilters,
+                        QDir::Filters filters, QDirIterator::IteratorFlags flags, bool resolveEngine = true);
 
     void advance();
 
+    bool entryMatches(const QString & fileName, const QFileInfo &fileInfo);
     void pushDirectory(const QFileInfo &fileInfo);
     void checkAndPushDirectory(const QFileInfo &);
     bool matchesFilters(const QString &fileName, const QFileInfo &fi) const;
 
     QScopedPointer<QAbstractFileEngine> engine;
 
-    const QString path;
+    QFileSystemEntry dirEntry;
     const QStringList nameFilters;
     const QDir::Filters filters;
     const QDirIterator::IteratorFlags iteratorFlags;
@@ -135,23 +141,22 @@ public:
     QVector<QRegExp> nameRegExps;
 #endif
 
-    QDirIteratorPrivateIteratorStack fileEngineIterators;
+    QDirIteratorPrivateIteratorStack<QAbstractFileEngineIterator> fileEngineIterators;
+    QDirIteratorPrivateIteratorStack<QFileSystemIterator> nativeIterators;
+
     QFileInfo currentFileInfo;
     QFileInfo nextFileInfo;
 
     // Loop protection
     QSet<QString> visitedLinks;
-
-    QDirIterator *q;
 };
 
 /*!
     \internal
 */
-QDirIteratorPrivate::QDirIteratorPrivate(const QString &path, const QStringList &nameFilters,
-                                         QDir::Filters filters, QDirIterator::IteratorFlags flags)
-    : engine(QAbstractFileEngine::create(path))
-      , path(path)
+QDirIteratorPrivate::QDirIteratorPrivate(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, const QStringList &nameFilters,
+                                         QDir::Filters filters, QDirIterator::IteratorFlags flags, bool resolveEngine)
+    : dirEntry(entry)
       , nameFilters(nameFilters.contains(QLatin1String("*")) ? QStringList() : nameFilters)
       , filters(QDir::NoFilter == filters ? QDir::AllEntries : filters)
       , iteratorFlags(flags)
@@ -164,22 +169,19 @@ QDirIteratorPrivate::QDirIteratorPrivate(const QString &path, const QStringList
                     (filters & QDir::CaseSensitive) ? Qt::CaseSensitive : Qt::CaseInsensitive,
                     QRegExp::Wildcard));
 #endif
+    QFileSystemMetaData metaData;
+    if (resolveEngine)
+        engine.reset(QFileSystemEngine::resolveEntryAndCreateLegacyEngine(dirEntry, metaData));
+    QFileInfo fileInfo(new QFileInfoPrivate(dirEntry, metaData));
 
     // Populate fields for hasNext() and next()
-    pushDirectory(QFileInfo(path));
+    pushDirectory(fileInfo);
     advance();
 }
 
 /*!
     \internal
 */
-QDirIteratorPrivate::~QDirIteratorPrivate()
-{
-}
-
-/*!
-    \internal
-*/
 void QDirIteratorPrivate::pushDirectory(const QFileInfo &fileInfo)
 {
     QString path = fileInfo.filePath();
@@ -201,34 +203,63 @@ void QDirIteratorPrivate::pushDirectory(const QFileInfo &fileInfo)
         } else {
             // No iterator; no entry list.
         }
+    } else {
+        QFileSystemIterator *it = new QFileSystemIterator(fileInfo.d_ptr->fileEntry,
+            filters, nameFilters, iteratorFlags);
+        nativeIterators << it;
     }
 }
 
-/*!
-    \internal
-*/
-void QDirIteratorPrivate::advance()
+inline bool QDirIteratorPrivate::entryMatches(const QString & fileName, const QFileInfo &fileInfo)
 {
-    while (!fileEngineIterators.isEmpty()) {
+    checkAndPushDirectory(fileInfo);
 
-        // Find the next valid iterator that matches the filters.
-        while (fileEngineIterators.top()->hasNext()) {
-            QAbstractFileEngineIterator *it = fileEngineIterators.top();
-            it->next();
+    if (matchesFilters(fileName, fileInfo)) {
+        currentFileInfo = nextFileInfo;
+        nextFileInfo = fileInfo;
 
-            const QFileInfo info = it->currentFileInfo();
-            checkAndPushDirectory(it->currentFileInfo());
+        //We found a matching entry.
+        return true;
+    }
 
-            if (matchesFilters(it->currentFileName(), info)) {
-                currentFileInfo = nextFileInfo;
-                nextFileInfo = info;
+    return false;
+}
 
-                //We found a matching entry.
-                return;
+/*!
+    \internal
+*/
+void QDirIteratorPrivate::advance()
+{
+    if (engine) {
+        while (!fileEngineIterators.isEmpty()) {
+            // Find the next valid iterator that matches the filters.
+            QAbstractFileEngineIterator *it;
+            while (it = fileEngineIterators.top(), it->hasNext()) {
+                it->next();
+                if (entryMatches(it->currentFileName(), it->currentFileInfo()))
+                    return;
             }
+
+            fileEngineIterators.pop();
+            delete it;
         }
+    } else {
+        QFileSystemEntry nextEntry;
+        QFileSystemMetaData nextMetaData;
+
+        while (!nativeIterators.isEmpty()) {
+            // Find the next valid iterator that matches the filters.
+            QFileSystemIterator *it;
+            while (it = nativeIterators.top(), it->advance(nextEntry, nextMetaData)) {
+                QFileInfo info(new QFileInfoPrivate(nextEntry, nextMetaData));
+
+                if (entryMatches(nextEntry.fileName(), info))
+                    return;
+            }
 
-        delete fileEngineIterators.pop();
+            nativeIterators.pop();
+            delete it;
+        }
     }
 
     currentFileInfo = nextFileInfo;
@@ -262,7 +293,8 @@ void QDirIteratorPrivate::checkAndPushDirectory(const QFileInfo &fileInfo)
         return;
 
     // Stop link loops
-    if (visitedLinks.contains(fileInfo.canonicalFilePath()))
+    if (!visitedLinks.isEmpty() &&
+        visitedLinks.contains(fileInfo.canonicalFilePath()))
         return;
 
     pushDirectory(fileInfo);
@@ -373,9 +405,11 @@ bool QDirIteratorPrivate::matchesFilters(const QString &fileName, const QFileInf
     \sa hasNext(), next(), IteratorFlags
 */
 QDirIterator::QDirIterator(const QDir &dir, IteratorFlags flags)
-    : d(new QDirIteratorPrivate(dir.path(), dir.nameFilters(), dir.filter(), flags))
 {
-    d->q = this;
+    // little trick to get hold of the QDirPrivate while there is no API on QDir to give it to us
+    class MyQDir : public QDir { public: const QDirPrivate *priv() const { return d_ptr.constData(); } };
+    const QDirPrivate *other = static_cast<const MyQDir*>(&dir)->priv();
+    d.reset(new QDirIteratorPrivate(other->dirEntry, other->nameFilters, other->filters, flags, !other->fileEngine.isNull()));
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -395,9 +429,8 @@ QDirIterator::QDirIterator(const QDir &dir, IteratorFlags flags)
     \sa hasNext(), next(), IteratorFlags
 */
 QDirIterator::QDirIterator(const QString &path, QDir::Filters filters, IteratorFlags flags)
-    : d(new QDirIteratorPrivate(path, QStringList(), filters, flags))
+    : d(new QDirIteratorPrivate(QFileSystemEntry(path), QStringList(), filters, flags))
 {
-    d->q = this;
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -413,9 +446,8 @@ QDirIterator::QDirIterator(const QString &path, QDir::Filters filters, IteratorF
     \sa hasNext(), next(), IteratorFlags
 */
 QDirIterator::QDirIterator(const QString &path, IteratorFlags flags)
-    : d(new QDirIteratorPrivate(path, QStringList(), QDir::NoFilter, flags))
+    : d(new QDirIteratorPrivate(QFileSystemEntry(path), QStringList(), QDir::NoFilter, flags))
 {
-    d->q = this;
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -436,9 +468,8 @@ QDirIterator::QDirIterator(const QString &path, IteratorFlags flags)
 */
 QDirIterator::QDirIterator(const QString &path, const QStringList &nameFilters,
                            QDir::Filters filters, IteratorFlags flags)
-    : d(new QDirIteratorPrivate(path, nameFilters, filters, flags))
+    : d(new QDirIteratorPrivate(QFileSystemEntry(path), nameFilters, filters, flags))
 {
-    d->q = this;
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -472,7 +503,10 @@ QString QDirIterator::next()
 */
 bool QDirIterator::hasNext() const
 {
-    return !d->fileEngineIterators.isEmpty();
+    if (d->engine)
+        return !d->fileEngineIterators.isEmpty();
+    else
+        return !d->nativeIterators.isEmpty();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -515,7 +549,7 @@ QFileInfo QDirIterator::fileInfo() const
 */
 QString QDirIterator::path() const
 {
-    return d->path;
+    return d->dirEntry.filePath();
 }
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfile.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfile.cpp
index 50e9a8f..85e78a6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfile.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfile.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "qfileinfo.h"
 #include "private/qiodevice_p.h"
 #include "private/qfile_p.h"
+#include "private/qsystemerror_p.h"
 #if defined(QT_BUILD_CORE_LIB)
 # include "qcoreapplication.h"
 #endif
@@ -992,8 +993,14 @@ bool QFile::open(OpenMode mode)
         return false;
     }
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    // For symbian, the unbuffered flag is used to control write-behind cache behaviour
+    if (fileEngine()->open(mode))
+#else
     // QIODevice provides the buffering, so there's no need to request it from the file engine.
-    if (fileEngine()->open(mode | QIODevice::Unbuffered)) {
+    if (fileEngine()->open(mode | QIODevice::Unbuffered))
+#endif
+    {
         QIODevice::open(mode);
         if (mode & Append)
             seek(size());
@@ -1223,6 +1230,7 @@ bool QFile::unmap(uchar *address)
             d->setError(d->fileEngine->error(), d->fileEngine->errorString());
         return success;
     }
+    d->setError(PermissionsError, tr("No file engine available or engine does not support UnMapExtension"));
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -1477,7 +1485,17 @@ bool QFile::atEnd() const
 }
 
 /*!
-  \reimp
+    For random-access devices, this function sets the current position
+    to \a pos, returning true on success, or false if an error occurred.
+    For sequential devices, the default behavior is to do nothing and
+    return false.
+
+    Seeking beyond the end of a file:
+    If the position is beyond the end of a file, then seek() shall not
+    immediately extend the file. If a write is performed at this position,
+    then the file shall be extended. The content of the file between the
+    previous end of file and the newly written data is UNDEFINED and
+    varies between platforms and file systems.
 */
 
 bool QFile::seek(qint64 off)
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.cpp
index 7eca212..9041c94 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,47 @@ QString QFileInfoPrivate::getFileName(QAbstractFileEngine::FileName name) const
 {
     if (cache_enabled && !fileNames[(int)name].isNull())
         return fileNames[(int)name];
-    QString ret = fileEngine->fileName(name);
+
+    QString ret;
+    if (fileEngine == 0) { // local file; use the QFileSystemEngine directly
+        switch (name) {
+            case QAbstractFileEngine::CanonicalName:
+            case QAbstractFileEngine::CanonicalPathName: {
+                QFileSystemEntry entry = QFileSystemEngine::canonicalName(fileEntry, metaData);
+                if (cache_enabled) { // be smart and store both
+                    fileNames[QAbstractFileEngine::CanonicalName] = entry.filePath();
+                    fileNames[QAbstractFileEngine::CanonicalPathName] = entry.path();
+                }
+                if (name == QAbstractFileEngine::CanonicalName)
+                    ret = entry.filePath();
+                else
+                    ret = entry.path();
+                break;
+            }
+            case QAbstractFileEngine::LinkName:
+                ret = QFileSystemEngine::getLinkTarget(fileEntry, metaData).filePath();
+                break;
+            case QAbstractFileEngine::BundleName:
+                ret = QFileSystemEngine::bundleName(fileEntry);
+                break;
+            case QAbstractFileEngine::AbsoluteName:
+            case QAbstractFileEngine::AbsolutePathName: {
+                QFileSystemEntry entry = QFileSystemEngine::absoluteName(fileEntry);
+                if (cache_enabled) { // be smart and store both
+                    fileNames[QAbstractFileEngine::AbsoluteName] = entry.filePath();
+                    fileNames[QAbstractFileEngine::AbsolutePathName] = entry.path();
+                }
+                if (name == QAbstractFileEngine::AbsoluteName)
+                    ret = entry.filePath();
+                else
+                    ret = entry.path();
+                break;
+            }
+            default: break;
+        }
+    } else {
+        ret = fileEngine->fileName(name);
+    }
     if (ret.isNull())
         ret = QLatin1String("");
     if (cache_enabled)
@@ -63,7 +103,19 @@ QString QFileInfoPrivate::getFileOwner(QAbstractFileEngine::FileOwner own) const
 {
     if (cache_enabled && !fileOwners[(int)own].isNull())
         return fileOwners[(int)own];
-    QString ret = fileEngine->owner(own);
+    QString ret;
+    if (fileEngine == 0) {
+        switch (own) {
+        case QAbstractFileEngine::OwnerUser:
+            ret = QFileSystemEngine::resolveUserName(fileEntry, metaData);
+            break;
+        case QAbstractFileEngine::OwnerGroup:
+            ret = QFileSystemEngine::resolveGroupName(fileEntry, metaData);
+            break;
+        }
+     } else {
+        ret = fileEngine->owner(own);
+    }
     if (ret.isNull())
         ret = QLatin1String("");
     if (cache_enabled)
@@ -73,6 +125,7 @@ QString QFileInfoPrivate::getFileOwner(QAbstractFileEngine::FileOwner own) const
 
 uint QFileInfoPrivate::getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags request) const
 {
+    Q_ASSERT(fileEngine); // should never be called when using the native FS
     // We split the testing into tests for for LinkType, BundleType, PermsMask
     // and the rest.
     // Tests for file permissions on Windows can be slow, expecially on network
@@ -133,6 +186,7 @@ uint QFileInfoPrivate::getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags request) cons
 
 QDateTime &QFileInfoPrivate::getFileTime(QAbstractFileEngine::FileTime request) const
 {
+    Q_ASSERT(fileEngine); // should never be called when using the native FS
     if (!cache_enabled)
         clearFlags();
     uint cf;
@@ -237,6 +291,13 @@ QDateTime &QFileInfoPrivate::getFileTime(QAbstractFileEngine::FileTime request)
 */
 
 /*!
+    \internal
+*/
+QFileInfo::QFileInfo(QFileInfoPrivate *p) : d_ptr(p)
+{
+}
+
+/*!
     Constructs an empty QFileInfo object.
 
     Note that an empty QFileInfo object contain no file reference.
@@ -330,23 +391,22 @@ bool QFileInfo::operator==(const QFileInfo &fileinfo) const
         return true;
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed || fileinfo.d_ptr->isDefaultConstructed)
         return false;
-    if (d->fileEngine->caseSensitive() != fileinfo.d_ptr->fileEngine->caseSensitive())
-        return false;
-    if (fileinfo.size() == size()) { //if the size isn't the same...
-        QString file1 = canonicalFilePath(),
-                file2 = fileinfo.canonicalFilePath();
-        if (file1.length() == file2.length()) {
-            if (!fileinfo.d_ptr->fileEngine->caseSensitive()) {
-                for (int i = 0; i < file1.length(); i++) {
-                    if (file1.at(i).toLower() != file2.at(i).toLower())
-                        return false;
-                }
-                return true;
-            }
-            return (file1 == file2);
-        }
+    Qt::CaseSensitivity sensitive;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0 || fileinfo.d_ptr->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (d->fileEngine != fileinfo.d_ptr->fileEngine) // one is native, the other is a custom file-engine
+            return false;
+
+        sensitive = QFileSystemEngine::isCaseSensitive() ? Qt::CaseSensitive : Qt::CaseInsensitive;
+    } else {
+        if (d->fileEngine->caseSensitive() != fileinfo.d_ptr->fileEngine->caseSensitive())
+            return false;
+        sensitive = d->fileEngine->caseSensitive() ? Qt::CaseSensitive : Qt::CaseInsensitive;
     }
-    return false;
+
+    if (fileinfo.size() != size()) //if the size isn't the same...
+        return false;
+
+   return canonicalFilePath().compare(fileinfo.canonicalFilePath(), sensitive) == 0;
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -502,7 +562,7 @@ QString QFileInfo::absolutePath() const
 
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed) {
         return QLatin1String("");
-    } else if (d->fileName.isEmpty()) {
+    } else if (d->fileEntry.isEmpty()) {
         qWarning("QFileInfo::absolutePath: Constructed with empty filename");
         return QLatin1String("");
     }
@@ -539,7 +599,7 @@ QString QFileInfo::path() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return QLatin1String("");
-    return d->getFileName(QAbstractFileEngine::PathName);
+    return d->fileEntry.path();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -563,6 +623,8 @@ bool QFileInfo::isRelative() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return true;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0)
+        return d->fileEntry.isRelative();
     return d->fileEngine->isRelativePath();
 }
 
@@ -576,12 +638,10 @@ bool QFileInfo::isRelative() const
 bool QFileInfo::makeAbsolute()
 {
     if (d_ptr.constData()->isDefaultConstructed
-            || !d_ptr.constData()->fileEngine->isRelativePath())
+            || !d_ptr.constData()->fileEntry.isRelative())
         return false;
-    QString absFileName = d_ptr.constData()->getFileName(QAbstractFileEngine::AbsoluteName);
-    // QSharedDataPointer::operator->() will detach.
 
-    setFile(absFileName);
+    setFile(absoluteFilePath());
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -596,6 +656,11 @@ bool QFileInfo::exists() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return false;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute);
+        return d->metaData.exists();
+    }
     return d->getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::ExistsFlag);
 }
 
@@ -623,7 +688,7 @@ QString QFileInfo::filePath() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return QLatin1String("");
-    return d->getFileName(QAbstractFileEngine::DefaultName);
+    return d->fileEntry.filePath();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -642,7 +707,7 @@ QString QFileInfo::fileName() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return QLatin1String("");
-    return d->getFileName(QAbstractFileEngine::BaseName);
+    return d->fileEntry.fileName();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -686,7 +751,7 @@ QString QFileInfo::baseName() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return QLatin1String("");
-    return d->getFileName(QAbstractFileEngine::BaseName).section(QLatin1Char('.'), 0, 0);
+    return d->fileEntry.baseName();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -705,9 +770,7 @@ QString QFileInfo::completeBaseName() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return QLatin1String("");
-    QString name = d->getFileName(QAbstractFileEngine::BaseName);
-    int index = name.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('.'));
-    return (index == -1) ? name : name.left(index);
+    return d->fileEntry.completeBaseName();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -726,11 +789,7 @@ QString QFileInfo::completeSuffix() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return QLatin1String("");
-    QString fileName = d->getFileName(QAbstractFileEngine::BaseName);
-    int firstDot = fileName.indexOf(QLatin1Char('.'));
-    if (firstDot == -1)
-        return QLatin1String("");
-    return fileName.mid(firstDot + 1);
+    return d->fileEntry.completeSuffix();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -753,11 +812,7 @@ QString QFileInfo::suffix() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return QLatin1String("");
-    QString fileName = d->getFileName(QAbstractFileEngine::BaseName);
-    int lastDot = fileName.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('.'));
-    if (lastDot == -1)
-        return QLatin1String("");
-    return fileName.mid(lastDot + 1);
+    return d->fileEntry.suffix();
 }
 
 
@@ -781,8 +836,9 @@ QString QFileInfo::suffix() const
 */
 QDir QFileInfo::dir() const
 {
+    Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     // ### Qt5: Maybe rename this to parentDirectory(), considering what it actually do?
-    return QDir(path());
+    return QDir(d->fileEntry.path());
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -818,6 +874,11 @@ bool QFileInfo::isReadable() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return false;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::UserReadPermission))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::UserReadPermission);
+        return (d->metaData.permissions() & QFile::ReadUser) != 0;
+    }
     return d->getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::ReadUserPerm);
 }
 
@@ -831,6 +892,11 @@ bool QFileInfo::isWritable() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return false;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::UserWritePermission))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::UserWritePermission);
+        return (d->metaData.permissions() & QFile::WriteUser) != 0;
+    }
     return d->getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::WriteUserPerm);
 }
 
@@ -844,6 +910,11 @@ bool QFileInfo::isExecutable() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return false;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::UserExecutePermission))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::UserExecutePermission);
+        return (d->metaData.permissions() & QFile::ExeUser) != 0;
+    }
     return d->getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::ExeUserPerm);
 }
 
@@ -858,6 +929,11 @@ bool QFileInfo::isHidden() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return false;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::HiddenAttribute))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::HiddenAttribute);
+        return d->metaData.isHidden();
+    }
     return d->getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::HiddenFlag);
 }
 
@@ -873,6 +949,11 @@ bool QFileInfo::isFile() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return false;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::FileType))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::FileType);
+        return d->metaData.isFile();
+    }
     return d->getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::FileType);
 }
 
@@ -887,6 +968,11 @@ bool QFileInfo::isDir() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return false;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType);
+        return d->metaData.isDirectory();
+    }
     return d->getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::DirectoryType);
 }
 
@@ -903,6 +989,11 @@ bool QFileInfo::isBundle() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return false;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::BundleType))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::BundleType);
+        return d->metaData.isBundle();
+    }
     return d->getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::BundleType);
 }
 
@@ -928,6 +1019,11 @@ bool QFileInfo::isSymLink() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return false;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::LegacyLinkType))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::LegacyLinkType);
+        return d->metaData.isLegacyLink();
+    }
     return d->getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::LinkType);
 }
 
@@ -941,6 +1037,20 @@ bool QFileInfo::isRoot() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return true;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (d->fileEntry.isRoot()) {
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN) 
+            //the path is a drive root, but the drive may not exist
+            //for backward compatibility, return true only if the drive exists
+            if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute))
+                QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute);
+            return d->metaData.exists();
+#else
+            return true;
+#endif
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
     return d->getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::RootFlag);
 }
 
@@ -1003,6 +1113,11 @@ uint QFileInfo::ownerId() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return 0;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::UserId))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::UserId);
+        return d->metaData.userId();
+    }
     return d->fileEngine->ownerId(QAbstractFileEngine::OwnerUser);
 }
 
@@ -1037,6 +1152,11 @@ uint QFileInfo::groupId() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return 0;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::GroupId))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::GroupId);
+        return d->metaData.groupId();
+    }
     return d->fileEngine->ownerId(QAbstractFileEngine::OwnerGroup);
 }
 
@@ -1058,6 +1178,13 @@ bool QFileInfo::permission(QFile::Permissions permissions) const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return false;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        // the QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlag and QFile::Permissions overlap, so just static cast.
+        QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlag permissionFlags = static_cast<QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlag>((int)permissions);
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(permissionFlags))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, permissionFlags);
+        return (d->metaData.permissions() & permissions) == permissions;
+    }
     return d->getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags((int)permissions)) == (uint)permissions;
 }
 
@@ -1070,6 +1197,11 @@ QFile::Permissions QFileInfo::permissions() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return 0;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::Permissions))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::Permissions);
+        return d->metaData.permissions();
+    }
     return QFile::Permissions(d->getFileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::PermsMask) & QAbstractFileEngine::PermsMask);
 }
 
@@ -1085,6 +1217,11 @@ qint64 QFileInfo::size() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return 0;
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::SizeAttribute))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::SizeAttribute);
+        return d->metaData.size();
+    }
     if (!d->getCachedFlag(QFileInfoPrivate::CachedSize)) {
         d->setCachedFlag(QFileInfoPrivate::CachedSize);
         d->fileSize = d->fileEngine->size();
@@ -1110,6 +1247,11 @@ QDateTime QFileInfo::created() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return QDateTime();
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::CreationTime))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::CreationTime);
+        return d->metaData.creationTime();
+    }
     return d->getFileTime(QAbstractFileEngine::CreationTime);
 }
 
@@ -1123,6 +1265,11 @@ QDateTime QFileInfo::lastModified() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return QDateTime();
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::ModificationTime))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::ModificationTime);
+        return d->metaData.modificationTime();
+    }
     return d->getFileTime(QAbstractFileEngine::ModificationTime);
 }
 
@@ -1139,6 +1286,11 @@ QDateTime QFileInfo::lastRead() const
     Q_D(const QFileInfo);
     if (d->isDefaultConstructed)
         return QDateTime();
+    if (d->fileEngine == 0) {
+        if (!d->cache_enabled || !d->metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::AccessTime))
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(d->fileEntry, d->metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::AccessTime);
+        return d->metaData.accessTime();
+    }
     return d->getFileTime(QAbstractFileEngine::AccessTime);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.h b/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.h
index aec7543..3eff208 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.h
@@ -53,12 +53,16 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 QT_MODULE(Core)
 
 class QDir;
+class QDirIteratorPrivate;
 class QDateTime;
 class QFileInfoPrivate;
 
 class Q_CORE_EXPORT QFileInfo
 {
+    friend class QDirIteratorPrivate;
 public:
+    explicit QFileInfo(QFileInfoPrivate *d);
+
     QFileInfo();
     QFileInfo(const QString &file);
     QFileInfo(const QFile &file);
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo_p.h
index b9b1092..869a7a6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo_p.h
@@ -58,13 +58,16 @@
 #include "qdatetime.h"
 #include "qatomic.h"
 #include "qshareddata.h"
+#include "qfilesystemengine_p.h"
+
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystementry_p.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystemmetadata_p.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 class QFileInfoPrivate : public QSharedData
 {
 public:
-
     enum { CachedFileFlags=0x01, CachedLinkTypeFlag=0x02, CachedBundleTypeFlag=0x04,
            CachedMTime=0x10, CachedCTime=0x20, CachedATime=0x40,
            CachedSize =0x08, CachedPerms=0x80 };
@@ -76,8 +79,10 @@ public:
         cache_enabled(true), fileFlags(0), fileSize(0)
     {}
     inline QFileInfoPrivate(const QFileInfoPrivate &copy)
-        : QSharedData(copy), fileEngine(QAbstractFileEngine::create(copy.fileName)),
-        fileName(copy.fileName),
+        : QSharedData(copy),
+        fileEntry(copy.fileEntry),
+        metaData(copy.metaData),
+        fileEngine(QFileSystemEngine::resolveEntryAndCreateLegacyEngine(fileEntry, metaData)),
         cachedFlags(0),
 #ifndef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
         isDefaultConstructed(false),
@@ -87,8 +92,8 @@ public:
         cache_enabled(copy.cache_enabled), fileFlags(0), fileSize(0)
     {}
     inline QFileInfoPrivate(const QString &file)
-        : QSharedData(), fileEngine(QAbstractFileEngine::create(file)),
-        fileName(file),
+        : fileEntry(QDir::fromNativeSeparators(file)),
+        fileEngine(QFileSystemEngine::resolveEntryAndCreateLegacyEngine(fileEntry, metaData)),
         cachedFlags(0),
 #ifndef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
         isDefaultConstructed(false),
@@ -99,6 +104,16 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
+    inline QFileInfoPrivate(const QFileSystemEntry &file, const QFileSystemMetaData &data)
+        : QSharedData(),
+        fileEntry(file),
+        metaData(data),
+        cachedFlags(0),
+        isDefaultConstructed(false),
+        cache_enabled(true), fileFlags(0), fileSize(0)
+    {
+    }
+
     inline void clearFlags() const {
         fileFlags = 0;
         cachedFlags = 0;
@@ -106,6 +121,7 @@ public:
             (void)fileEngine->fileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::Refresh);
     }
     inline void clear() {
+        metaData.clear();
         clearFlags();
         for (int i = QAbstractFileEngine::NFileNames - 1 ; i >= 0 ; --i)
             fileNames[i].clear();
@@ -118,9 +134,11 @@ public:
     QString getFileName(QAbstractFileEngine::FileName) const;
     QString getFileOwner(QAbstractFileEngine::FileOwner own) const;
 
+    QFileSystemEntry fileEntry;
+    mutable QFileSystemMetaData metaData;
+
     QScopedPointer<QAbstractFileEngine> const fileEngine;
 
-    mutable QString fileName;
     mutable QString fileNames[QAbstractFileEngine::NFileNames];
     mutable QString fileOwners[2];
 
@@ -134,6 +152,7 @@ public:
     { return cache_enabled ? (cachedFlags & c) : 0; }
     inline void setCachedFlag(uint c) const
     { if (cache_enabled) cachedFlags |= c; }
+
 };
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9d802e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,385 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "qfilesystemengine_p.h"
+#include <QtCore/qdir.h>
+#include <QtCore/qset.h>
+#include <QtCore/qstringbuilder.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qabstractfileengine_p.h>
+#ifdef QT_BUILD_CORE_LIB
+#include <QtCore/private/qresource_p.h>
+#endif
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+/*!
+    \internal
+
+    Returns the canonicalized form of \a path (i.e., with all symlinks
+    resolved, and all redundant path elements removed.
+*/
+QString QFileSystemEngine::slowCanonicalized(const QString &path)
+{
+    if (path.isEmpty())
+        return path;
+
+    QFileInfo fi;
+    const QChar slash(QLatin1Char('/'));
+    QString tmpPath = path;
+    int separatorPos = 0;
+    QSet<QString> nonSymlinks;
+    QSet<QString> known;
+
+    known.insert(path);
+    do {
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+        if (separatorPos == 0) {
+            if (tmpPath.size() >= 2 && tmpPath.at(0) == slash && tmpPath.at(1) == slash) {
+                // UNC, skip past the first two elements
+                separatorPos = tmpPath.indexOf(slash, 2);
+            } else if (tmpPath.size() >= 3 && tmpPath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':') && tmpPath.at(2) == slash) {
+                // volume root, skip since it can not be a symlink
+                separatorPos = 2;
+            }
+        }
+        if (separatorPos != -1)
+#endif
+        separatorPos = tmpPath.indexOf(slash, separatorPos + 1);
+        QString prefix = separatorPos == -1 ? tmpPath : tmpPath.left(separatorPos);
+        if (
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+            // Symbian doesn't support directory symlinks, so do not check for link unless we
+            // are handling the last path element. This not only slightly improves performance,
+            // but also saves us from lot of unnecessary platform security check failures
+            // when dealing with files under *:/private directories.
+            separatorPos == -1 &&
+#endif
+            !nonSymlinks.contains(prefix)) {
+            fi.setFile(prefix);
+            if (fi.isSymLink()) {
+                QString target = fi.symLinkTarget();
+                if(QFileInfo(target).isRelative())
+                    target = fi.absolutePath() + slash + target;
+                if (separatorPos != -1) {
+                    if (fi.isDir() && !target.endsWith(slash))
+                        target.append(slash);
+                    target.append(tmpPath.mid(separatorPos));
+                }
+                tmpPath = QDir::cleanPath(target);
+                separatorPos = 0;
+
+                if (known.contains(tmpPath))
+                    return QString();
+                known.insert(tmpPath);
+            } else {
+                nonSymlinks.insert(prefix);
+            }
+        }
+    } while (separatorPos != -1);
+
+    return QDir::cleanPath(tmpPath);
+}
+
+static inline bool _q_checkEntry(QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data, bool resolvingEntry)
+{
+    if (resolvingEntry) {
+        if (!QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(entry, data, QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute)
+                || !data.exists()) {
+            data.clear();
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static inline bool _q_checkEntry(QAbstractFileEngine *&engine, bool resolvingEntry)
+{
+    if (resolvingEntry) {
+        if (!(engine->fileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::FlagsMask) & QAbstractFileEngine::ExistsFlag)) {
+            delete engine;
+            engine = 0;
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool _q_resolveEntryAndCreateLegacyEngine_recursive(QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data,
+        QAbstractFileEngine *&engine, bool resolvingEntry = false)
+{
+    QString const &filePath = entry.filePath();
+    if ((engine = qt_custom_file_engine_handler_create(filePath)))
+        return _q_checkEntry(engine, resolvingEntry);
+
+#if defined(QT_BUILD_CORE_LIB)
+    for (int prefixSeparator = 0; prefixSeparator < filePath.size(); ++prefixSeparator) {
+        QChar const ch = filePath[prefixSeparator];
+        if (ch == QLatin1Char('/'))
+            break;
+
+        if (ch == QLatin1Char(':')) {
+            if (prefixSeparator == 0) {
+                engine = new QResourceFileEngine(filePath);
+                return _q_checkEntry(engine, resolvingEntry);
+            }
+
+            if (prefixSeparator == 1)
+                break;
+
+            const QStringList &paths = QDir::searchPaths(filePath.left(prefixSeparator));
+            for (int i = 0; i < paths.count(); i++) {
+                entry = QFileSystemEntry(paths.at(i) % QLatin1Char('/') % filePath.mid(prefixSeparator + 1));
+                // Recurse!
+                if (_q_resolveEntryAndCreateLegacyEngine_recursive(entry, data, engine, true))
+                    return true;
+            }
+
+            // entry may have been clobbered at this point.
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        //  There's no need to fully validate the prefix here. Consulting the
+        //  unicode tables could be expensive and validation is already
+        //  performed in QDir::setSearchPaths.
+        //
+        //  if (!ch.isLetterOrNumber())
+        //      break;
+    }
+#endif // defined(QT_BUILD_CORE_LIB)
+
+    return _q_checkEntry(entry, data, resolvingEntry);
+}
+
+/*!
+    \internal
+
+    Resolves the \a entry (see QDir::searchPaths) and returns an engine for
+    it, but never a QFSFileEngine.
+
+    \returns a file engine that can be used to access the entry. Returns 0 if
+    QFileSystemEngine API should be used to query and interact with the file
+    system object.
+*/
+QAbstractFileEngine *QFileSystemEngine::resolveEntryAndCreateLegacyEngine(
+        QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data) {
+    QFileSystemEntry copy = entry;
+    QAbstractFileEngine *engine = 0;
+
+    if (_q_resolveEntryAndCreateLegacyEngine_recursive(copy, data, engine))
+        // Reset entry to resolved copy.
+        entry = copy;
+    else
+        data.clear();
+
+    return engine;
+}
+
+//these unix functions are in this file, because they are shared by symbian port
+//for open C file handles.
+#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(int fd, QFileSystemMetaData &data)
+{
+    data.entryFlags &= ~QFileSystemMetaData::PosixStatFlags;
+    data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::PosixStatFlags;
+
+    QT_STATBUF statBuffer;
+    if (QT_FSTAT(fd, &statBuffer) == 0) {
+        data.fillFromStatBuf(statBuffer);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+void QFileSystemMetaData::fillFromStatBuf(const QT_STATBUF &statBuffer)
+{
+    // Permissions
+    if (statBuffer.st_mode & S_IRUSR)
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerReadPermission;
+    if (statBuffer.st_mode & S_IWUSR)
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerWritePermission;
+    if (statBuffer.st_mode & S_IXUSR)
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerExecutePermission;
+
+    if (statBuffer.st_mode & S_IRGRP)
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::GroupReadPermission;
+    if (statBuffer.st_mode & S_IWGRP)
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::GroupWritePermission;
+    if (statBuffer.st_mode & S_IXGRP)
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::GroupExecutePermission;
+
+    if (statBuffer.st_mode & S_IROTH)
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OtherReadPermission;
+    if (statBuffer.st_mode & S_IWOTH)
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OtherWritePermission;
+    if (statBuffer.st_mode & S_IXOTH)
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OtherExecutePermission;
+
+    // Type
+    if ((statBuffer.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG)
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::FileType;
+    else if ((statBuffer.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType;
+    else
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::SequentialType;
+
+    // Attributes
+    entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+    size_ = statBuffer.st_size;
+#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC) \
+        && MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_5
+    if (statBuffer.st_flags & UF_HIDDEN) {
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::HiddenAttribute;
+        knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::HiddenAttribute;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    // Times
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    modificationTime_ = qt_symbian_time_t_To_TTime(statBuffer.st_mtime);
+#else
+    creationTime_ = statBuffer.st_ctime ? statBuffer.st_ctime : statBuffer.st_mtime;
+    modificationTime_ = statBuffer.st_mtime;
+    accessTime_ = statBuffer.st_atime;
+    userId_ = statBuffer.st_uid;
+    groupId_ = statBuffer.st_gid;
+#endif
+}
+
+void QFileSystemMetaData::fillFromDirEnt(const QT_DIRENT &entry)
+{
+    // ### This will clear all entry flags and knownFlagsMask
+    switch (entry.d_type)
+    {
+    case DT_DIR:
+        knownFlagsMask = QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::FileType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::SequentialType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+
+        entryFlags = QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+
+        break;
+
+    case DT_BLK:
+    case DT_CHR:
+    case DT_FIFO:
+    case DT_SOCK:
+        // ### System attribute
+        knownFlagsMask = QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::FileType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::BundleType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::AliasType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::SequentialType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+
+        entryFlags = QFileSystemMetaData::SequentialType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+
+        break;
+
+    case DT_LNK:
+        knownFlagsMask = QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType;
+        entryFlags = QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType;
+        break;
+
+    case DT_REG:
+        knownFlagsMask = QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::FileType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::BundleType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::SequentialType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+
+        entryFlags = QFileSystemMetaData::FileType
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+
+        break;
+
+    case DT_UNKNOWN:
+    default:
+        clear();
+    }
+}
+
+#endif
+
+//static
+QString QFileSystemEngine::resolveUserName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &metaData)
+{
+#if defined (Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+    Q_UNUSED(entry);
+    Q_UNUSED(metaData);
+    return QString();
+#elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+    Q_UNUSED(metaData);
+    return QFileSystemEngine::owner(entry, QAbstractFileEngine::OwnerUser);
+#else //(Q_OS_UNIX)
+    if (!metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::UserId))
+        QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(entry, metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::UserId);
+    return resolveUserName(metaData.userId());
+#endif
+}
+
+//static
+QString QFileSystemEngine::resolveGroupName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &metaData)
+{
+#if defined (Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+    Q_UNUSED(entry);
+    Q_UNUSED(metaData);
+    return QString();
+#elif defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+    Q_UNUSED(metaData);
+    return QFileSystemEngine::owner(entry, QAbstractFileEngine::OwnerGroup);
+#else //(Q_OS_UNIX)
+    if (!metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::GroupId))
+        QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(entry, metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::GroupId);
+    return resolveGroupName(metaData.groupId());
+#endif
+}
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_mac.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_mac.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30d7fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_mac.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "qfilesystemengine_p.h"
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+// Mac-specific implementations only!
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_p.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3ec0ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef QFILESYSTEMENGINE_P_H_INCLUDED
+#define QFILESYSTEMENGINE_P_H_INCLUDED
+
+//
+//  W A R N I N G
+//  -------------
+//
+// This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists purely as an
+// implementation detail.  This header file may change from version to
+// version without notice, or even be removed.
+//
+// We mean it.
+//
+
+#include "qfile.h"
+#include "qfilesystementry_p.h"
+#include "qfilesystemmetadata_p.h"
+#include <QtCore/private/qsystemerror_p.h>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+class QFileSystemEngine
+{
+public:
+    static bool isCaseSensitive();
+
+    static QFileSystemEntry getLinkTarget(const QFileSystemEntry &link, QFileSystemMetaData &data);
+    static QFileSystemEntry canonicalName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data);
+    static QFileSystemEntry absoluteName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry);
+    static QString resolveUserName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data);
+    static QString resolveGroupName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data);
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+    static QString resolveUserName(uint userId);
+    static QString resolveGroupName(uint groupId);
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+    static QString bundleName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry);
+#else
+    static QString bundleName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry) { Q_UNUSED(entry) return QString(); }
+#endif
+
+    static bool fillMetaData(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data,
+                             QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags what);
+#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX)
+    static bool fillMetaData(int fd, QFileSystemMetaData &data); // what = PosixStatFlags
+#endif
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+
+    static bool uncListSharesOnServer(const QString &server, QStringList *list); //Used also by QFSFileEngineIterator::hasNext()
+    static bool fillMetaData(int fd, QFileSystemMetaData &data,
+                             QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags what);
+    static bool fillMetaData(HANDLE fHandle, QFileSystemMetaData &data,
+                             QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags what);
+    static bool fillPermissions(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data,
+                                QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags what);
+    static QString owner(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QAbstractFileEngine::FileOwner own);
+    static QString nativeAbsoluteFilePath(const QString &path);
+#endif
+    //homePath, rootPath and tempPath shall return clean paths
+    static QString homePath();
+    static QString rootPath();
+    static QString tempPath();
+
+    static bool createDirectory(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, bool createParents);
+    static bool removeDirectory(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, bool removeEmptyParents);
+
+    static bool createLink(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error);
+
+    static bool copyFile(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error);
+    static bool renameFile(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error);
+    static bool removeFile(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QSystemError &error);
+
+    static bool setPermissions(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFile::Permissions permissions, QSystemError &error,
+                               QFileSystemMetaData *data = 0);
+
+    static bool setCurrentPath(const QFileSystemEntry &entry);
+    static QFileSystemEntry currentPath();
+
+    static QAbstractFileEngine *resolveEntryAndCreateLegacyEngine(QFileSystemEntry &entry,
+                                                                  QFileSystemMetaData &data);
+private:
+    static QString slowCanonicalized(const QString &path);
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+    static void clearWinStatData(QFileSystemMetaData &data);
+#endif
+};
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif // include guard
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_symbian.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_symbian.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84c3aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_symbian.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,408 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "qfilesystemengine_p.h"
+#include "qfsfileengine.h"
+#include <QtCore/private/qcore_symbian_p.h>
+#include <QtCore/qcoreapplication.h>
+
+#include <f32file.h>
+#include <pathinfo.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+bool QFileSystemEngine::isCaseSensitive()
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
+//TODO: resolve this with QDir::cleanPath, without breaking the behaviour of that
+//function which is documented only by autotest
+//input: a dirty absolute path, e.g. c:/../../foo/./
+//output: a clean absolute path, e.g. c:/foo/
+static QString symbianCleanAbsolutePath(const QString& path)
+{
+    bool isDir = path.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/'));
+    //using SkipEmptyParts flag to eliminate duplicated slashes
+    QStringList components = path.split(QLatin1Char('/'), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+    int cdups = 0;
+    for(int i=components.count() - 1; i>=0; --i) {
+        if(components.at(i) == QLatin1String("..")) {
+            components.removeAt(i);
+            cdups++;
+        }
+        else if(components.at(i) == QLatin1String(".")) {
+            components.removeAt(i);
+        }
+        else if(cdups && i > 0) {
+            --cdups;
+            components.removeAt(i);
+        }
+    }
+    QString result = components.join(QLatin1String("/"));
+    if ((isDir&& !result.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
+        || (result.length() == 2 && result.at(1).unicode() == ':'))
+        result.append(QLatin1Char('/'));
+    return result;
+}
+
+//static
+QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::getLinkTarget(const QFileSystemEntry &link, QFileSystemMetaData &data)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(data);
+    return link;
+}
+
+//static
+QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::canonicalName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data)
+{
+    if (entry.isEmpty() || entry.isRoot())
+        return entry;
+
+    QFileSystemEntry result = absoluteName(entry);
+    if (!data.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute))
+        fillMetaData(result, data, QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute);
+    if (!data.exists()) {
+        // file doesn't exist
+        return QFileSystemEntry();
+    } else {
+        return result;
+    }
+}
+
+//static
+QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::absoluteName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry)
+{
+    QString orig = entry.filePath();
+    const bool isAbsolute = entry.isAbsolute();
+    const bool isDirty = (orig.contains(QLatin1String("/../")) || orig.contains(QLatin1String("/./")) ||
+            orig.contains(QLatin1String("//")) ||
+            orig.endsWith(QLatin1String("/..")) || orig.endsWith(QLatin1String("/.")));
+    if (isAbsolute && !isDirty)
+        return entry;
+
+    const bool isRelative = entry.isRelative();
+    const bool needsDrive = (!orig.isEmpty() && orig.at(0).unicode() == '/');
+    const bool isDriveLetter = !needsDrive && !isAbsolute && !isRelative && orig.length() == 2;
+    const bool isDriveRelative = !needsDrive && !isAbsolute && !isRelative && orig.length() > 2;
+
+    QString result;
+    if (needsDrive || isDriveLetter || isDriveRelative || !isAbsolute || orig.isEmpty()) {
+        QFileSystemEntry cur(currentPath());
+        if(needsDrive)
+            result = cur.filePath().left(2);
+        else if(isDriveRelative && cur.filePath().at(0) != orig.at(0))
+            result = orig.left(2); // for BC, see tst_QFileInfo::absolutePath(<not current drive>:my.dll)
+        else
+            result = cur.filePath();
+        if(isDriveLetter) {
+            result[0] = orig.at(0); //copy drive letter
+            orig.clear();
+        }
+        if(isDriveRelative) {
+            orig = orig.mid(2); //discard the drive specifier from orig
+        }
+    }
+    if (!orig.isEmpty() && !(orig.length() == 1 && orig.at(0).unicode() == '.')) {
+        if (!result.isEmpty() && !result.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
+            result.append(QLatin1Char('/'));
+        result.append(orig);
+    }
+
+    return QFileSystemEntry(symbianCleanAbsolutePath(result), QFileSystemEntry::FromInternalPath());
+}
+
+void QFileSystemMetaData::fillFromTEntry(const TEntry& entry)
+{
+    entryFlags &= ~(QFileSystemMetaData::SymbianTEntryFlags);
+    knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::SymbianTEntryFlags;
+    //Symbian doesn't have unix type file permissions
+    entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::ReadPermissions;
+    if(!entry.IsReadOnly()) {
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::WritePermissions;
+    }
+    //set the type
+    if(entry.IsDir())
+        entryFlags |= (QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType | QFileSystemMetaData::ExecutePermissions);
+    else
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::FileType;
+
+    //set the attributes
+    entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+    if(entry.IsHidden())
+        entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::HiddenAttribute;
+
+#ifdef SYMBIAN_ENABLE_64_BIT_FILE_SERVER_API
+    size_ = entry.FileSize();
+#else
+    size_ = (TUint)(entry.iSize);
+#endif
+
+    modificationTime_ = entry.iModified;
+}
+
+void QFileSystemMetaData::fillFromVolumeInfo(const TVolumeInfo& info)
+{
+    entryFlags &= ~(QFileSystemMetaData::SymbianTEntryFlags);
+    knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::SymbianTEntryFlags;
+    entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+    entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::Permissions;
+    if(info.iDrive.iDriveAtt & KDriveAttRom) {
+        entryFlags &= ~(QFileSystemMetaData::WritePermissions);
+    }
+    entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType;
+    size_ = info.iSize;
+    modificationTime_ = qt_symbian_time_t_To_TTime(0);
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data, QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags what)
+{
+    if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::SymbianTEntryFlags) {
+        RFs& fs(qt_s60GetRFs());
+        TInt err;
+        QFileSystemEntry absentry(absoluteName(entry));
+        if (entry.isEmpty()) {
+            err = KErrNotFound;
+        } else if (absentry.isRoot()) {
+            //Root directories don't have an entry, and Entry() returns KErrBadName.
+            //Therefore get information about the volume instead.
+            TInt drive;
+            err = RFs::CharToDrive(TChar(absentry.nativeFilePath().at(0).unicode()), drive);
+            if (!err) {
+                TVolumeInfo info;
+                err = fs.Volume(info, drive);
+                if (!err)
+                    data.fillFromVolumeInfo(info);
+            }
+        } else {
+            TEntry ent;
+            err = fs.Entry(qt_QString2TPtrC(absentry.nativeFilePath()), ent);
+            if (!err)
+                data.fillFromTEntry(ent);
+        }
+        if (err) {
+            data.size_ = 0;
+            data.modificationTime_ = TTime(0);
+            data.entryFlags &= ~(QFileSystemMetaData::SymbianTEntryFlags);
+        }
+        //files in /sys/bin on any drive are executable, even though we don't normally have permission to check whether they exist or not
+        if(absentry.filePath().midRef(1,10).compare(QLatin1String(":/sys/bin/"), Qt::CaseInsensitive) == 0)
+            data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExecutePermissions;
+    }
+    return data.hasFlags(what);
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::createDirectory(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, bool createParents)
+{
+    QString abspath = absoluteName(entry).nativeFilePath();
+    if (!abspath.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
+        abspath.append(QLatin1Char('\\'));
+    TInt r;
+    if (createParents)
+        r = qt_s60GetRFs().MkDirAll(qt_QString2TPtrC(abspath));
+    else
+        r = qt_s60GetRFs().MkDir(qt_QString2TPtrC(abspath));
+    if (createParents && r == KErrAlreadyExists)
+        return true; //# Qt5 - QDir::mkdir returns false for existing dir, QDir::mkpath returns true (should be made consistent in Qt 5)
+    return (r == KErrNone);
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::removeDirectory(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, bool removeEmptyParents)
+{
+    QString abspath = absoluteName(entry).nativeFilePath();
+    if (!abspath.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
+        abspath.append(QLatin1Char('\\'));
+    TPtrC dir(qt_QString2TPtrC(abspath));
+    RFs& fs = qt_s60GetRFs();
+    bool ok = false;
+    //behaviour of FS file engine:
+    //returns true if the directory could be removed
+    //success/failure of removing parent directories does not matter
+    while (KErrNone == fs.RmDir(dir)) {
+        ok = true;
+        if (!removeEmptyParents)
+            break;
+        //RFs::RmDir treats "c:\foo\bar" and "c:\foo\" the same, so it is sufficient to remove the last \ to the end
+        dir.Set(dir.Left(dir.LocateReverse(TChar('\\'))));
+    }
+    return ok;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::createLink(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(source)
+    Q_UNUSED(target)
+    error = QSystemError(KErrNotSupported, QSystemError::NativeError);
+    return false;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::copyFile(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error)
+{
+    //CFileMan is allocated each time because it is not thread-safe
+    CFileMan *fm = 0;
+    TRAPD(err, fm = CFileMan::NewL(qt_s60GetRFs()));
+    if (err == KErrNone) {
+        err = fm->Copy(qt_QString2TPtrC(absoluteName(source).nativeFilePath()), qt_QString2TPtrC(absoluteName(target).nativeFilePath()), 0);
+        delete fm;
+    }
+    if (err == KErrNone)
+        return true;
+    error = QSystemError(err, QSystemError::NativeError);
+    return false;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::renameFile(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error)
+{
+    QString sourcepath = absoluteName(source).nativeFilePath();
+    QString targetpath = absoluteName(target).nativeFilePath();
+    RFs& fs(qt_s60GetRFs());
+    TInt err = fs.Rename(qt_QString2TPtrC(sourcepath), qt_QString2TPtrC(targetpath));
+    if (err == KErrNone)
+        return true;
+    error = QSystemError(err, QSystemError::NativeError);
+    return false;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::removeFile(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QSystemError &error)
+{
+    QString targetpath = absoluteName(entry).nativeFilePath();
+    RFs& fs(qt_s60GetRFs());
+    TInt err = fs.Delete(qt_QString2TPtrC(targetpath));
+    if (err == KErrNone)
+        return true;
+    error = QSystemError(err, QSystemError::NativeError);
+    return false;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::setPermissions(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFile::Permissions permissions, QSystemError &error, QFileSystemMetaData *data)
+{
+    QString targetpath = absoluteName(entry).nativeFilePath();
+    TUint setmask = 0;
+    TUint clearmask = 0;
+    RFs& fs(qt_s60GetRFs());
+    if (permissions & (QFile::WriteOwner | QFile::WriteUser | QFile::WriteGroup | QFile::WriteOther))
+        clearmask = KEntryAttReadOnly; //if anyone can write, it's not read-only
+    else
+        setmask = KEntryAttReadOnly;
+    TInt err = fs.SetAtt(qt_QString2TPtrC(targetpath), setmask, clearmask);
+    if (data && !err) {
+        data->entryFlags &= ~QFileSystemMetaData::Permissions;
+        data->entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlag(uint(permissions));
+        data->knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::Permissions;
+    }
+    if (err == KErrNone)
+        return true;
+    error = QSystemError(err, QSystemError::NativeError);
+    return false;
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEngine::homePath()
+{
+    QString home = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(qt_TDesC2QString(PathInfo::PhoneMemoryRootPath()));
+    if(home.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
+        home.chop(1);
+    return home;
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEngine::rootPath()
+{
+    TChar drive;
+    TInt err = RFs::DriveToChar(RFs::GetSystemDrive(), drive); //RFs::GetSystemDriveChar not supported on S60 3.1
+    Q_ASSERT(err == KErrNone); //RFs::GetSystemDrive() shall always return a convertible drive number on a valid OS configuration
+    return QString(QChar(drive)).append(QLatin1String(":/"));
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEngine::tempPath()
+{
+    return rootPath().append(QLatin1String("system/temp"));
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::setCurrentPath(const QFileSystemEntry &entry)
+{
+    QFileSystemMetaData meta;
+    QFileSystemEntry absname = absoluteName(entry);
+    fillMetaData(absname, meta, QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute | QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType);
+    if(!(meta.exists() && meta.isDirectory()))
+        return false;
+
+    RFs& fs = qt_s60GetRFs();
+    QString abspath = absname.nativeFilePath();
+    if(!abspath.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
+        abspath.append(QLatin1Char('\\'));
+    TInt r = fs.SetSessionPath(qt_QString2TPtrC(abspath));
+    //SetSessionPath succeeds for non existent directory, which is why it's checked above
+    if (r == KErrNone) {
+        __ASSERT_COMPILE(sizeof(wchar_t) == sizeof(unsigned short));
+        //attempt to set open C to the same path
+        r = ::wchdir(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(absname.filePath().utf16()));
+        if (r < 0)
+            qWarning("failed to sync path to open C");
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+//static
+QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::currentPath()
+{
+    TFileName fn;
+    QFileSystemEntry ret;
+    TInt r = qt_s60GetRFs().SessionPath(fn);
+    if(r == KErrNone) {
+        //remove terminating slash from non root paths (session path is clean, absolute and always ends in a \)
+        if(fn.Length() > 3 && fn[fn.Length() - 1] == '\\')
+            fn.SetLength(fn.Length() - 1);
+        ret = QFileSystemEntry(qt_TDesC2QString(fn), QFileSystemEntry::FromNativePath());
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40fb0c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,655 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "qplatformdefs.h"
+#include "qfilesystemengine_p.h"
+#include "qplatformdefs.h"
+#include "qfsfileengine.h"
+#include "qfile.h"
+
+#include <QtCore/qvarlengtharray.h>
+
+#include <stdlib.h> // for realpath()
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+# include <QtCore/private/qcore_mac_p.h>
+#endif
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+static inline bool _q_isMacHidden(const char *nativePath)
+{
+    OSErr err;
+
+    FSRef fsRef;
+    err = FSPathMakeRefWithOptions(reinterpret_cast<const UInt8 *>(nativePath),
+            kFSPathMakeRefDoNotFollowLeafSymlink, &fsRef, 0);
+    if (err != noErr)
+        return false;
+
+    FSCatalogInfo catInfo;
+    err = FSGetCatalogInfo(&fsRef, kFSCatInfoFinderInfo, &catInfo, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    if (err != noErr)
+        return false;
+
+    FileInfo * const fileInfo = reinterpret_cast<FileInfo*>(&catInfo.finderInfo);
+    return (fileInfo->finderFlags & kIsInvisible);
+}
+#else
+static inline bool _q_isMacHidden(const char *nativePath)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(nativePath);
+    // no-op
+    return false;
+}
+#endif
+
+bool QFileSystemEngine::isCaseSensitive()
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
+//static
+QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::getLinkTarget(const QFileSystemEntry &link, QFileSystemMetaData &data)
+{
+#if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(PATH_MAX)
+#define PATH_CHUNK_SIZE 256
+    char *s = 0;
+    int len = -1;
+    int size = PATH_CHUNK_SIZE;
+
+    while (1) {
+        s = (char *) ::realloc(s, size);
+        Q_CHECK_PTR(s);
+        len = ::readlink(link.nativeFilePath().constData(), s, size);
+        if (len < 0) {
+            ::free(s);
+            break;
+        }
+        if (len < size) {
+            break;
+        }
+        size *= 2;
+    }
+#else
+    char s[PATH_MAX+1];
+    int len = readlink(link.nativeFilePath().constData(), s, PATH_MAX);
+#endif
+    if (len > 0) {
+        QString ret;
+        if (!data.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType))
+            fillMetaData(link, data, QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType);
+        if (data.isDirectory() && s[0] != '/') {
+            QDir parent(link.filePath());
+            parent.cdUp();
+            ret = parent.path();
+            if (!ret.isEmpty() && !ret.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
+                ret += QLatin1Char('/');
+        }
+        s[len] = '\0';
+        ret += QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(s));
+#if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(PATH_MAX)
+        ::free(s);
+#endif
+
+        if (!ret.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
+            if (link.filePath().startsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
+                ret.prepend(link.filePath().left(link.filePath().lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/')))
+                            + QLatin1Char('/'));
+            } else {
+                ret.prepend(QDir::currentPath() + QLatin1Char('/'));
+            }
+        }
+        ret = QDir::cleanPath(ret);
+        if (ret.size() > 1 && ret.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
+            ret.chop(1);
+        return QFileSystemEntry(ret);
+    }
+#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+    {
+        FSRef fref;
+        if (FSPathMakeRef((const UInt8 *)QFile::encodeName(QDir::cleanPath(link.filePath())).data(), &fref, 0) == noErr) {
+            // TODO get the meta data info from the QFileSystemMetaData object
+            Boolean isAlias, isFolder;
+            if (FSResolveAliasFile(&fref, true, &isFolder, &isAlias) == noErr && isAlias) {
+                AliasHandle alias;
+                if (FSNewAlias(0, &fref, &alias) == noErr && alias) {
+                    QCFString cfstr;
+                    if (FSCopyAliasInfo(alias, 0, 0, &cfstr, 0, 0) == noErr)
+                        return QFileSystemEntry(QCFString::toQString(cfstr));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+    return QFileSystemEntry();
+}
+
+//static
+QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::canonicalName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data)
+{
+    if (entry.isEmpty() || entry.isRoot())
+        return entry;
+
+#ifdef __UCLIBC__
+    return QFileSystemEntry::slowCanonicalName(entry);
+#else
+    char *ret = 0;
+# if defined(Q_OS_MAC) && !defined(QT_NO_CORESERVICES)
+    // Mac OS X 10.5.x doesn't support the realpath(X,0) extension we use here.
+    if (QSysInfo::MacintoshVersion >= QSysInfo::MV_10_6) {
+        ret = realpath(entry.nativeFilePath().constData(), (char*)0);
+    } else {
+        // on 10.5 we can use FSRef to resolve the file path.
+        QString path = QDir::cleanPath(entry.filePath());
+        FSRef fsref;
+        if (FSPathMakeRef((const UInt8 *)path.toUtf8().data(), &fsref, 0) == noErr) {
+            CFURLRef urlref = CFURLCreateFromFSRef(NULL, &fsref);
+            CFStringRef canonicalPath = CFURLCopyFileSystemPath(urlref, kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle);
+            QString ret = QCFString::toQString(canonicalPath);
+            CFRelease(canonicalPath);
+            CFRelease(urlref);
+            return QFileSystemEntry(ret);
+        }
+    }
+# else
+    ret = realpath(entry.nativeFilePath().constData(), (char*)0);
+# endif
+    if (ret) {
+        data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+        QString canonicalPath = QDir::cleanPath(QString::fromLocal8Bit(ret));
+        free(ret);
+        return QFileSystemEntry(canonicalPath);
+    } else if (errno == ENOENT) { // file doesn't exist
+        data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+        data.entryFlags &= ~(QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute);
+        return QFileSystemEntry();
+    }
+    return entry;
+#endif
+}
+
+//static
+QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::absoluteName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry)
+{
+    if (entry.isAbsolute())
+        return entry;
+
+    QByteArray orig = entry.nativeFilePath();
+    QByteArray result;
+    if (orig.isEmpty() || !orig.startsWith('/')) {
+        QFileSystemEntry cur(currentPath());
+        result = cur.nativeFilePath();
+    }
+    if (!orig.isEmpty() && !(orig.length() == 1 && orig[0] == '.')) {
+        if (!result.isEmpty() && !result.endsWith('/'))
+            result.append('/');
+        result.append(orig);
+    }
+
+    if (result.length() == 1 && result[0] == '/')
+        return QFileSystemEntry(result, QFileSystemEntry::FromNativePath());
+    const bool isDir = result.endsWith('/');
+
+    /* as long as QDir::cleanPath() operates on a QString we have to convert to a string here.
+     * ideally we never convert to a string since that loses information. Please fix after
+     * we get a QByteArray version of QDir::cleanPath()
+     */
+    QFileSystemEntry resultingEntry(result, QFileSystemEntry::FromNativePath());
+    QString stringVersion = QDir::cleanPath(resultingEntry.filePath());
+    if (isDir)
+        stringVersion.append(QLatin1Char('/'));
+    return QFileSystemEntry(stringVersion);
+}
+
+//static
+QString QFileSystemEngine::resolveUserName(uint userId)
+{
+#if !defined(QT_NO_THREAD) && defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_OPENBSD)
+    int size_max = sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX);
+    if (size_max == -1)
+        size_max = 1024;
+    QVarLengthArray<char, 1024> buf(size_max);
+#endif
+
+    struct passwd *pw = 0;
+#if !defined(QT_NO_THREAD) && defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_OPENBSD)
+    struct passwd entry;
+    getpwuid_r(userId, &entry, buf.data(), buf.size(), &pw);
+#else
+    pw = getpwuid(userId);
+#endif
+    if (pw)
+        return QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(pw->pw_name));
+    return QString();
+}
+
+//static
+QString QFileSystemEngine::resolveGroupName(uint groupId)
+{
+#if !defined(QT_NO_THREAD) && defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_OPENBSD)
+    int size_max = sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX);
+    if (size_max == -1)
+        size_max = 1024;
+    QVarLengthArray<char, 1024> buf(size_max);
+#endif
+
+    struct group *gr = 0;
+#if !defined(QT_NO_THREAD) && defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_OPENBSD)
+    size_max = sysconf(_SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX);
+    if (size_max == -1)
+        size_max = 1024;
+    buf.resize(size_max);
+    struct group entry;
+    // Some large systems have more members than the POSIX max size
+    // Loop over by doubling the buffer size (upper limit 250k)
+    for (unsigned size = size_max; size < 256000; size += size)
+    {
+        buf.resize(size);
+        // ERANGE indicates that the buffer was too small
+        if (!getgrgid_r(groupId, &entry, buf.data(), buf.size(), &gr)
+            || errno != ERANGE)
+            break;
+    }
+#else
+    gr = getgrgid(groupId);
+#endif
+    if (gr)
+        return QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(gr->gr_name));
+    return QString();
+}
+
+#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+//static
+QString QFileSystemEngine::bundleName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry)
+{
+    QCFType<CFURLRef> url = CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(0, QCFString(entry.filePath()),
+            kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle, true);
+    if (QCFType<CFDictionaryRef> dict = CFBundleCopyInfoDictionaryForURL(url)) {
+        if (CFTypeRef name = (CFTypeRef)CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kCFBundleNameKey)) {
+            if (CFGetTypeID(name) == CFStringGetTypeID())
+                return QCFString::toQString((CFStringRef)name);
+        }
+    }
+    return QString();
+}
+#endif
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data,
+        QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags what)
+{
+#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+    if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::BundleType) {
+        if (!data.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType))
+            what |= QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType;
+    }
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC) \
+        && MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_5
+    if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::HiddenAttribute) {
+        // Mac OS >= 10.5: st_flags & UF_HIDDEN
+        what |= QFileSystemMetaData::PosixStatFlags;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::PosixStatFlags)
+        what |= QFileSystemMetaData::PosixStatFlags;
+
+    if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute) {
+        //  FIXME:  Would other queries being performed provide this bit?
+        what |= QFileSystemMetaData::PosixStatFlags;
+    }
+
+    data.entryFlags &= ~what;
+
+    const char * nativeFilePath;
+    int nativeFilePathLength;
+    {
+        const QByteArray &path = entry.nativeFilePath();
+        nativeFilePath = path.constData();
+        nativeFilePathLength = path.size();
+    }
+
+    bool entryExists = true; // innocent until proven otherwise
+
+    QT_STATBUF statBuffer;
+    bool statBufferValid = false;
+    if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType) {
+        if (QT_LSTAT(nativeFilePath, &statBuffer) == 0) {
+            if (S_ISLNK(statBuffer.st_mode)) {
+                data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType;
+            } else {
+                statBufferValid = true;
+                data.entryFlags &= ~QFileSystemMetaData::PosixStatFlags;
+            }
+        } else {
+            entryExists = false;
+        }
+
+        data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType;
+    }
+
+    if (statBufferValid || (what & QFileSystemMetaData::PosixStatFlags)) {
+        if (entryExists && !statBufferValid)
+            statBufferValid = (QT_STAT(nativeFilePath, &statBuffer) == 0);
+
+        if (statBufferValid)
+            data.fillFromStatBuf(statBuffer);
+        else {
+            entryExists = false;
+            data.creationTime_ = 0;
+            data.modificationTime_ = 0;
+            data.accessTime_ = 0;
+            data.size_ = 0;
+            data.userId_ = (uint) -2;
+            data.groupId_ = (uint) -2;
+        }
+
+        // reset the mask
+        data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::PosixStatFlags
+            | QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+    }
+
+#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+    if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::AliasType)
+    {
+        if (entryExists) {
+            FSRef fref;
+            if (FSPathMakeRef((const UInt8 *)nativeFilePath, &fref, NULL) == noErr) {
+                Boolean isAlias, isFolder;
+                if (FSIsAliasFile(&fref, &isAlias, &isFolder) == noErr) {
+                    if (isAlias)
+                        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::AliasType;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::AliasType;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::UserPermissions) {
+        // calculate user permissions
+
+        if (entryExists) {
+            if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::UserReadPermission) {
+                if (QT_ACCESS(nativeFilePath, R_OK) == 0)
+                    data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::UserReadPermission;
+            }
+            if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::UserWritePermission) {
+                if (QT_ACCESS(nativeFilePath, W_OK) == 0)
+                    data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::UserWritePermission;
+            }
+            if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::UserExecutePermission) {
+                if (QT_ACCESS(nativeFilePath, X_OK) == 0)
+                    data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::UserExecutePermission;
+            }
+        }
+        data.knownFlagsMask |= (what & QFileSystemMetaData::UserPermissions);
+    }
+
+    if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::HiddenAttribute
+            && !data.isHidden()) {
+        QString fileName = entry.fileName();
+        if ((fileName.size() > 0 && fileName.at(0) == QLatin1Char('.'))
+                || (entryExists && _q_isMacHidden(nativeFilePath)))
+            data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::HiddenAttribute;
+        data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::HiddenAttribute;
+    }
+
+#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+    if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::BundleType) {
+        if (entryExists && data.isDirectory()) {
+            QCFType<CFStringRef> path = CFStringCreateWithBytes(0,
+                    (const UInt8*)nativeFilePath, nativeFilePathLength,
+                    kCFStringEncodingUTF8, false);
+            QCFType<CFURLRef> url = CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(0, path,
+                    kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle, true);
+
+            UInt32 type, creator;
+            if (CFBundleGetPackageInfoInDirectory(url, &type, &creator))
+                data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::BundleType;
+        }
+
+        data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::BundleType;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    return data.hasFlags(what);
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::createDirectory(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, bool createParents)
+{
+    QString dirName = entry.filePath();
+    if (createParents) {
+        dirName = QDir::cleanPath(dirName);
+        for (int oldslash = -1, slash=0; slash != -1; oldslash = slash) {
+            slash = dirName.indexOf(QDir::separator(), oldslash+1);
+            if (slash == -1) {
+                if (oldslash == dirName.length())
+                    break;
+                slash = dirName.length();
+            }
+            if (slash) {
+                QByteArray chunk = QFile::encodeName(dirName.left(slash));
+                QT_STATBUF st;
+                if (QT_STAT(chunk, &st) != -1) {
+                    if ((st.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFDIR)
+                        return false;
+                } else if (QT_MKDIR(chunk, 0777) != 0) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+#if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)  // Mac X doesn't support trailing /'s
+    if (dirName.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
+        dirName.chop(1);
+#endif
+    return (QT_MKDIR(QFile::encodeName(dirName), 0777) == 0);
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::removeDirectory(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, bool removeEmptyParents)
+{
+    if (removeEmptyParents) {
+        QString dirName = QDir::cleanPath(entry.filePath());
+        for (int oldslash = 0, slash=dirName.length(); slash > 0; oldslash = slash) {
+            QByteArray chunk = QFile::encodeName(dirName.left(slash));
+            QT_STATBUF st;
+            if (QT_STAT(chunk, &st) != -1) {
+                if ((st.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFDIR)
+                    return false;
+                if (::rmdir(chunk) != 0)
+                    return oldslash != 0;
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+            slash = dirName.lastIndexOf(QDir::separator(), oldslash-1);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    return rmdir(QFile::encodeName(entry.filePath())) == 0;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::createLink(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error)
+{
+    if (::symlink(source.nativeFilePath().constData(), target.nativeFilePath().constData()) == 0)
+        return true;
+    error = QSystemError(errno, QSystemError::StandardLibraryError);
+    return false;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::copyFile(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(source);
+    Q_UNUSED(target);
+    // # we can implement this using sendfile(2)
+    //when this function returns false, block copy is used in QFile which sets the error code.
+    return false;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::renameFile(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error)
+{
+    if (::rename(source.nativeFilePath().constData(), target.nativeFilePath().constData()) == 0)
+        return true;
+    error = QSystemError(errno, QSystemError::StandardLibraryError);
+    return false;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::removeFile(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QSystemError &error)
+{
+    if (unlink(entry.nativeFilePath().constData()) == 0)
+        return true;
+    error = QSystemError(errno, QSystemError::StandardLibraryError);
+    return false;
+
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::setPermissions(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFile::Permissions permissions, QSystemError &error, QFileSystemMetaData *data)
+{
+    mode_t mode = 0;
+    if (permissions & QFile::ReadOwner)
+        mode |= S_IRUSR;
+    if (permissions & QFile::WriteOwner)
+        mode |= S_IWUSR;
+    if (permissions & QFile::ExeOwner)
+        mode |= S_IXUSR;
+    if (permissions & QFile::ReadUser)
+        mode |= S_IRUSR;
+    if (permissions & QFile::WriteUser)
+        mode |= S_IWUSR;
+    if (permissions & QFile::ExeUser)
+        mode |= S_IXUSR;
+    if (permissions & QFile::ReadGroup)
+        mode |= S_IRGRP;
+    if (permissions & QFile::WriteGroup)
+        mode |= S_IWGRP;
+    if (permissions & QFile::ExeGroup)
+        mode |= S_IXGRP;
+    if (permissions & QFile::ReadOther)
+        mode |= S_IROTH;
+    if (permissions & QFile::WriteOther)
+        mode |= S_IWOTH;
+    if (permissions & QFile::ExeOther)
+        mode |= S_IXOTH;
+
+    bool success = ::chmod(entry.nativeFilePath().constData(), mode) == 0;
+    if (success && data) {
+        data->entryFlags &= ~QFileSystemMetaData::Permissions;
+        data->entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlag(uint(permissions));
+        data->knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::Permissions;
+    }
+    if (!success)
+        error = QSystemError(errno, QSystemError::StandardLibraryError);
+    return success;
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEngine::homePath()
+{
+    QString home = QFile::decodeName(qgetenv("HOME"));
+    if (home.isNull())
+        home = rootPath();
+    return QDir::cleanPath(home);
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEngine::rootPath()
+{
+    return QLatin1String("/");
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEngine::tempPath()
+{
+    QString temp = QFile::decodeName(qgetenv("TMPDIR"));
+    if (temp.isEmpty())
+        temp = QLatin1String("/tmp/");
+    return QDir::cleanPath(temp);
+}
+
+bool QFileSystemEngine::setCurrentPath(const QFileSystemEntry &path)
+{
+    int r;
+    r = QT_CHDIR(path.nativeFilePath());
+    return r >= 0;
+}
+
+QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::currentPath()
+{
+    QFileSystemEntry result;
+    QT_STATBUF st;
+    if (QT_STAT(".", &st) == 0) {
+#if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(PATH_MAX)
+        char *currentName = ::get_current_dir_name();
+        if (currentName) {
+            result = QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(currentName));
+            ::free(currentName);
+        }
+#else
+        char currentName[PATH_MAX+1];
+        if (::getcwd(currentName, PATH_MAX))
+            result = QFileSystemEntry(QByteArray(currentName), QFileSystemEntry::FromNativePath());
+# if defined(QT_DEBUG)
+        if (result.isEmpty())
+            qWarning("QFSFileEngine::currentPath: getcwd() failed");
+# endif
+#endif
+    } else {
+# if defined(QT_DEBUG)
+        qWarning("QFSFileEngine::currentPath: stat(\".\") failed");
+# endif
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_win.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_win.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19c94e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_win.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,1218 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "qfilesystemengine_p.h"
+
+#define _POSIX_
+#include "qplatformdefs.h"
+#include "qabstractfileengine.h"
+#include "private/qfsfileengine_p.h"
+#include <private/qsystemlibrary_p.h>
+#include <qdebug.h>
+
+#include "qfile.h"
+#include "qdir.h"
+#include "private/qmutexpool_p.h"
+#include "qvarlengtharray.h"
+#include "qdatetime.h"
+#include "qt_windows.h"
+
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+#  include <sys/types.h>
+#  include <direct.h>
+#  include <winioctl.h>
+#else
+#  include <types.h>
+#endif
+#include <objbase.h>
+#include <shlobj.h>
+#include <initguid.h>
+#include <accctrl.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#define SECURITY_WIN32
+#include <security.h>
+
+#ifndef SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE
+#define SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE 257
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+#define PATH_MAX FILENAME_MAX
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _INTPTR_T_DEFINED
+#ifdef  _WIN64
+typedef __int64             intptr_t;
+#else
+#ifdef _W64
+typedef _W64 int            intptr_t;
+#else
+typedef INT_PTR intptr_t;
+#endif
+#endif
+#define _INTPTR_T_DEFINED
+#endif
+
+#ifndef INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES
+#  define INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES (DWORD (-1))
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+#  if !defined(REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_HEADER_SIZE)
+typedef struct _REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER {
+    ULONG  ReparseTag;
+    USHORT ReparseDataLength;
+    USHORT Reserved;
+    union {
+        struct {
+            USHORT SubstituteNameOffset;
+            USHORT SubstituteNameLength;
+            USHORT PrintNameOffset;
+            USHORT PrintNameLength;
+            ULONG  Flags;
+            WCHAR  PathBuffer[1];
+        } SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer;
+        struct {
+            USHORT SubstituteNameOffset;
+            USHORT SubstituteNameLength;
+            USHORT PrintNameOffset;
+            USHORT PrintNameLength;
+            WCHAR  PathBuffer[1];
+        } MountPointReparseBuffer;
+        struct {
+            UCHAR  DataBuffer[1];
+        } GenericReparseBuffer;
+    };
+} REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER, *PREPARSE_DATA_BUFFER;
+#    define REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_HEADER_SIZE  FIELD_OFFSET(REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER, GenericReparseBuffer)
+#  endif // !defined(REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_HEADER_SIZE)
+
+#  ifndef MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE
+#    define MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE 16384
+#  endif
+#  ifndef IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK
+#    define IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK (0xA000000CL)
+#  endif
+#  ifndef FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT
+#    define FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_FILE_SYSTEM, 42, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_ANY_ACCESS)
+#  endif
+#endif // !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+Q_CORE_EXPORT int qt_ntfs_permission_lookup = 0;
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+static QString qfsPrivateCurrentDir = QLatin1String("");
+// As none of the functions we try to resolve do exist on Windows CE
+// we use QT_NO_LIBRARY to shorten everything up a little bit.
+#define QT_NO_LIBRARY 1
+#endif
+
+#if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
+QT_BEGIN_INCLUDE_NAMESPACE
+typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrGetNamedSecurityInfoW)(LPWSTR, SE_OBJECT_TYPE, SECURITY_INFORMATION, PSID*, PSID*, PACL*, PACL*, PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR*);
+static PtrGetNamedSecurityInfoW ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW = 0;
+typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrLookupAccountSidW)(LPCWSTR, PSID, LPWSTR, LPDWORD, LPWSTR, LPDWORD, PSID_NAME_USE);
+static PtrLookupAccountSidW ptrLookupAccountSidW = 0;
+typedef VOID (WINAPI *PtrBuildTrusteeWithSidW)(PTRUSTEE_W, PSID);
+static PtrBuildTrusteeWithSidW ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW = 0;
+typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW)(PACL, PTRUSTEE_W, OUT PACCESS_MASK);
+static PtrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW = 0;
+static TRUSTEE_W currentUserTrusteeW;
+static TRUSTEE_W worldTrusteeW;
+
+typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrGetUserProfileDirectoryW)(HANDLE, LPWSTR, LPDWORD);
+static PtrGetUserProfileDirectoryW ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW = 0;
+typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW)(LPCWSTR,LPWSTR,DWORD,PDWORD);
+static PtrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW ptrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW = 0;
+QT_END_INCLUDE_NAMESPACE
+
+
+static void resolveLibs()
+{
+    static bool triedResolve = false;
+    if (!triedResolve) {
+        // need to resolve the security info functions
+
+        // protect initialization
+#ifndef QT_NO_THREAD
+        QMutexLocker locker(QMutexPool::globalInstanceGet(&triedResolve));
+        // check triedResolve again, since another thread may have already
+        // done the initialization
+        if (triedResolve) {
+            // another thread did initialize the security function pointers,
+            // so we shouldn't do it again.
+            return;
+        }
+#endif
+
+        triedResolve = true;
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+        HINSTANCE advapiHnd = QSystemLibrary::load(L"advapi32");
+        if (advapiHnd) {
+            ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW = (PtrGetNamedSecurityInfoW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "GetNamedSecurityInfoW");
+            ptrLookupAccountSidW = (PtrLookupAccountSidW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "LookupAccountSidW");
+            ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW = (PtrBuildTrusteeWithSidW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "BuildTrusteeWithSidW");
+            ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW = (PtrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "GetEffectiveRightsFromAclW");
+        }
+        if (ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW) {
+            // Create TRUSTEE for current user
+            HANDLE hnd = ::GetCurrentProcess();
+            HANDLE token = 0;
+            if (::OpenProcessToken(hnd, TOKEN_QUERY, &token)) {
+                TOKEN_USER tu;
+                DWORD retsize;
+                if (::GetTokenInformation(token, TokenUser, &tu, sizeof(tu), &retsize))
+                    ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW(&currentUserTrusteeW, tu.User.Sid);
+                ::CloseHandle(token);
+            }
+
+            typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrAllocateAndInitializeSid)(PSID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY, BYTE, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, PSID*);
+            PtrAllocateAndInitializeSid ptrAllocateAndInitializeSid = (PtrAllocateAndInitializeSid)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "AllocateAndInitializeSid");
+            typedef PVOID (WINAPI *PtrFreeSid)(PSID);
+            PtrFreeSid ptrFreeSid = (PtrFreeSid)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "FreeSid");
+            if (ptrAllocateAndInitializeSid && ptrFreeSid) {
+                // Create TRUSTEE for Everyone (World)
+                SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY worldAuth = { SECURITY_WORLD_SID_AUTHORITY };
+                PSID pWorld = 0;
+                if (ptrAllocateAndInitializeSid(&worldAuth, 1, SECURITY_WORLD_RID, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &pWorld))
+                    ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW(&worldTrusteeW, pWorld);
+                ptrFreeSid(pWorld);
+            }
+        }
+        HINSTANCE userenvHnd = QSystemLibrary::load(L"userenv");
+        if (userenvHnd)
+            ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW = (PtrGetUserProfileDirectoryW)GetProcAddress(userenvHnd, "GetUserProfileDirectoryW");
+        HINSTANCE kernel32 = LoadLibrary(L"kernel32");
+        if(kernel32)
+            ptrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW = (PtrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW)GetProcAddress(kernel32, "GetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW");
+#endif
+    }
+}
+#endif // QT_NO_LIBRARY
+
+typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrNetShareEnum)(LPWSTR, DWORD, LPBYTE*, DWORD, LPDWORD, LPDWORD, LPDWORD);
+static PtrNetShareEnum ptrNetShareEnum = 0;
+typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrNetApiBufferFree)(LPVOID);
+static PtrNetApiBufferFree ptrNetApiBufferFree = 0;
+typedef struct _SHARE_INFO_1 {
+    LPWSTR shi1_netname;
+    DWORD shi1_type;
+    LPWSTR shi1_remark;
+} SHARE_INFO_1;
+
+
+static bool resolveUNCLibs()
+{
+    static bool triedResolve = false;
+    if (!triedResolve) {
+#ifndef QT_NO_THREAD
+        QMutexLocker locker(QMutexPool::globalInstanceGet(&triedResolve));
+        if (triedResolve) {
+            return ptrNetShareEnum && ptrNetApiBufferFree;
+        }
+#endif
+        triedResolve = true;
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+        HINSTANCE hLib = QSystemLibrary::load(L"Netapi32");
+        if (hLib) {
+            ptrNetShareEnum = (PtrNetShareEnum)GetProcAddress(hLib, "NetShareEnum");
+            if (ptrNetShareEnum)
+                ptrNetApiBufferFree = (PtrNetApiBufferFree)GetProcAddress(hLib, "NetApiBufferFree");
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+    return ptrNetShareEnum && ptrNetApiBufferFree;
+}
+
+static QString readSymLink(const QFileSystemEntry &link)
+{
+    QString result;
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    HANDLE handle = CreateFile((wchar_t*)link.nativeFilePath().utf16(),
+                               FILE_READ_EA,
+                               FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
+                               0,
+                               OPEN_EXISTING,
+                               FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT,
+                               0);
+    if (handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+        DWORD bufsize = MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE;
+        REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER *rdb = (REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER*)qMalloc(bufsize);
+        DWORD retsize = 0;
+        if (::DeviceIoControl(handle, FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT, 0, 0, rdb, bufsize, &retsize, 0)) {
+            if (rdb->ReparseTag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT) {
+                int length = rdb->MountPointReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameLength / sizeof(wchar_t);
+                int offset = rdb->MountPointReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameOffset / sizeof(wchar_t);
+                const wchar_t* PathBuffer = &rdb->MountPointReparseBuffer.PathBuffer[offset];
+                result = QString::fromWCharArray(PathBuffer, length);
+            } else if (rdb->ReparseTag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK) {
+                int length = rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameLength / sizeof(wchar_t);
+                int offset = rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameOffset / sizeof(wchar_t);
+                const wchar_t* PathBuffer = &rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PathBuffer[offset];
+                result = QString::fromWCharArray(PathBuffer, length);
+            }
+            // cut-off "//?/" and "/??/"
+            if (result.size() > 4 && result.at(0) == QLatin1Char('\\') && result.at(2) == QLatin1Char('?') && result.at(3) == QLatin1Char('\\'))
+                result = result.mid(4);
+        }
+        qFree(rdb);
+        CloseHandle(handle);
+
+#if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
+        resolveLibs();
+        if (ptrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW) {
+            QRegExp matchVolName(QLatin1String("^Volume\\{([a-z]|[0-9]|-)+\\}\\\\"), Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+            if(matchVolName.indexIn(result) == 0) {
+                DWORD len;
+                wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
+                QString volumeName = result.mid(0, matchVolName.matchedLength()).prepend(QLatin1String("\\\\?\\"));
+                if(ptrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW((wchar_t*)volumeName.utf16(), buffer, MAX_PATH, &len) != 0)
+                    result.replace(0,matchVolName.matchedLength(), QString::fromWCharArray(buffer));
+            }
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+#else
+    Q_UNUSED(link);
+#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
+    return result;
+}
+
+static QString readLink(const QFileSystemEntry &link)
+{
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+#if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY) && !defined(Q_CC_MWERKS)
+    QString ret;
+
+    bool neededCoInit = false;
+    IShellLink *psl;                            // pointer to IShellLink i/f
+    WIN32_FIND_DATA wfd;
+    wchar_t szGotPath[MAX_PATH];
+
+    // Get pointer to the IShellLink interface.
+    HRESULT hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID *)&psl);
+
+    if (hres == CO_E_NOTINITIALIZED) { // COM was not initialized
+        neededCoInit = true;
+        CoInitialize(NULL);
+        hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
+                                    IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID *)&psl);
+    }
+    if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {    // Get pointer to the IPersistFile interface.
+        IPersistFile *ppf;
+        hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (LPVOID *)&ppf);
+        if (SUCCEEDED(hres))  {
+            hres = ppf->Load((LPOLESTR)link.nativeFilePath().utf16(), STGM_READ);
+            //The original path of the link is retrieved. If the file/folder
+            //was moved, the return value still have the old path.
+            if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
+                if (psl->GetPath(szGotPath, MAX_PATH, &wfd, SLGP_UNCPRIORITY) == NOERROR)
+                    ret = QString::fromWCharArray(szGotPath);
+            }
+            ppf->Release();
+        }
+        psl->Release();
+    }
+    if (neededCoInit)
+        CoUninitialize();
+
+    return ret;
+#else
+    Q_UNUSED(link);
+    return QString();
+#endif // QT_NO_LIBRARY
+#else
+    wchar_t target[MAX_PATH];
+    QString result;
+    if (SHGetShortcutTarget((wchar_t*)QFileInfo(link.filePath()).absoluteFilePath().replace(QLatin1Char('/'),QLatin1Char('\\')).utf16(), target, MAX_PATH)) {
+        result = QString::fromWCharArray(target);
+        if (result.startsWith(QLatin1Char('"')))
+            result.remove(0,1);
+        if (result.endsWith(QLatin1Char('"')))
+            result.remove(result.size()-1,1);
+    }
+    return result;
+#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
+}
+
+static bool uncShareExists(const QString &server)
+{
+    // This code assumes the UNC path is always like \\?\UNC\server...
+    QStringList parts = server.split(QLatin1Char('\\'), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+    if (parts.count() >= 3) {
+        QStringList shares;
+        if (QFileSystemEngine::uncListSharesOnServer(QLatin1String("\\\\") + parts.at(2), &shares))
+            return parts.count() >= 4 ? shares.contains(parts.at(3), Qt::CaseInsensitive) : true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+static inline bool getFindData(QString path, WIN32_FIND_DATA &findData)
+{
+    // path should not end with a trailing slash
+    while (path.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
+        path.chop(1);
+
+    // can't handle drives
+    if (!path.endsWith(QLatin1Char(':'))) {
+        HANDLE hFind = ::FindFirstFile((wchar_t*)path.utf16(), &findData);
+        if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+            ::FindClose(hFind);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool QFileSystemEngine::uncListSharesOnServer(const QString &server, QStringList *list)
+{
+    if (resolveUNCLibs()) {
+        SHARE_INFO_1 *BufPtr, *p;
+        DWORD res;
+        DWORD er = 0, tr = 0, resume = 0, i;
+        do {
+            res = ptrNetShareEnum((wchar_t*)server.utf16(), 1, (LPBYTE *)&BufPtr, DWORD(-1), &er, &tr, &resume);
+            if (res == ERROR_SUCCESS || res == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
+                p = BufPtr;
+                for (i = 1; i <= er; ++i) {
+                    if (list && p->shi1_type == 0)
+                        list->append(QString::fromWCharArray(p->shi1_netname));
+                    p++;
+                }
+            }
+            ptrNetApiBufferFree(BufPtr);
+        } while (res == ERROR_MORE_DATA);
+        return res == ERROR_SUCCESS;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+void QFileSystemEngine::clearWinStatData(QFileSystemMetaData &data)
+{
+    data.size_ = 0;
+    data.fileAttribute_ =  0;
+    data.creationTime_ = FILETIME();
+    data.lastAccessTime_ = FILETIME();
+    data.lastWriteTime_ = FILETIME();
+}
+
+bool QFileSystemEngine::isCaseSensitive()
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
+//static
+QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::getLinkTarget(const QFileSystemEntry &link,
+                                                  QFileSystemMetaData &data)
+{
+   if (data.missingFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType))
+       QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(link, data, QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType);
+
+    QString ret;
+    if (data.isLnkFile())
+        ret = readLink(link);
+    else if (data.isLink())
+        ret = readSymLink(link);
+    return QFileSystemEntry(ret);
+}
+
+//static
+QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::canonicalName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data)
+{
+    if (data.missingFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute))
+       QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(entry, data, QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute);
+
+    if (data.exists())
+        return QFileSystemEntry(slowCanonicalized(absoluteName(entry).filePath()));
+    else
+        return QFileSystemEntry();
+}
+
+//static
+QString QFileSystemEngine::nativeAbsoluteFilePath(const QString &path)
+{
+    // can be //server or //server/share
+    QString absPath;
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    QVarLengthArray<wchar_t, MAX_PATH> buf(qMax(MAX_PATH, path.size() + 1));
+    wchar_t *fileName = 0;
+    DWORD retLen = GetFullPathName((wchar_t*)path.utf16(), buf.size(), buf.data(), &fileName);
+    if (retLen > (DWORD)buf.size()) {
+        buf.resize(retLen);
+        retLen = GetFullPathName((wchar_t*)path.utf16(), buf.size(), buf.data(), &fileName);
+    }
+    if (retLen != 0)
+        absPath = QString::fromWCharArray(buf.data(), retLen);
+#else
+    if (path.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/')) || path.startsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
+        absPath = QDir::toNativeSeparators(path);
+    else
+        absPath = QDir::toNativeSeparators(QDir::cleanPath(qfsPrivateCurrentDir + QLatin1Char('/') + path));
+#endif
+    // This is really ugly, but GetFullPathName strips off whitespace at the end.
+    // If you for instance write ". " in the lineedit of QFileDialog,
+    // (which is an invalid filename) this function will strip the space off and viola,
+    // the file is later reported as existing. Therefore, we re-add the whitespace that
+    // was at the end of path in order to keep the filename invalid.
+    if (!path.isEmpty() && path.at(path.size() - 1) == QLatin1Char(' '))
+        absPath.append(QLatin1Char(' '));
+    return absPath;
+}
+
+//static
+QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::absoluteName(const QFileSystemEntry &entry)
+{
+    QString ret;
+
+    if (!entry.isRelative()) {
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+        if (entry.isAbsolute()
+            && !entry.filePath().contains(QLatin1String("/../"))
+            && !entry.filePath().contains(QLatin1String("/./"))
+            && !entry.filePath().endsWith(QLatin1String("/.."))
+            && !entry.filePath().endsWith(QLatin1String("/."))) {
+            ret = entry.filePath();
+        }  else {
+            ret = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(nativeAbsoluteFilePath(entry.filePath()));
+        }
+#else
+        ret = entry.filePath();
+#endif
+    } else {
+        ret = QDir::cleanPath(QDir::currentPath() + QLatin1Char('/') + entry.filePath());
+    }
+
+    // The path should be absolute at this point.
+    // From the docs :
+    // Absolute paths begin with the directory separator "/"
+    // (optionally preceded by a drive specification under Windows).
+    if (ret.at(0) != QLatin1Char('/')) {
+        Q_ASSERT(ret.length() >= 2);
+        Q_ASSERT(ret.at(0).isLetter());
+        Q_ASSERT(ret.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'));
+
+        // Force uppercase drive letters.
+        ret[0] = ret.at(0).toUpper();
+    }
+    return QFileSystemEntry(ret);
+}
+
+//static
+QString QFileSystemEngine::owner(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QAbstractFileEngine::FileOwner own)
+{
+    QString name;
+#if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
+    extern int qt_ntfs_permission_lookup;
+    if((qt_ntfs_permission_lookup > 0) && (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_NT_based)) {
+        resolveLibs();
+        if (ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW && ptrLookupAccountSidW) {
+            PSID pOwner = 0;
+            PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR pSD;
+            if (ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW((wchar_t*)entry.nativeFilePath().utf16(), SE_FILE_OBJECT,
+                                         own == QAbstractFileEngine::OwnerGroup ? GROUP_SECURITY_INFORMATION : OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
+                                         own == QAbstractFileEngine::OwnerUser ? &pOwner : 0, own == QAbstractFileEngine::OwnerGroup ? &pOwner : 0,
+                                         0, 0, &pSD) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+                DWORD lowner = 64;
+                DWORD ldomain = 64;
+                QVarLengthArray<wchar_t, 64> owner(lowner);
+                QVarLengthArray<wchar_t, 64> domain(ldomain);
+                SID_NAME_USE use = SidTypeUnknown;
+                // First call, to determine size of the strings (with '\0').
+                if (!ptrLookupAccountSidW(NULL, pOwner, (LPWSTR)owner.data(), &lowner,
+                                          (LPWSTR)domain.data(), &ldomain, (SID_NAME_USE*)&use)) {
+                    if (GetLastError() == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
+                        if (lowner > (DWORD)owner.size())
+                            owner.resize(lowner);
+                        if (ldomain > (DWORD)domain.size())
+                            domain.resize(ldomain);
+                        // Second call, try on resized buf-s
+                        if (!ptrLookupAccountSidW(NULL, pOwner, (LPWSTR)owner.data(), &lowner,
+                                                  (LPWSTR)domain.data(), &ldomain, (SID_NAME_USE*)&use)) {
+                            lowner = 0;
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        lowner = 0;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (lowner != 0)
+                    name = QString::fromWCharArray(owner.data());
+                LocalFree(pSD);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+#else
+    Q_UNUSED(own);
+#endif
+    return name;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::fillPermissions(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data,
+                                        QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags what)
+{
+    QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags ret = 0;
+
+#if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
+    if((qt_ntfs_permission_lookup > 0) && (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_NT_based)) {
+        resolveLibs();
+        if(ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW && ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW && ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW) {
+            enum { ReadMask = 0x00000001, WriteMask = 0x00000002, ExecMask = 0x00000020 };
+
+            QString fname = entry.filePath();
+            PSID pOwner = 0;
+            PSID pGroup = 0;
+            PACL pDacl;
+            PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR pSD;
+            DWORD res = ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW((wchar_t*)fname.utf16(), SE_FILE_OBJECT,
+                                                 OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION | GROUP_SECURITY_INFORMATION | DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
+                                                 &pOwner, &pGroup, &pDacl, 0, &pSD);
+            if(res == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+                ACCESS_MASK access_mask;
+                TRUSTEE_W trustee;
+                if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::UserPermissions) { // user
+                    data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::UserPermissions;
+                    if(ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW(pDacl, &currentUserTrusteeW, &access_mask) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+                        access_mask = (ACCESS_MASK)-1;
+                    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
+                        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::UserReadPermission;
+                    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
+                        data.entryFlags|= QFileSystemMetaData::UserWritePermission;
+                    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
+                        data.entryFlags|= QFileSystemMetaData::UserExecutePermission;
+                }
+                if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerPermissions) { // owner
+                    data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerPermissions;
+                    ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW(&trustee, pOwner);
+                    if(ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW(pDacl, &trustee, &access_mask) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+                        access_mask = (ACCESS_MASK)-1;
+                    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
+                        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerReadPermission;
+                    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
+                        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerWritePermission;
+                    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
+                        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerExecutePermission;
+                }
+                if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::GroupPermissions) { // group
+                    data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::GroupPermissions;
+                    ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW(&trustee, pGroup);
+                    if(ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW(pDacl, &trustee, &access_mask) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+                        access_mask = (ACCESS_MASK)-1;
+                    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
+                        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::GroupReadPermission;
+                    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
+                        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::GroupWritePermission;
+                    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
+                        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::GroupExecutePermission;
+                }
+                if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::OtherPermissions) { // other (world)
+                    data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::OtherPermissions;
+                    if(ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW(pDacl, &worldTrusteeW, &access_mask) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+                        access_mask = (ACCESS_MASK)-1; // ###
+                    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
+                        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OtherReadPermission;
+                    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
+                        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OtherWritePermission;
+                    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
+                        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerExecutePermission;
+                }
+                LocalFree(pSD);
+            }
+        }
+    } else
+#endif
+    {
+        //### what to do with permissions if we don't use NTFS
+        // for now just add all permissions and what about exe missions ??
+        // also qt_ntfs_permission_lookup is now not set by default ... should it ?
+        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerReadPermission
+                           | QFileSystemMetaData::GroupReadPermission
+                           | QFileSystemMetaData::OtherReadPermission;
+
+        if (!(data.fileAttribute_ & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY)) {
+            data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerWritePermission
+                   | QFileSystemMetaData::GroupWritePermission
+                   | QFileSystemMetaData::OtherWritePermission;
+        }
+
+        QString fname = entry.filePath();
+        QString ext = fname.right(4).toLower();
+        if (data.isDirectory() ||
+            ext == QLatin1String(".exe") || ext == QLatin1String(".com") || ext == QLatin1String(".bat") ||
+            ext == QLatin1String(".pif") || ext == QLatin1String(".cmd")) {
+            data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerExecutePermission | QFileSystemMetaData::GroupExecutePermission
+                               | QFileSystemMetaData::OtherExecutePermission | QFileSystemMetaData::UserExecutePermission;
+        }
+        data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerPermissions | QFileSystemMetaData::GroupPermissions
+                                | QFileSystemMetaData::OtherPermissions | QFileSystemMetaData::UserExecutePermission;
+        // calculate user permissions
+        if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::UserReadPermission) {
+            if (::_waccess((wchar_t*)entry.nativeFilePath().utf16(), R_OK) == 0)
+                data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::UserReadPermission;
+            data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::UserReadPermission;
+        }
+        if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::UserWritePermission) {
+            if (::_waccess((wchar_t*)entry.nativeFilePath().utf16(), W_OK) == 0)
+                data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::UserWritePermission;
+            data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::UserReadPermission;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return data.hasFlags(what);
+}
+
+static bool tryDriveUNCFallback(const QFileSystemEntry &fname, QFileSystemMetaData &data)
+{
+    bool entryExists = false;
+    DWORD fileAttrib = 0;
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    if (fname.isDriveRoot()) {
+        // a valid drive ??
+        DWORD drivesBitmask = ::GetLogicalDrives();
+        int drivebit = 1 << (fname.filePath().at(0).toUpper().unicode() - QLatin1Char('A').unicode());
+        if (drivesBitmask & drivebit) {
+            fileAttrib = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM;
+            entryExists = true;
+        }
+    } else {
+#endif
+        const QString &path = fname.nativeFilePath();
+        bool is_dir = false;
+        if (path.startsWith(QLatin1String("\\\\?\\UNC"))) {
+            // UNC - stat doesn't work for all cases (Windows bug)
+            int s = path.indexOf(path.at(0),7);
+            if (s > 0) {
+                // "\\?\UNC\server\..."
+                s = path.indexOf(path.at(0),s+1);
+                if (s > 0) {
+                    // "\\?\UNC\server\share\..."
+                    if (s == path.size() - 1) {
+                        // "\\?\UNC\server\share\"
+                        is_dir = true;
+                    } else {
+                        // "\\?\UNC\server\share\notfound"
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    // "\\?\UNC\server\share"
+                    is_dir = true;
+                }
+            } else {
+                // "\\?\UNC\server"
+                is_dir = true;
+            }
+        }
+        if (is_dir && uncShareExists(path)) {
+            // looks like a UNC dir, is a dir.
+            fileAttrib = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY;
+            entryExists = true;
+        }
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    }
+#endif
+    if (entryExists)
+        data.fillFromFileAttribute(fileAttrib);
+    return entryExists;
+}
+
+static bool tryFindFallback(const QFileSystemEntry &fname, QFileSystemMetaData &data)
+{
+    bool filledData = false;
+    // This assumes the last call to a Windows API failed.
+    int errorCode = GetLastError();
+    if (errorCode == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED || errorCode == ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION) {
+        WIN32_FIND_DATA findData;
+        if (getFindData(fname.nativeFilePath(), findData)
+            && findData.dwFileAttributes != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
+            data.fillFromFindData(findData, true, fname.isDriveRoot());
+            filledData = true;
+        }
+    }
+    return filledData;
+}
+
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(int fd, QFileSystemMetaData &data,
+                                     QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags what)
+{
+    HANDLE fHandle = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(fd);
+    if (fHandle  != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+        return fillMetaData(fHandle, data, what);
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+#endif
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(HANDLE fHandle, QFileSystemMetaData &data,
+                                     QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags what)
+{
+    data.entryFlags &= ~what;
+    clearWinStatData(data);
+    BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION fileInfo;
+    UINT oldmode = SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS | SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX);
+    if (GetFileInformationByHandle(fHandle , &fileInfo)) {
+        data.fillFromFindInfo(fileInfo);
+    }
+    SetErrorMode(oldmode);
+    return data.hasFlags(what);
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFileSystemMetaData &data,
+                                     QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags what)
+{
+    what |= QFileSystemMetaData::WinLnkType | QFileSystemMetaData::WinStatFlags;
+    data.entryFlags &= ~what;
+
+    QFileSystemEntry fname;
+    data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::WinLnkType;
+    if(entry.filePath().endsWith(QLatin1String(".lnk"))) {
+        data.entryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::WinLnkType;
+        fname = QFileSystemEntry(readLink(entry));
+    } else {
+        fname = entry;
+    }
+
+    if (fname.isEmpty()) {
+        data.knownFlagsMask |= what;
+        clearWinStatData(data);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::WinStatFlags) {
+        UINT oldmode = SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS | SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX);
+        clearWinStatData(data);
+        WIN32_FIND_DATA findData;
+        // The memory structure for WIN32_FIND_DATA is same as WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA
+        // for all members used by fillFindData().
+        bool ok = ::GetFileAttributesEx((wchar_t*)fname.nativeFilePath().utf16(), GetFileExInfoStandard,
+                                        reinterpret_cast<WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA *>(&findData));
+        if (ok) {
+            data.fillFromFindData(findData, false, fname.isDriveRoot());
+        } else {
+            if (!tryFindFallback(fname, data))
+                tryDriveUNCFallback(fname, data);
+        }
+        SetErrorMode(oldmode);
+    }
+
+    if (what & QFileSystemMetaData::Permissions)
+        fillPermissions(fname, data, what);
+    if ((what & QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType)
+        && data.missingFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType)) {
+        data.knownFlagsMask |= QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType;
+        if (data.fileAttribute_ & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) {
+            WIN32_FIND_DATA findData;
+            if (getFindData(fname.nativeFilePath(), findData))
+                data.fillFromFindData(findData, true);
+        }
+    }
+    data.knownFlagsMask |= what;
+    return data.hasFlags(what);
+}
+
+static inline bool mkDir(const QString &path)
+{
+#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    // Unfortunately CreateDirectory returns true for paths longer than
+    // 256, but does not create a directory. It starts to fail, when
+    // path length > MAX_PATH, which is 260 usually on CE.
+    // This only happens on a Windows Mobile device. Windows CE seems
+    // not to be affected by this.
+    static int platformId = 0;
+    if (platformId == 0) {
+        wchar_t platformString[64];
+        if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE, sizeof(platformString)/sizeof(*platformString),platformString,0)) {
+            if (0 == wcscmp(platformString, L"PocketPC") || 0 == wcscmp(platformString, L"Smartphone"))
+                platformId = 1;
+            else
+                platformId = 2;
+        }
+    }
+    if (platformId == 1 && QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).size() > 256)
+        return false;
+#endif
+    return ::CreateDirectory((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16(), 0);
+}
+
+static inline bool rmDir(const QString &path)
+{
+    return ::RemoveDirectory((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16());
+}
+
+static bool isDirPath(const QString &dirPath, bool *existed)
+{
+    QString path = dirPath;
+    if (path.length() == 2 && path.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
+        path += QLatin1Char('\\');
+
+    DWORD fileAttrib = ::GetFileAttributes((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16());
+    if (fileAttrib == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
+        int errorCode = GetLastError();
+        if (errorCode == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED || errorCode == ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION) {
+            WIN32_FIND_DATA findData;
+            if (getFindData(QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path), findData))
+                fileAttrib = findData.dwFileAttributes;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (existed)
+        *existed = fileAttrib != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES;
+
+    if (fileAttrib == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
+        return false;
+
+    return fileAttrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::createDirectory(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, bool createParents)
+{
+    QString dirName = entry.filePath();
+    if (createParents) {
+        dirName = QDir::toNativeSeparators(QDir::cleanPath(dirName));
+        // We spefically search for / so \ would break it..
+        int oldslash = -1;
+        if (dirName.startsWith(QLatin1String("\\\\"))) {
+            // Don't try to create the root path of a UNC path;
+            // CreateDirectory() will just return ERROR_INVALID_NAME.
+            for (int i = 0; i < dirName.size(); ++i) {
+                if (dirName.at(i) != QDir::separator()) {
+                    oldslash = i;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (oldslash != -1)
+                oldslash = dirName.indexOf(QDir::separator(), oldslash);
+        }
+        for (int slash=0; slash != -1; oldslash = slash) {
+            slash = dirName.indexOf(QDir::separator(), oldslash+1);
+            if (slash == -1) {
+                if (oldslash == dirName.length())
+                    break;
+                slash = dirName.length();
+            }
+            if (slash) {
+                QString chunk = dirName.left(slash);
+                bool existed = false;
+                if (!isDirPath(chunk, &existed)) {
+                    if (!existed) {
+                        if (!mkDir(chunk))
+                            return false;
+                    } else {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    return mkDir(entry.filePath());
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::removeDirectory(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, bool removeEmptyParents)
+{
+    QString dirName = entry.filePath();
+    if (removeEmptyParents) {
+        dirName = QDir::toNativeSeparators(QDir::cleanPath(dirName));
+        for (int oldslash = 0, slash=dirName.length(); slash > 0; oldslash = slash) {
+            QString chunk = dirName.left(slash);
+            if (chunk.length() == 2 && chunk.at(0).isLetter() && chunk.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
+                break;
+            if (!isDirPath(chunk, 0))
+                return false;
+            if (!rmDir(chunk))
+                return oldslash != 0;
+            slash = dirName.lastIndexOf(QDir::separator(), oldslash-1);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    return rmDir(entry.filePath());
+}
+
+//static
+QString QFileSystemEngine::rootPath()
+{
+#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    QString ret = QLatin1String("/");
+#elif defined(Q_FS_FAT)
+    QString ret = QString::fromLatin1(qgetenv("SystemDrive").constData());
+    if (ret.isEmpty())
+        ret = QLatin1String("c:");
+    ret.append(QLatin1Char('/'));
+#elif defined(Q_OS_OS2EMX)
+    char dir[4];
+    _abspath(dir, QLatin1String("/"), _MAX_PATH);
+    QString ret(dir);
+#endif
+    return ret;
+}
+
+//static
+QString QFileSystemEngine::homePath()
+{
+    QString ret;
+#if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
+    resolveLibs();
+    if (ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW) {
+        HANDLE hnd = ::GetCurrentProcess();
+        HANDLE token = 0;
+        BOOL ok = ::OpenProcessToken(hnd, TOKEN_QUERY, &token);
+        if (ok) {
+            DWORD dwBufferSize = 0;
+            // First call, to determine size of the strings (with '\0').
+            ok = ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW(token, NULL, &dwBufferSize);
+            if (!ok && dwBufferSize != 0) {        // We got the required buffer size
+                wchar_t *userDirectory = new wchar_t[dwBufferSize];
+                // Second call, now we can fill the allocated buffer.
+                ok = ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW(token, userDirectory, &dwBufferSize);
+                if (ok)
+                    ret = QString::fromWCharArray(userDirectory);
+                delete [] userDirectory;
+            }
+            ::CloseHandle(token);
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+    if (ret.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(ret)) {
+        ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv("USERPROFILE").constData());
+        if (ret.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(ret)) {
+            ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv("HOMEDRIVE").constData())
+                  + QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv("HOMEPATH").constData());
+            if (ret.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(ret)) {
+                ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv("HOME").constData());
+                if (ret.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(ret)) {
+#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+                    ret = QLatin1String("\\My Documents");
+                    if (!QFile::exists(ret))
+#endif
+                        ret = rootPath();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return QDir::fromNativeSeparators(ret);
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEngine::tempPath()
+{
+    QString ret;
+    wchar_t tempPath[MAX_PATH];
+    DWORD len = GetTempPath(MAX_PATH, tempPath);
+    if (len)
+        ret = QString::fromWCharArray(tempPath, len);
+    if (!ret.isEmpty()) {
+        while (ret.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
+            ret.chop(1);
+        ret = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(ret);
+    }
+    if (ret.isEmpty()) {
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+        ret = QLatin1String("c:/tmp");
+#else
+        ret = QLatin1String("/Temp");
+#endif
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+bool QFileSystemEngine::setCurrentPath(const QFileSystemEntry &entry)
+{
+    QFileSystemMetaData meta;
+    fillMetaData(entry, meta, QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute | QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType);
+    if(!(meta.exists() && meta.isDirectory()))
+        return false;
+
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    //TODO: this should really be using nativeFilePath(), but that returns a path in long format \\?\c:\foo
+    //which causes many problems later on when it's returned through currentPath()
+    return ::SetCurrentDirectory(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t*>(QDir::toNativeSeparators(entry.filePath()).utf16())) != 0;
+#else
+    qfsPrivateCurrentDir = entry.filePath();
+    return true;
+#endif
+}
+
+QFileSystemEntry QFileSystemEngine::currentPath()
+{
+    QString ret;
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    DWORD size = 0;
+    wchar_t currentName[PATH_MAX];
+    size = ::GetCurrentDirectory(PATH_MAX, currentName);
+    if (size != 0) {
+        if (size > PATH_MAX) {
+            wchar_t *newCurrentName = new wchar_t[size];
+            if (::GetCurrentDirectory(PATH_MAX, newCurrentName) != 0)
+                ret = QString::fromWCharArray(newCurrentName, size);
+            delete [] newCurrentName;
+        } else {
+            ret = QString::fromWCharArray(currentName, size);
+        }
+    }
+    if (ret.length() >= 2 && ret[1] == QLatin1Char(':'))
+        ret[0] = ret.at(0).toUpper(); // Force uppercase drive letters.
+#else
+    Q_UNUSED(fileName);
+    //TODO - a race condition exists when using currentPath / setCurrentPath from multiple threads
+    if (qfsPrivateCurrentDir.isEmpty())
+        qfsPrivateCurrentDir = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
+
+    ret = qfsPrivateCurrentDir;
+#endif
+    return QFileSystemEntry(ret, QFileSystemEntry::FromNativePath());
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::createLink(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error)
+{
+    Q_ASSERT(false);
+    Q_UNUSED(source)
+    Q_UNUSED(target)
+    Q_UNUSED(error)
+
+    return false; // TODO implement; - code needs to be moved from qfsfileengine_win.cpp
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::copyFile(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error)
+{
+    bool ret = ::CopyFile((wchar_t*)source.nativeFilePath().utf16(),
+                          (wchar_t*)target.nativeFilePath().utf16(), true) != 0;
+    if(!ret)
+        error = QSystemError(::GetLastError(), QSystemError::NativeError);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::renameFile(const QFileSystemEntry &source, const QFileSystemEntry &target, QSystemError &error)
+{
+    bool ret = ::MoveFile((wchar_t*)source.nativeFilePath().utf16(),
+                          (wchar_t*)target.nativeFilePath().utf16()) != 0;
+    if(!ret)
+        error = QSystemError(::GetLastError(), QSystemError::NativeError);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::removeFile(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QSystemError &error)
+{
+    bool ret = ::DeleteFile((wchar_t*)entry.nativeFilePath().utf16()) != 0;
+    if(!ret)
+        error = QSystemError(::GetLastError(), QSystemError::NativeError);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+//static
+bool QFileSystemEngine::setPermissions(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QFile::Permissions permissions, QSystemError &error,
+                                       QFileSystemMetaData *data)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(data);
+    int mode = 0;
+
+    if (permissions & QFile::ReadOwner || permissions & QFile::ReadUser
+        || permissions & QFile::ReadGroup || permissions & QFile::ReadOther)
+        mode |= _S_IREAD;
+    if (permissions & QFile::WriteOwner || permissions & QFile::WriteUser
+        || permissions & QFile::WriteGroup || permissions & QFile::WriteOther)
+        mode |= _S_IWRITE;
+
+    if (mode == 0) // not supported
+        return false;
+
+    bool ret = (::_wchmod((wchar_t*)entry.nativeFilePath().utf16(), mode) == 0);
+    if(!ret)
+        error = QSystemError(errno, QSystemError::StandardLibraryError);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static inline QDateTime fileTimeToQDateTime(const FILETIME *time)
+{
+    QDateTime ret;
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+    SYSTEMTIME systime;
+    FILETIME ftime;
+    systime.wYear = 1970;
+    systime.wMonth = 1;
+    systime.wDay = 1;
+    systime.wHour = 0;
+    systime.wMinute = 0;
+    systime.wSecond = 0;
+    systime.wMilliseconds = 0;
+    systime.wDayOfWeek = 4;
+    SystemTimeToFileTime(&systime, &ftime);
+    unsigned __int64 acttime = (unsigned __int64)time->dwHighDateTime << 32 | time->dwLowDateTime;
+    FileTimeToSystemTime(time, &systime);
+    unsigned __int64 time1970 = (unsigned __int64)ftime.dwHighDateTime << 32 | ftime.dwLowDateTime;
+    unsigned __int64 difftime = acttime - time1970;
+    difftime /= 10000000;
+    ret.setTime_t((unsigned int)difftime);
+#else
+    SYSTEMTIME sTime, lTime;
+    FileTimeToSystemTime(time, &sTime);
+    SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime(0, &sTime, &lTime);
+    ret.setDate(QDate(lTime.wYear, lTime.wMonth, lTime.wDay));
+    ret.setTime(QTime(lTime.wHour, lTime.wMinute, lTime.wSecond, lTime.wMilliseconds));
+#endif
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+QDateTime QFileSystemMetaData::creationTime() const
+{
+    return fileTimeToQDateTime(&creationTime_);
+}
+QDateTime QFileSystemMetaData::modificationTime() const
+{
+    return fileTimeToQDateTime(&lastWriteTime_);
+}
+QDateTime QFileSystemMetaData::accessTime() const
+{
+    return fileTimeToQDateTime(&lastAccessTime_);
+}
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystementry.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystementry.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4c6d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystementry.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,383 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "qfilesystementry_p.h"
+
+#include <QtCore/qdir.h>
+#include <QtCore/qfile.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qfsfileengine_p.h>
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+#include <QtCore/qstringbuilder.h>
+#endif
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+static bool isUncRoot(const QString &server)
+{
+    QString localPath = QDir::toNativeSeparators(server);
+    if (!localPath.startsWith(QLatin1String("\\\\")))
+        return false;
+
+    int idx = localPath.indexOf(QLatin1Char('\\'), 2);
+    if (idx == -1 || idx + 1 == localPath.length())
+        return true;
+
+    localPath = localPath.right(localPath.length() - idx - 1).trimmed();
+    return localPath.isEmpty();
+}
+
+static inline QString fixIfRelativeUncPath(const QString &path)
+{
+    QString currentPath = QDir::currentPath();
+    if (currentPath.startsWith(QLatin1String("//")))
+        return currentPath % QChar(QLatin1Char('/')) % path;
+    return path;
+}
+#endif
+
+QFileSystemEntry::QFileSystemEntry()
+    : m_lastSeparator(0),
+    m_firstDotInFileName(0),
+    m_lastDotInFileName(0)
+{
+}
+
+/*!
+   \internal
+   Use this constructor when the path is supplied by user code, as it may contain a mix
+   of '/' and the native separator.
+ */
+QFileSystemEntry::QFileSystemEntry(const QString &filePath)
+    : m_filePath(QDir::fromNativeSeparators(filePath)),
+    m_lastSeparator(-2),
+    m_firstDotInFileName(-2),
+    m_lastDotInFileName(0)
+{
+}
+
+/*!
+   \internal
+   Use this constructor when the path is guaranteed to be in internal format, i.e. all
+   directory separators are '/' and not the native separator.
+ */
+QFileSystemEntry::QFileSystemEntry(const QString &filePath, FromInternalPath /* dummy */)
+    : m_filePath(filePath),
+    m_lastSeparator(-2),
+    m_firstDotInFileName(-2),
+    m_lastDotInFileName(0)
+{
+}
+
+/*!
+   \internal
+   Use this constructor when the path comes from a native API
+ */
+QFileSystemEntry::QFileSystemEntry(const NativePath &nativeFilePath, FromNativePath /* dummy */)
+    : m_nativeFilePath(nativeFilePath),
+    m_lastSeparator(-2),
+    m_firstDotInFileName(-2),
+    m_lastDotInFileName(0)
+{
+}
+
+QFileSystemEntry::QFileSystemEntry(const QString &filePath, const NativePath &nativeFilePath)
+    : m_filePath(QDir::fromNativeSeparators(filePath)),
+    m_nativeFilePath(nativeFilePath),
+    m_lastSeparator(-2),
+    m_firstDotInFileName(-2),
+    m_lastDotInFileName(0)
+{
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEntry::filePath() const
+{
+    resolveFilePath();
+    return m_filePath;
+}
+
+QFileSystemEntry::NativePath QFileSystemEntry::nativeFilePath() const
+{
+    resolveNativeFilePath();
+    return m_nativeFilePath;
+}
+
+void QFileSystemEntry::resolveFilePath() const
+{
+    if (m_filePath.isEmpty() && !m_nativeFilePath.isEmpty()) {
+#if defined(QFILESYSTEMENTRY_NATIVE_PATH_IS_UTF16)
+        m_filePath = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(m_nativeFilePath);
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+        if (m_filePath.startsWith(QLatin1String("//?/UNC/")))
+            m_filePath = m_filePath.remove(2,6);
+        if (m_filePath.startsWith(QLatin1String("//?/")))
+            m_filePath = m_filePath.remove(0,4);
+#endif
+#else
+        m_filePath = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(QFile::decodeName(m_nativeFilePath));
+#endif
+    }
+}
+
+void QFileSystemEntry::resolveNativeFilePath() const
+{
+    if (!m_filePath.isEmpty() && m_nativeFilePath.isEmpty()) {
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+        QString filePath = m_filePath;
+        if (isRelative())
+            filePath = fixIfRelativeUncPath(m_filePath);
+        m_nativeFilePath = QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(QDir::toNativeSeparators(filePath));
+#elif defined(QFILESYSTEMENTRY_NATIVE_PATH_IS_UTF16)
+        m_nativeFilePath = QDir::toNativeSeparators(m_filePath);
+#else
+        m_nativeFilePath = QFile::encodeName(QDir::toNativeSeparators(m_filePath));
+#endif
+    }
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEntry::fileName() const
+{
+    findLastSeparator();
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+    if (m_lastSeparator == -1 && m_filePath.length() >= 2 && m_filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
+        return m_filePath.mid(2);
+#endif
+    return m_filePath.mid(m_lastSeparator + 1);
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEntry::path() const
+{
+    findLastSeparator();
+    if (m_lastSeparator == -1) {
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+        if (m_filePath.length() >= 2 && m_filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
+            return m_filePath.left(2);
+#endif
+        return QString(QLatin1Char('.'));
+    }
+    if (m_lastSeparator == 0)
+        return QString(QLatin1Char('/'));
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+    if (m_lastSeparator == 2 && m_filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
+        return m_filePath.left(m_lastSeparator + 1);
+#endif
+    return m_filePath.left(m_lastSeparator);
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEntry::baseName() const
+{
+    findFileNameSeparators();
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+    if (m_lastSeparator == -1 && m_filePath.length() >= 2 && m_filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
+        return m_filePath.mid(2);
+#endif
+    int length = -1;
+    if (m_firstDotInFileName >= 0) {
+        length = m_firstDotInFileName;
+        if (m_lastSeparator != -1) // avoid off by one
+            length--;
+    }
+    return m_filePath.mid(m_lastSeparator + 1, length);
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEntry::completeBaseName() const
+{
+    findFileNameSeparators();
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+    if (m_lastSeparator == -1 && m_filePath.length() >= 2 && m_filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
+        return m_filePath.mid(2);
+#endif
+    int length = -1;
+    if (m_firstDotInFileName >= 0) {
+        length = m_firstDotInFileName + m_lastDotInFileName;
+        if (m_lastSeparator != -1) // avoid off by one
+            length--;
+    }
+    return m_filePath.mid(m_lastSeparator + 1, length);
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEntry::suffix() const
+{
+    findFileNameSeparators();
+
+    if (m_lastDotInFileName == -1)
+        return QString();
+
+    return m_filePath.mid(qMax((qint16)0, m_lastSeparator) + m_firstDotInFileName + m_lastDotInFileName + 1);
+}
+
+QString QFileSystemEntry::completeSuffix() const
+{
+    findFileNameSeparators();
+    if (m_firstDotInFileName == -1)
+        return QString();
+
+    return m_filePath.mid(qMax((qint16)0, m_lastSeparator) + m_firstDotInFileName + 1);
+}
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+bool QFileSystemEntry::isRelative() const
+{
+    resolveFilePath();
+    return (m_filePath.isEmpty() || (!m_filePath.isEmpty() && (m_filePath[0].unicode() != '/')
+        && (!(m_filePath.length() >= 2 && m_filePath[1].unicode() == ':'))));
+}
+
+bool QFileSystemEntry::isAbsolute() const
+{
+    resolveFilePath();
+    return (!m_filePath.isEmpty() && ((m_filePath.length() >= 3
+                                       && (m_filePath[0].isLetter() && m_filePath[1].unicode() == ':' && m_filePath[2].unicode() == '/'))
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+                                      || (m_filePath.length() >= 2 && (m_filePath.at(0) == QLatin1Char('/') && m_filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char('/')))
+#endif
+                                      ));
+}
+#else
+bool QFileSystemEntry::isRelative() const
+{
+    return !isAbsolute();
+}
+
+bool QFileSystemEntry::isAbsolute() const
+{
+    resolveFilePath();
+    return (!m_filePath.isEmpty() && (m_filePath[0].unicode() == '/'));
+}
+#endif
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+bool QFileSystemEntry::isDriveRoot() const
+{
+    resolveFilePath();
+    return (m_filePath.length() == 3
+           && m_filePath.at(0).isLetter() && m_filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':')
+           && m_filePath.at(2) == QLatin1Char('/'));
+}
+#endif
+
+bool QFileSystemEntry::isRoot() const
+{
+    resolveFilePath();
+    if (m_filePath == QLatin1String("/")
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+            || isDriveRoot()
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+            || isUncRoot(m_filePath)
+#endif
+#endif
+            )
+        return true;
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool QFileSystemEntry::isEmpty() const
+{
+    resolveNativeFilePath();
+    return m_nativeFilePath.isEmpty();
+}
+
+// private methods
+
+void QFileSystemEntry::findLastSeparator() const
+{
+    if (m_lastSeparator == -2) {
+        resolveFilePath();
+        m_lastSeparator = -1;
+        for (int i = m_filePath.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+            if (m_filePath[i].unicode() == '/') {
+                m_lastSeparator = i;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void QFileSystemEntry::findFileNameSeparators() const
+{
+    if (m_firstDotInFileName == -2) {
+        resolveFilePath();
+        int firstDotInFileName = -1;
+        int lastDotInFileName = -1;
+        int lastSeparator = m_lastSeparator;
+
+        int stop;
+        if (lastSeparator < 0) {
+            lastSeparator = -1;
+            stop = 0;
+        } else {
+            stop = lastSeparator;
+        }
+
+        int i = m_filePath.size() - 1;
+        for (; i >= stop; --i) {
+            if (m_filePath[i].unicode() == '.') {
+                firstDotInFileName = lastDotInFileName = i;
+                break;
+            } else if (m_filePath[i].unicode() == '/') {
+                lastSeparator = i;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (lastSeparator != i) {
+            for (--i; i >= stop; --i) {
+                if (m_filePath[i].unicode() == '.')
+                    firstDotInFileName = i;
+                else if (m_filePath[i].unicode() == '/') {
+                    lastSeparator = i;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        m_lastSeparator = lastSeparator;
+        m_firstDotInFileName = firstDotInFileName == -1 ? -1 : firstDotInFileName - qMax(0, lastSeparator);
+        if (lastDotInFileName == -1)
+            m_lastDotInFileName = -1;
+        else if (firstDotInFileName == lastDotInFileName)
+            m_lastDotInFileName = 0;
+        else
+            m_lastDotInFileName = lastDotInFileName - firstDotInFileName;
+    }
+}
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystementry_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystementry_p.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ce0a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystementry_p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef QFILESYSTEMENTRY_P_H_INCLUDED
+#define QFILESYSTEMENTRY_P_H_INCLUDED
+
+//
+//  W A R N I N G
+//  -------------
+//
+// This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists purely as an
+// implementation detail.  This header file may change from version to
+// version without notice, or even be removed.
+//
+// We mean it.
+//
+
+#include <QtCore/qstring.h>
+#include <QtCore/qbytearray.h>
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+#define QFILESYSTEMENTRY_NATIVE_PATH_IS_UTF16
+#endif
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+class QFileSystemEntry
+{
+public:
+
+#ifndef QFILESYSTEMENTRY_NATIVE_PATH_IS_UTF16
+    typedef QByteArray NativePath;
+#else
+    typedef QString NativePath;
+#endif
+    struct FromNativePath{};
+    struct FromInternalPath{};
+
+    QFileSystemEntry();
+    explicit QFileSystemEntry(const QString &filePath);
+
+    QFileSystemEntry(const QString &filePath, FromInternalPath dummy);
+    QFileSystemEntry(const NativePath &nativeFilePath, FromNativePath dummy);
+    QFileSystemEntry(const QString &filePath, const NativePath &nativeFilePath);
+
+    QString filePath() const;
+    QString fileName() const;
+    QString path() const;
+    NativePath nativeFilePath() const;
+    QString baseName() const;
+    QString completeBaseName() const;
+    QString suffix() const;
+    QString completeSuffix() const;
+    bool isAbsolute() const;
+    bool isRelative() const;
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+    bool isDriveRoot() const;
+#endif
+    bool isRoot() const;
+
+    bool isEmpty() const;
+    void clear()
+    {
+        *this = QFileSystemEntry();
+    }
+
+private:
+    // creates the QString version out of the bytearray version
+    void resolveFilePath() const;
+    // creates the bytearray version out of the QString version
+    void resolveNativeFilePath() const;
+    // resolves the separator
+    void findLastSeparator() const;
+    // resolves the dots and the separator
+    void findFileNameSeparators() const;
+
+    mutable QString m_filePath; // always has slashes as separator
+    mutable NativePath m_nativeFilePath; // native encoding and separators
+
+    mutable qint16 m_lastSeparator; // index in m_filePath of last separator
+    mutable qint16 m_firstDotInFileName; // index after m_filePath for first dot (.)
+    mutable qint16 m_lastDotInFileName; // index after m_firstDotInFileName for last dot (.)
+};
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif // include guard
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemiterator_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemiterator_p.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66f4b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemiterator_p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef QFILESYSTEMITERATOR_P_H_INCLUDED
+#define QFILESYSTEMITERATOR_P_H_INCLUDED
+
+//
+//  W A R N I N G
+//  -------------
+//
+// This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists purely as an
+// implementation detail.  This header file may change from version to
+// version without notice, or even be removed.
+//
+// We mean it.
+//
+
+#include <QtCore/qglobal.h>
+#include <QtCore/qdir.h>
+#include <QtCore/qdiriterator.h>
+#include <QtCore/qstringlist.h>
+
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystementry_p.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystemmetadata_p.h>
+
+// Platform-specific headers
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+#elif defined (Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+#include <f32file.h>
+#else
+#include <QtCore/qscopedpointer.h>
+#endif
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+class QFileSystemIterator
+{
+public:
+    QFileSystemIterator(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QDir::Filters filters,
+            const QStringList &nameFilters, QDirIterator::IteratorFlags flags
+                = QDirIterator::FollowSymlinks | QDirIterator::Subdirectories);
+    ~QFileSystemIterator();
+
+    bool advance(QFileSystemEntry &fileEntry, QFileSystemMetaData &metaData);
+
+private:
+    QFileSystemEntry::NativePath nativePath;
+
+    // Platform-specific data
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+    QFileSystemEntry::NativePath dirPath;
+    HANDLE findFileHandle;
+    QStringList uncShares;
+    bool uncFallback;
+    int uncShareIndex;
+    bool onlyDirs;
+#elif defined (Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+    RDir dirHandle;
+    TEntryArray entries;
+    TInt lastError;
+    TInt entryIndex;
+#else
+    QT_DIR *dir;
+    QT_DIRENT *dirEntry;
+#if defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_CYGWIN)
+    // for readdir_r
+    QScopedPointer<QT_DIRENT, QScopedPointerPodDeleter> mt_file;
+#endif
+    int lastError;
+#endif
+
+    Q_DISABLE_COPY(QFileSystemIterator)
+};
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif // include guard
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemiterator_symbian.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemiterator_symbian.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e316526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemiterator_symbian.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "qfilesystemiterator_p.h"
+#include "qfilesystemengine_p.h"
+#include <QtCore/private/qcore_symbian_p.h>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+QFileSystemIterator::QFileSystemIterator(const QFileSystemEntry &path, QDir::Filters filters,
+        const QStringList &nameFilters, QDirIterator::IteratorFlags iteratorFlags)
+        : lastError(KErrNone), entryIndex(-1)
+{
+    RFs& fs = qt_s60GetRFs();
+
+    nativePath = path.nativeFilePath();
+    if (!nativePath.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
+        nativePath.append(QLatin1Char('\\'));
+
+    QString absPath = QFileSystemEngine::absoluteName(path).nativeFilePath();
+
+    if (!absPath.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
+        absPath.append(QLatin1Char('\\'));
+
+    int pathLen = absPath.length();
+    if (pathLen > KMaxFileName) {
+        lastError = KErrBadName;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    //set up server side filtering to reduce IPCs
+    //RDir won't accept all valid name filters e.g. "*. bar"
+    if (nameFilters.count() == 1 && !(filters & QDir::AllDirs) && iteratorFlags
+        == QDirIterator::NoIteratorFlags && pathLen + nameFilters[0].length()
+        <= KMaxFileName) {
+        //server side supports one mask - skip this for recursive mode or if only files should be filtered
+        absPath.append(nameFilters[0]);
+    }
+
+    TUint symbianMask = 0;
+    if ((filters & QDir::Dirs) || (filters & QDir::AllDirs) || (iteratorFlags
+        & QDirIterator::Subdirectories))
+        symbianMask |= KEntryAttDir; //include directories
+    if (filters & QDir::Hidden)
+        symbianMask |= KEntryAttHidden;
+    if (filters & QDir::System)
+        symbianMask |= KEntryAttSystem;
+    if (((filters & QDir::Files) == 0) && symbianMask == KEntryAttDir)
+        symbianMask |= KEntryAttMatchExclusive; //exclude non-directories
+    else if (symbianMask == 0) {
+        if ((filters & QDir::PermissionMask) == QDir::Writable)
+            symbianMask = KEntryAttMatchExclude | KEntryAttReadOnly;
+        else if ((filters & QDir::PermissionMask) == QDir::Readable)
+            symbianMask = KEntryAttMatchExclusive | KEntryAttReadOnly;
+    }
+
+    lastError = dirHandle.Open(fs, qt_QString2TPtrC(absPath), symbianMask);
+}
+
+QFileSystemIterator::~QFileSystemIterator()
+{
+    dirHandle.Close();
+}
+
+bool QFileSystemIterator::advance(QFileSystemEntry &fileEntry, QFileSystemMetaData &metaData)
+{
+    //1st time, lastError is result of dirHandle.Open(), entries.Count() is 0 and entryIndex is -1 so initial read is triggered
+    //subsequent times, read is triggered each time we reach the end of the entry list
+    //final time, lastError is KErrEof so we don't need to read anymore.
+    ++entryIndex;
+    if (lastError == KErrNone && entryIndex >= entries.Count()) {
+        lastError = dirHandle.Read(entries);
+        entryIndex = 0;
+    }
+
+    //each call to advance() gets the next entry from the entry list.
+    //from the final (or only) read call, KErrEof is returned together with a full buffer so we still need to go through the list
+    if ((lastError == KErrNone || lastError == KErrEof) && entryIndex < entries.Count()) {
+        Q_ASSERT(entryIndex >= 0);
+        const TEntry &entry(entries[entryIndex]);
+        fileEntry = QFileSystemEntry(nativePath + qt_TDesC2QString(entry.iName), QFileSystemEntry::FromNativePath());
+        metaData.fillFromTEntry(entry);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    //TODO: error reporting, to allow user to distinguish empty directory from error condition.
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemiterator_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemiterator_unix.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00ccd41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemiterator_unix.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "qplatformdefs.h"
+#include "qfilesystemiterator_p.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+QFileSystemIterator::QFileSystemIterator(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QDir::Filters filters,
+                                         const QStringList &nameFilters, QDirIterator::IteratorFlags flags)
+    : nativePath(entry.nativeFilePath())
+    , dir(0)
+    , dirEntry(0)
+    , lastError(0)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(filters)
+    Q_UNUSED(nameFilters)
+    Q_UNUSED(flags)
+
+    if ((dir = QT_OPENDIR(nativePath.constData())) == 0) {
+        lastError = errno;
+    } else {
+
+        if (!nativePath.endsWith('/'))
+            nativePath.append('/');
+
+#if defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_CYGWIN)
+        // ### Race condition; we should use fpathconf and dirfd().
+        size_t maxPathName = ::pathconf(nativePath.constData(), _PC_NAME_MAX);
+        if (maxPathName == size_t(-1))
+            maxPathName = FILENAME_MAX;
+        maxPathName += sizeof(QT_DIRENT) + 1;
+
+        QT_DIRENT *p = reinterpret_cast<QT_DIRENT*>(::malloc(maxPathName));
+        Q_CHECK_PTR(p);
+
+        mt_file.reset(p);
+#endif
+    }
+}
+
+QFileSystemIterator::~QFileSystemIterator()
+{
+    if (dir)
+        QT_CLOSEDIR(dir);
+}
+
+bool QFileSystemIterator::advance(QFileSystemEntry &fileEntry, QFileSystemMetaData &metaData)
+{
+    if (!dir)
+        return false;
+
+#if defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_CYGWIN)
+    lastError = QT_READDIR_R(dir, mt_file.data(), &dirEntry);
+    if (lastError)
+        return false;
+#else
+    // ### add local lock to prevent breaking reentrancy
+    dirEntry = QT_READDIR(dir);
+#endif // _POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS
+
+    if (dirEntry) {
+        fileEntry = QFileSystemEntry(nativePath + QByteArray(dirEntry->d_name), QFileSystemEntry::FromNativePath());
+        metaData.fillFromDirEnt(*dirEntry);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    lastError = errno;
+    return false;
+}
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemiterator_win.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemiterator_win.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5fce12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemiterator_win.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#if _WIN32_WINNT < 0x0500
+#undef _WIN32_WINNT
+#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500
+#endif
+
+#include "qfilesystemiterator_p.h"
+#include "qfilesystemengine_p.h"
+#include "qplatformdefs.h"
+
+#include <QtCore/qt_windows.h>
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+bool done = true;
+
+QFileSystemIterator::QFileSystemIterator(const QFileSystemEntry &entry, QDir::Filters filters,
+                                         const QStringList &nameFilters, QDirIterator::IteratorFlags flags)
+    : nativePath(entry.nativeFilePath())
+    , dirPath(entry.filePath())
+    , findFileHandle(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+    , uncFallback(false)
+    , uncShareIndex(0)
+    , onlyDirs(false)
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(nameFilters)
+    Q_UNUSED(flags)
+    if (nativePath.endsWith(QLatin1String(".lnk"))) {
+        QFileSystemMetaData metaData;
+        QFileSystemEntry link = QFileSystemEngine::getLinkTarget(entry, metaData);
+        nativePath = link.nativeFilePath();
+    }
+    if (!nativePath.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
+        nativePath.append(QLatin1Char('\\'));
+    nativePath.append(QLatin1Char('*'));
+    if (!dirPath.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
+        dirPath.append(QLatin1Char('/'));
+    if ((filters & (QDir::Dirs|QDir::Drives)) && (!(filters & (QDir::Files))))
+        onlyDirs = true;
+}
+
+QFileSystemIterator::~QFileSystemIterator()
+{
+   if (findFileHandle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+        FindClose(findFileHandle);
+}
+
+bool QFileSystemIterator::advance(QFileSystemEntry &fileEntry, QFileSystemMetaData &metaData)
+{
+    bool haveData = false;
+    WIN32_FIND_DATA findData;
+
+    if (findFileHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && !uncFallback) {
+        haveData = true;
+        int infoLevel = 0 ;         // FindExInfoStandard;
+        DWORD dwAdditionalFlags  = 0;
+        if (QSysInfo::windowsVersion() >= QSysInfo::WV_WINDOWS7) {
+            dwAdditionalFlags = 2;  // FIND_FIRST_EX_LARGE_FETCH
+            infoLevel = 1 ;         // FindExInfoBasic;
+        }
+        int searchOps =  0;         // FindExSearchNameMatch
+        if (onlyDirs)
+            searchOps = 1 ;         // FindExSearchLimitToDirectories
+        findFileHandle = FindFirstFileEx((const wchar_t *)nativePath.utf16(), FINDEX_INFO_LEVELS(infoLevel), &findData,
+                                         FINDEX_SEARCH_OPS(searchOps), 0, dwAdditionalFlags);
+        if (findFileHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+            if (nativePath.startsWith(QLatin1String("\\\\?\\UNC\\"))) {
+                QStringList parts = nativePath.split(QLatin1Char('\\'), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+                if (parts.count() == 4 && QFileSystemEngine::uncListSharesOnServer(
+                        QLatin1String("\\\\") + parts.at(2), &uncShares)) {
+                    if (uncShares.isEmpty())
+                        return false; // No shares found in the server
+                    else
+                        uncFallback = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (findFileHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && !uncFallback)
+        return false;
+    // Retrieve the new file information.
+    if (!haveData) {
+        if (uncFallback) {
+            if (++uncShareIndex >= uncShares.count())
+                return false;
+        } else {
+            if (!FindNextFile(findFileHandle, &findData))
+                return false;
+        }
+    }
+    // Create the new file system entry & meta data.
+    if (uncFallback) {
+        fileEntry = QFileSystemEntry(dirPath + uncShares.at(uncShareIndex));
+        metaData.fillFromFileAttribute(FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY);
+        return true;
+    } else {
+        QString fileName = QString::fromWCharArray(findData.cFileName);
+        fileEntry = QFileSystemEntry(dirPath + fileName);
+        metaData = QFileSystemMetaData();
+        if (!fileName.endsWith(QLatin1String(".lnk"))) {
+            metaData.fillFromFindData(findData, true);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemmetadata_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemmetadata_p.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f75b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemmetadata_p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,400 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+** All rights reserved.
+** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
+**
+** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
+**
+** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
+** No Commercial Usage
+** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
+** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
+** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
+** this package.
+**
+** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+**
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
+** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
+** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+**
+** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
+** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+**
+** $QT_END_LICENSE$
+**
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef QFILESYSTEMMETADATA_P_H_INCLUDED
+#define QFILESYSTEMMETADATA_P_H_INCLUDED
+
+//
+//  W A R N I N G
+//  -------------
+//
+// This file is not part of the Qt API.  It exists purely as an
+// implementation detail.  This header file may change from version to
+// version without notice, or even be removed.
+//
+// We mean it.
+//
+
+#include "qplatformdefs.h"
+#include <QtCore/qglobal.h>
+#include <QtCore/qdatetime.h>
+#include <QtCore/qabstractfileengine.h>
+
+// Platform-specific includes
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+#ifndef IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK
+#define IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK (0xA000000CL)
+#endif
+#elif defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+#include <f32file.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qdatetime_p.h>
+#endif
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+class QFileSystemEngine;
+
+class QFileSystemMetaData
+{
+public:
+    QFileSystemMetaData()
+        : knownFlagsMask(0)
+    {
+    }
+
+    enum MetaDataFlag {
+        // Permissions, overlaps with QFile::Permissions
+        OtherReadPermission = 0x00000004,   OtherWritePermission = 0x00000002,  OtherExecutePermission = 0x00000001,
+        GroupReadPermission = 0x00000040,   GroupWritePermission = 0x00000020,  GroupExecutePermission = 0x00000010,
+        UserReadPermission  = 0x00000400,   UserWritePermission  = 0x00000200,  UserExecutePermission  = 0x00000100,
+        OwnerReadPermission = 0x00004000,   OwnerWritePermission = 0x00002000,  OwnerExecutePermission = 0x00001000,
+
+        OtherPermissions    = OtherReadPermission | OtherWritePermission | OtherExecutePermission,
+        GroupPermissions    = GroupReadPermission | GroupWritePermission | GroupExecutePermission,
+        UserPermissions     = UserReadPermission  | UserWritePermission  | UserExecutePermission,
+        OwnerPermissions    = OwnerReadPermission | OwnerWritePermission | OwnerExecutePermission,
+
+        ReadPermissions     = OtherReadPermission | GroupReadPermission | UserReadPermission | OwnerReadPermission,
+        WritePermissions    = OtherWritePermission | GroupWritePermission | UserWritePermission | OwnerWritePermission,
+        ExecutePermissions  = OtherExecutePermission | GroupExecutePermission | UserExecutePermission | OwnerExecutePermission,
+
+        Permissions         = OtherPermissions | GroupPermissions | UserPermissions | OwnerPermissions,
+
+        // Type
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+        LinkType            = 0,
+#else
+        LinkType            = 0x00010000,
+#endif
+        FileType            = 0x00020000,
+        DirectoryType       = 0x00040000,
+#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+        BundleType          = 0x00080000,
+        AliasType           = 0x08000000,
+#else
+        BundleType          =        0x0,
+        AliasType           =        0x0,
+#endif
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+        WinLnkType          = 0x08000000,   // Note: Uses the same position for AliasType on Mac
+#else
+        WinLnkType          =        0x0,
+#endif
+        SequentialType      = 0x00800000,   // Note: overlaps with QAbstractFileEngine::RootFlag
+
+        LegacyLinkType      = LinkType | AliasType | WinLnkType,
+
+        Type                = LinkType | FileType | DirectoryType | BundleType | SequentialType | AliasType,
+
+        // Attributes
+        HiddenAttribute     = 0x00100000,
+        SizeAttribute       = 0x00200000,   // Note: overlaps with QAbstractFileEngine::LocalDiskFlag
+        ExistsAttribute     = 0x00400000,
+
+        Attributes          = HiddenAttribute | SizeAttribute | ExistsAttribute,
+
+        // Times
+        CreationTime        = 0x01000000,   // Note: overlaps with QAbstractFileEngine::Refresh
+        ModificationTime    = 0x02000000,
+        AccessTime          = 0x04000000,
+
+        Times               = CreationTime | ModificationTime | AccessTime,
+
+        // Owner IDs
+        UserId              = 0x10000000,
+        GroupId             = 0x20000000,
+
+        OwnerIds            = UserId | GroupId,
+
+        PosixStatFlags      = QFileSystemMetaData::OtherPermissions
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::GroupPermissions
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerPermissions
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::FileType
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::SequentialType
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::SizeAttribute
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::Times
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerIds,
+
+        SymbianTEntryFlags  = QFileSystemMetaData::Permissions
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::FileType
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::SequentialType
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::Attributes
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::Times,
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+        WinStatFlags        = QFileSystemMetaData::FileType
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::HiddenAttribute
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::SizeAttribute
+                            | QFileSystemMetaData::Times,
+#endif
+
+        AllMetaDataFlags    = 0xFFFFFFFF
+
+    };
+    Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(MetaDataFlags, MetaDataFlag)
+
+    bool hasFlags(MetaDataFlags flags) const
+    {
+        return ((knownFlagsMask & flags) == flags);
+    }
+
+    MetaDataFlags missingFlags(MetaDataFlags flags)
+    {
+        return flags & ~knownFlagsMask;
+    }
+
+    void clear()
+    {
+        knownFlagsMask = 0;
+    }
+
+    void clearFlags(MetaDataFlags flags = AllMetaDataFlags)
+    {
+        knownFlagsMask &= ~flags;
+    }
+
+    bool exists() const                     { return (entryFlags & ExistsAttribute); }
+
+    bool isLink() const                     { return  (entryFlags & LinkType); }
+    bool isFile() const                     { return (entryFlags & FileType); }
+    bool isDirectory() const                { return (entryFlags & DirectoryType); }
+    bool isBundle() const;
+    bool isAlias() const;
+    bool isLegacyLink() const               { return (entryFlags & LegacyLinkType); }
+    bool isSequential() const               { return (entryFlags & SequentialType); }
+    bool isHidden() const                   { return (entryFlags & HiddenAttribute); }
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+    bool isLnkFile() const                  { return (entryFlags & WinLnkType); }
+#else
+    bool isLnkFile() const                  { return false; }
+#endif
+
+    qint64 size() const                     { return size_; }
+
+    QFile::Permissions permissions() const  { return QFile::Permissions(Permissions & entryFlags); }
+
+    QDateTime creationTime() const;
+    QDateTime modificationTime() const;
+    QDateTime accessTime() const;
+
+    QDateTime fileTime(QAbstractFileEngine::FileTime time) const;
+    uint userId() const;
+    uint groupId() const;
+    uint ownerId(QAbstractFileEngine::FileOwner owner) const;
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
+    void fillFromStatBuf(const QT_STATBUF &statBuffer);
+    void fillFromDirEnt(const QT_DIRENT &statBuffer);
+#endif
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    void fillFromTEntry(const TEntry& entry);
+    void fillFromVolumeInfo(const TVolumeInfo& info);
+#endif
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+    inline void fillFromFileAttribute(DWORD fileAttribute, bool isDriveRoot = false);
+    inline void fillFromFindData(WIN32_FIND_DATA &findData, bool setLinkType = false, bool isDriveRoot = false);
+    inline void fillFromFindInfo(BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION &fileInfo);
+#endif
+private:
+    friend class QFileSystemEngine;
+
+    MetaDataFlags knownFlagsMask;
+    MetaDataFlags entryFlags;
+
+    qint64 size_;
+
+    // Platform-specific data goes here:
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+    DWORD fileAttribute_;
+    FILETIME creationTime_;
+    FILETIME lastAccessTime_;
+    FILETIME lastWriteTime_;
+#elif defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+    TTime modificationTime_;
+#else
+    time_t creationTime_;
+    time_t modificationTime_;
+    time_t accessTime_;
+
+    uint userId_;
+    uint groupId_;
+#endif
+
+};
+
+Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags)
+
+#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+inline bool QFileSystemMetaData::isBundle() const                   { return (entryFlags & BundleType); }
+inline bool QFileSystemMetaData::isAlias() const                    { return (entryFlags & AliasType); }
+#else
+inline bool QFileSystemMetaData::isBundle() const                   { return false; }
+inline bool QFileSystemMetaData::isAlias() const                    { return false; }
+#endif
+
+#if (defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined (Q_OS_SYMBIAN)) || defined (Q_OS_WIN)
+inline QDateTime QFileSystemMetaData::fileTime(QAbstractFileEngine::FileTime time) const
+{
+    switch (time) {
+    case QAbstractFileEngine::ModificationTime:
+        return modificationTime();
+
+    case QAbstractFileEngine::AccessTime:
+        return accessTime();
+
+    case QAbstractFileEngine::CreationTime:
+        return creationTime();
+    }
+
+    return QDateTime();
+}
+#endif
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined (Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+inline QDateTime QFileSystemMetaData::creationTime() const          { return QDateTime::fromTime_t(creationTime_); }
+inline QDateTime QFileSystemMetaData::modificationTime() const      { return QDateTime::fromTime_t(modificationTime_); }
+inline QDateTime QFileSystemMetaData::accessTime() const            { return QDateTime::fromTime_t(accessTime_); }
+
+inline uint QFileSystemMetaData::userId() const                     { return userId_; }
+inline uint QFileSystemMetaData::groupId() const                    { return groupId_; }
+
+inline uint QFileSystemMetaData::ownerId(QAbstractFileEngine::FileOwner owner) const
+{
+    if (owner == QAbstractFileEngine::OwnerUser)
+        return userId();
+    else
+        return groupId();
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+inline QDateTime QFileSystemMetaData::creationTime() const          { return modificationTime(); }
+inline QDateTime QFileSystemMetaData::modificationTime() const      { return qt_symbian_TTime_To_QDateTime(modificationTime_); }
+inline QDateTime QFileSystemMetaData::accessTime() const            { return modificationTime(); }
+
+inline QDateTime QFileSystemMetaData::fileTime(QAbstractFileEngine::FileTime time) const
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(time);
+    return modificationTime();
+}
+inline uint QFileSystemMetaData::userId() const                     { return (uint) -2; }
+inline uint QFileSystemMetaData::groupId() const                    { return (uint) -2; }
+inline uint QFileSystemMetaData::ownerId(QAbstractFileEngine::FileOwner owner) const
+{
+    Q_UNUSED(owner);
+    return (uint) -2;
+}
+#endif
+
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+inline uint QFileSystemMetaData::userId() const                     { return (uint) -2; }
+inline uint QFileSystemMetaData::groupId() const                    { return (uint) -2; }
+inline uint QFileSystemMetaData::ownerId(QAbstractFileEngine::FileOwner owner) const
+{
+    if (owner == QAbstractFileEngine::OwnerUser)
+        return userId();
+    else
+        return groupId();
+}
+
+inline void QFileSystemMetaData::fillFromFileAttribute(DWORD fileAttribute,bool isDriveRoot)
+{
+    fileAttribute_ = fileAttribute;
+    // Ignore the hidden attribute for drives.
+    if (!isDriveRoot && (fileAttribute_ & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN))
+        entryFlags |= HiddenAttribute;
+    entryFlags |= ((fileAttribute & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) ? DirectoryType: FileType);
+    entryFlags |= ExistsAttribute;
+    knownFlagsMask |= FileType | DirectoryType | HiddenAttribute | ExistsAttribute;
+}
+
+inline void QFileSystemMetaData::fillFromFindData(WIN32_FIND_DATA &findData, bool setLinkType, bool isDriveRoot)
+{
+    fillFromFileAttribute(findData.dwFileAttributes, isDriveRoot);
+    creationTime_ = findData.ftCreationTime;
+    lastAccessTime_ = findData.ftLastAccessTime;
+    lastWriteTime_ = findData.ftLastWriteTime;
+    if (fileAttribute_ & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
+        size_ = 0;
+    } else {
+        size_ = findData.nFileSizeHigh;
+        size_ <<= 32;
+        size_ += findData.nFileSizeLow;
+    }
+    knownFlagsMask |=  Times | SizeAttribute;
+    if (setLinkType) {
+        knownFlagsMask |=  LinkType;
+        entryFlags &= ~LinkType;
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
+        if ((fileAttribute_ & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT)
+            && (findData.dwReserved0 == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK
+                || findData.dwReserved0 == IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT)) {
+            entryFlags |= LinkType;
+        }
+#endif
+
+    }
+}
+
+inline void QFileSystemMetaData::fillFromFindInfo(BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION &fileInfo)
+{
+    fillFromFileAttribute(fileInfo.dwFileAttributes);
+    creationTime_ = fileInfo.ftCreationTime;
+    lastAccessTime_ = fileInfo.ftLastAccessTime;
+    lastWriteTime_ = fileInfo.ftLastWriteTime;
+    if (fileAttribute_ & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
+        size_ = 0;
+    } else {
+        size_ = fileInfo.nFileSizeHigh;
+        size_ <<= 32;
+        size_ += fileInfo.nFileSizeLow;
+    }
+    knownFlagsMask |=  Times | SizeAttribute;
+}
+#endif
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+
+#endif // include guard
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp
index 62b9981..ae301f7 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 #include "qfsfileengine_p.h"
 #include "qfsfileengine_iterator_p.h"
+#include "qfilesystemengine_p.h"
 #include "qdatetime.h"
 #include "qdiriterator.h"
 #include "qset.h"
@@ -119,6 +120,9 @@ void QFSFileEnginePrivate::init()
     openMode = QIODevice::NotOpen;
     fd = -1;
     fh = 0;
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    fileHandleForMaps = -1;
+#endif
     lastIOCommand = IOFlushCommand;
     lastFlushFailed = false;
     closeFileHandle = false;
@@ -133,117 +137,13 @@ void QFSFileEnginePrivate::init()
 }
 
 /*!
-    \internal
-
-    Returns the canonicalized form of \a path (i.e., with all symlinks
-    resolved, and all redundant path elements removed.
-*/
-QString QFSFileEnginePrivate::canonicalized(const QString &path)
-{
-    if (path.isEmpty())
-        return path;
-
-    // FIXME let's see if this stuff works, then we might be able to remove some of the other code.
-#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-    if (path.size() == 1 && path.at(0) == QLatin1Char('/'))
-        return path;
-#endif
-#if defined(Q_OS_LINUX) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN) || defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-    // ... but Linux with uClibc does not have it
-#if !defined(__UCLIBC__)
-    char *ret = 0;
-#if defined(Q_OS_MAC) && !defined(QT_NO_CORESERVICES)
-    // Mac OS X 10.5.x doesn't support the realpath(X,0) extension we use here.
-    if (QSysInfo::MacintoshVersion >= QSysInfo::MV_10_6) {
-        ret = realpath(path.toLocal8Bit().constData(), (char*)0);
-    } else {
-        // on 10.5 we can use FSRef to resolve the file path.
-        FSRef fsref;
-        if (FSPathMakeRef((const UInt8 *)QDir::cleanPath(path).toUtf8().data(), &fsref, 0) == noErr) {
-            CFURLRef urlref = CFURLCreateFromFSRef(NULL, &fsref);
-            CFStringRef canonicalPath = CFURLCopyFileSystemPath(urlref, kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle);
-            QString ret = QCFString::toQString(canonicalPath);
-            CFRelease(canonicalPath);
-            CFRelease(urlref);
-            return ret;
-        }
-    }
-#else
-    ret = realpath(path.toLocal8Bit().constData(), (char*)0);
-#endif
-    if (ret) {
-        QString canonicalPath = QDir::cleanPath(QString::fromLocal8Bit(ret));
-        free(ret);
-        return canonicalPath;
-    }
-#endif
-#endif
-
-    QFileInfo fi;
-    const QChar slash(QLatin1Char('/'));
-    QString tmpPath = path;
-    int separatorPos = 0;
-    QSet<QString> nonSymlinks;
-    QSet<QString> known;
-
-    known.insert(path);
-    do {
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-        if (separatorPos == 0) {
-            if (tmpPath.size() >= 2 && tmpPath.at(0) == slash && tmpPath.at(1) == slash) {
-                // UNC, skip past the first two elements
-                separatorPos = tmpPath.indexOf(slash, 2);
-            } else if (tmpPath.size() >= 3 && tmpPath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':') && tmpPath.at(2) == slash) {
-                // volume root, skip since it can not be a symlink
-                separatorPos = 2;
-            }
-        }
-        if (separatorPos != -1)
-#endif
-        separatorPos = tmpPath.indexOf(slash, separatorPos + 1);
-        QString prefix = separatorPos == -1 ? tmpPath : tmpPath.left(separatorPos);
-        if (
-#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
-            // Symbian doesn't support directory symlinks, so do not check for link unless we
-            // are handling the last path element. This not only slightly improves performance,
-            // but also saves us from lot of unnecessary platform security check failures
-            // when dealing with files under *:/private directories.
-            separatorPos == -1 &&
-#endif
-            !nonSymlinks.contains(prefix)) {
-            fi.setFile(prefix);
-            if (fi.isSymLink()) {
-                QString target = fi.symLinkTarget();
-                if(QFileInfo(target).isRelative())
-                    target = fi.absolutePath() + slash + target;
-                if (separatorPos != -1) {
-                    if (fi.isDir() && !target.endsWith(slash))
-                        target.append(slash);
-                    target.append(tmpPath.mid(separatorPos));
-                }
-                tmpPath = QDir::cleanPath(target);
-                separatorPos = 0;
-
-                if (known.contains(tmpPath))
-                    return QString();
-                known.insert(tmpPath);
-            } else {
-                nonSymlinks.insert(prefix);
-            }
-        }
-    } while (separatorPos != -1);
-
-    return QDir::cleanPath(tmpPath);
-}
-
-/*!
     Constructs a QFSFileEngine for the file name \a file.
 */
-QFSFileEngine::QFSFileEngine(const QString &file) : QAbstractFileEngine(*new QFSFileEnginePrivate)
+QFSFileEngine::QFSFileEngine(const QString &file)
+    : QAbstractFileEngine(*new QFSFileEnginePrivate)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    d->filePath = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(file);
-    d->nativeInitFileName();
+    d->fileEntry = QFileSystemEntry(file);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -292,8 +192,7 @@ void QFSFileEngine::setFileName(const QString &file)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
     d->init();
-    d->filePath = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(file);
-    d->nativeInitFileName();
+    d->fileEntry = QFileSystemEntry(file);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -302,7 +201,7 @@ void QFSFileEngine::setFileName(const QString &file)
 bool QFSFileEngine::open(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    if (d->filePath.isEmpty()) {
+    if (d->fileEntry.isEmpty()) {
         qWarning("QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified");
         setError(QFile::OpenError, QLatin1String("No file name specified"));
         return false;
@@ -344,8 +243,7 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::open(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode, FILE *fh)
     d->openMode = openMode;
     d->lastFlushFailed = false;
     d->closeFileHandle = false;
-    d->nativeFilePath.clear();
-    d->filePath.clear();
+    d->fileEntry.clear();
     d->tried_stat = 0;
     d->fd = -1;
 
@@ -401,8 +299,7 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::open(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode, int fd)
     d->openMode = openMode;
     d->lastFlushFailed = false;
     d->closeFileHandle = false;
-    d->nativeFilePath.clear();
-    d->filePath.clear();
+    d->fileEntry.clear();
     d->fh = 0;
     d->fd = -1;
     d->tried_stat = 0;
@@ -458,7 +355,12 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::close()
 bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::closeFdFh()
 {
     Q_Q(QFSFileEngine);
-    if (fd == -1 && !fh)
+    if (fd == -1 && !fh
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+        && !symbianFile.SubSessionHandle()
+        && fileHandleForMaps == -1
+#endif
+        )
         return false;
 
     // Flush the file if it's buffered, and if the last flush didn't fail.
@@ -466,10 +368,24 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::closeFdFh()
     bool closed = true;
     tried_stat = 0;
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    // Map handle is always owned by us so always close it
+    if (fileHandleForMaps >= 0) {
+        QT_CLOSE(fileHandleForMaps);
+        fileHandleForMaps = -1;
+    }
+#endif
+
     // Close the file if we created the handle.
     if (closeFileHandle) {
         int ret;
         do {
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+            if (symbianFile.SubSessionHandle()) {
+                symbianFile.Close();
+                ret = 0;
+            } else
+#endif
             if (fh) {
                 // Close buffered file.
                 ret = fclose(fh) != 0 ? -1 : 0;
@@ -549,28 +465,19 @@ qint64 QFSFileEngine::size() const
 /*!
     \internal
 */
+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
 qint64 QFSFileEnginePrivate::sizeFdFh() const
 {
     Q_Q(const QFSFileEngine);
-    // ### Fix this function, it should not stat unless the file is closed.
-    QT_STATBUF st;
-    int ret = 0;
     const_cast<QFSFileEngine *>(q)->flush();
-    if (fh && nativeFilePath.isEmpty()) {
-        // Buffered stdlib mode.
-        // ### This should really be an ftell
-        ret = QT_FSTAT(QT_FILENO(fh), &st);
-    } else if (fd == -1) {
-        // Stateless stat.
-        ret = QT_STAT(nativeFilePath.constData(), &st);
-    } else {
-        // Unbuffered stdio mode.
-        ret = QT_FSTAT(fd, &st);
-    }
-    if (ret == -1)
+
+    tried_stat = 0;
+    metaData.clearFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::SizeAttribute);
+    if (!doStat(QFileSystemMetaData::SizeAttribute))
         return 0;
-    return st.st_size;
+    return metaData.size();
 }
+#endif
 
 /*!
     \reimp
@@ -877,18 +784,14 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::isSequential() const
 /*!
     \internal
 */
+#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
 bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::isSequentialFdFh() const
 {
-    if (!tried_stat)
-        doStat();
-    if (could_stat) {
-#ifdef Q_OS_UNIX
-        return (st.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFREG;
-        // ### WINDOWS!
-#endif
-    }
+    if (doStat(QFileSystemMetaData::SequentialType))
+        return metaData.isSequential();
     return true;
 }
+#endif
 
 /*!
     \reimp
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator.cpp
index 7e7d70a..f6f08c7 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 ****************************************************************************/
 
 #include "qfsfileengine_iterator_p.h"
+#include "qfileinfo_p.h"
 #include "qvariant.h"
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
@@ -48,13 +49,23 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 QFSFileEngineIterator::QFSFileEngineIterator(QDir::Filters filters, const QStringList &filterNames)
     : QAbstractFileEngineIterator(filters, filterNames)
+    , done(false)
 {
-    newPlatformSpecifics();
 }
 
 QFSFileEngineIterator::~QFSFileEngineIterator()
 {
-    deletePlatformSpecifics();
+}
+
+bool QFSFileEngineIterator::hasNext() const
+{
+    if (!done && !nativeIterator) {
+        nativeIterator.reset(new QFileSystemIterator(QFileSystemEntry(path()),
+                    filters(), nameFilters()));
+        advance();
+    }
+
+    return !done;
 }
 
 QString QFSFileEngineIterator::next()
@@ -66,14 +77,28 @@ QString QFSFileEngineIterator::next()
     return currentFilePath();
 }
 
+void QFSFileEngineIterator::advance() const
+{
+    currentInfo = nextInfo;
+
+    QFileSystemEntry entry;
+    QFileSystemMetaData data;
+    if (nativeIterator->advance(entry, data)) {
+        nextInfo = QFileInfo(new QFileInfoPrivate(entry, data));
+    } else {
+        done = true;
+        nativeIterator.reset();
+    }
+}
+
 QString QFSFileEngineIterator::currentFileName() const
 {
-    return currentEntry;
+    return currentInfo.fileName();
 }
 
 QFileInfo QFSFileEngineIterator::currentFileInfo() const
 {
-    return QAbstractFileEngineIterator::currentFileInfo();
+    return currentInfo;
 }
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_p.h
index be670e0..ac9598d 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_p.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 //
 
 #include "qabstractfileengine.h"
+#include "qfilesystemiterator_p.h"
 #include "qdir.h"
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
@@ -76,13 +77,11 @@ public:
     QFileInfo currentFileInfo() const;
 
 private:
-    QFSFileEngineIteratorPlatformSpecificData *platform;
-    friend class QFSFileEngineIteratorPlatformSpecificData;
-    void newPlatformSpecifics();
-    void deletePlatformSpecifics();
-    void advance();
-
-    QString currentEntry;
+    void advance() const;
+    mutable QScopedPointer<QFileSystemIterator> nativeIterator;
+    mutable QFileInfo currentInfo;
+    mutable QFileInfo nextInfo;
+    mutable bool done;
 };
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_unix.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index bfdb03e..0000000
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_unix.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
-** All rights reserved.
-** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
-**
-** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
-**
-** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
-** No Commercial Usage
-** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
-** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
-** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
-** this package.
-**
-** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
-** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
-** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
-** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
-** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
-** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
-** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
-**
-** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
-** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
-** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
-**
-** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
-** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
-**
-**
-**
-**
-**
-**
-**
-**
-** $QT_END_LICENSE$
-**
-****************************************************************************/
-
-#include "qplatformdefs.h"
-#include "qfsfileengine_iterator_p.h"
-
-#include <QtCore/qvariant.h>
-
-#ifndef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
-
-QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
-
-class QFSFileEngineIteratorPlatformSpecificData
-{
-public:
-    inline QFSFileEngineIteratorPlatformSpecificData()
-        : dir(0), dirEntry(0), done(false)
-#if defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_CYGWIN) && !defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-          , mt_file(0)
-#endif
-    {}
-
-    QT_DIR *dir;
-    QT_DIRENT *dirEntry;
-    bool done;
-
-#if defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_CYGWIN) && !defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-    // for readdir_r
-    QT_DIRENT *mt_file;
-#endif
-};
-
-void QFSFileEngineIterator::advance()
-{
-    currentEntry = platform->dirEntry ? QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(platform->dirEntry->d_name)) : QString();
-
-    if (!platform->dir)
-        return;
-
-#if defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_CYGWIN) && !defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-    if (QT_READDIR_R(platform->dir, platform->mt_file, &platform->dirEntry) != 0)
-        platform->done = true;
-#else
-    // ### add local lock to prevent breaking reentrancy
-    platform->dirEntry = QT_READDIR(platform->dir);
-#endif // _POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS
-    if (!platform->dirEntry) {
-        QT_CLOSEDIR(platform->dir);
-        platform->dir = 0;
-        platform->done = true;
-#if defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_CYGWIN) && !defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-        delete [] platform->mt_file;
-        platform->mt_file = 0;
-#endif
-    }
-}
-
-void QFSFileEngineIterator::newPlatformSpecifics()
-{
-    platform = new QFSFileEngineIteratorPlatformSpecificData;
-}
-
-void QFSFileEngineIterator::deletePlatformSpecifics()
-{
-    if (platform->dir) {
-        QT_CLOSEDIR(platform->dir);
-#if defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_CYGWIN) && !defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-        delete [] platform->mt_file;
-        platform->mt_file = 0;
-#endif
-    }
-    delete platform;
-    platform = 0;
-}
-
-bool QFSFileEngineIterator::hasNext() const
-{
-    if (!platform->done && !platform->dir) {
-        QFSFileEngineIterator *that = const_cast<QFSFileEngineIterator *>(this);
-        if ((that->platform->dir = QT_OPENDIR(QFile::encodeName(path()).data())) == 0) {
-            that->platform->done = true;
-        } else {
-            // ### Race condition; we should use fpathconf and dirfd().
-            long maxPathName = ::pathconf(QFile::encodeName(path()).data(), _PC_NAME_MAX);
-            if ((int) maxPathName == -1)
-                maxPathName = FILENAME_MAX;
-            maxPathName += sizeof(QT_DIRENT) + 1;
-#if defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_CYGWIN) && !defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-            if (that->platform->mt_file)
-                delete [] that->platform->mt_file;
-            that->platform->mt_file = (QT_DIRENT *)new char[maxPathName];
-#endif
-
-            that->advance();
-        }
-    }
-    return !platform->done;
-}
-
-QT_END_NAMESPACE
-
-#endif // QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_win.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_win.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 7181025..0000000
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_iterator_win.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-/****************************************************************************
-**
-** Copyright (C) 2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
-** All rights reserved.
-** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
-**
-** This file is part of the QtCore module of the Qt Toolkit.
-**
-** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
-** No Commercial Usage
-** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
-** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
-** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
-** this package.
-**
-** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
-** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
-** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
-** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
-** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
-** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
-** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
-**
-** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
-** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
-** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
-**
-** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
-** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
-**
-**
-**
-**
-**
-**
-**
-**
-** $QT_END_LICENSE$
-**
-****************************************************************************/
-
-#include "qfsfileengine_iterator_p.h"
-#include "qfsfileengine_p.h"
-#include "qplatformdefs.h"
-
-#include <QtCore/qvariant.h>
-
-QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
-
-class QFSFileEngineIteratorPlatformSpecificData
-{
-public:
-    inline QFSFileEngineIteratorPlatformSpecificData()
-        : uncShareIndex(-1), findFileHandle(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE),
-          done(false), uncFallback(false)
-    {}
-
-    QFSFileEngineIterator *it;
-
-    QStringList uncShares;
-    int uncShareIndex;
-
-    HANDLE findFileHandle;
-    WIN32_FIND_DATA findData;
-    bool done;
-    bool uncFallback;
-
-    void saveCurrentFileName();
-};
-
-void QFSFileEngineIteratorPlatformSpecificData::saveCurrentFileName()
-{
-    if (uncFallback) {
-        // Windows share / UNC path
-        it->currentEntry = uncShares.at(uncShareIndex - 1);
-    } else {
-        // Local directory
-        it->currentEntry = QString::fromWCharArray(findData.cFileName);
-    }
-}
-
-void QFSFileEngineIterator::advance()
-{
-    platform->saveCurrentFileName();
-
-    if (platform->done)
-        return;
-
-    if (platform->uncFallback) {
-        ++platform->uncShareIndex;
-    } else if (platform->findFileHandle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-        if (!FindNextFile(platform->findFileHandle, &platform->findData)) {
-            platform->done = true;
-            FindClose(platform->findFileHandle);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-void QFSFileEngineIterator::newPlatformSpecifics()
-{
-    platform = new QFSFileEngineIteratorPlatformSpecificData;
-    platform->it = this;
-}
-
-void QFSFileEngineIterator::deletePlatformSpecifics()
-{
-    delete platform;
-    platform = 0;
-}
-
-bool QFSFileEngineIterator::hasNext() const
-{
-    if (platform->done)
-        return false;
-
-    if (platform->uncFallback)
-        return platform->uncShareIndex > 0 && platform->uncShareIndex <= platform->uncShares.size();
-
-    if (platform->findFileHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-        QString path = this->path();
-        // Local directory
-        if (path.endsWith(QLatin1String(".lnk")))
-            path = QFileInfo(path).readLink();
-
-        if (!path.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
-            path.append(QLatin1Char('/'));
-        path.append(QLatin1String("*.*"));
-
-        QString fileName = QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path);
-        platform->findFileHandle = FindFirstFile((const wchar_t *)fileName.utf16(), &platform->findData);
-
-        if (platform->findFileHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-            if (path.startsWith(QLatin1String("//"))) {
-                path = this->path();
-                // UNC
-                QStringList parts = QDir::toNativeSeparators(path).split(QLatin1Char('\\'), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
-
-                if (parts.count() == 1 && QFSFileEnginePrivate::uncListSharesOnServer(QLatin1String("\\\\") + parts.at(0),
-                                                                                      &platform->uncShares)) {
-                    if (platform->uncShares.isEmpty()) {
-                        platform->done = true;
-                    } else {
-                        platform->uncShareIndex = 1;
-                    }
-                    platform->uncFallback = true;
-                } else {
-                    platform->done = true;
-                }
-            } else {
-                platform->done = true;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (!platform->done && (!platform->uncFallback || !platform->uncShares.isEmpty()))
-            platform->saveCurrentFileName();
-    }
-
-    return !platform->done;
-}
-
-QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_p.h b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_p.h
index e9e55f3..7c088b8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_p.h
@@ -56,8 +56,14 @@
 #include "qplatformdefs.h"
 #include "QtCore/qfsfileengine.h"
 #include "private/qabstractfileengine_p.h"
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystementry_p.h>
+#include <QtCore/private/qfilesystemmetadata_p.h>
 #include <qhash.h>
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+#include <f32file.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifndef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -74,13 +80,10 @@ public:
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
     static QString longFileName(const QString &path);
 #endif
-    static QString canonicalized(const QString &path);
 
-    QString filePath;
-    QByteArray nativeFilePath;
+    QFileSystemEntry fileEntry;
     QIODevice::OpenMode openMode;
 
-    void nativeInitFileName();
     bool nativeOpen(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode);
     bool openFh(QIODevice::OpenMode flags, FILE *fh);
     bool openFd(QIODevice::OpenMode flags, int fd);
@@ -89,7 +92,9 @@ public:
     bool nativeFlush();
     bool flushFh();
     qint64 nativeSize() const;
+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
     qint64 sizeFdFh() const;
+#endif
     qint64 nativePos() const;
     qint64 posFdFh() const;
     bool nativeSeek(qint64);
@@ -102,12 +107,42 @@ public:
     qint64 writeFdFh(const char *data, qint64 len);
     int nativeHandle() const;
     bool nativeIsSequential() const;
+#ifndef Q_OS_WIN
     bool isSequentialFdFh() const;
+#endif
 
     uchar *map(qint64 offset, qint64 size, QFile::MemoryMapFlags flags);
     bool unmap(uchar *ptr);
 
+    mutable QFileSystemMetaData metaData;
+
     FILE *fh;
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+#ifdef  SYMBIAN_ENABLE_64_BIT_FILE_SERVER_API
+    RFile64 symbianFile;
+    TInt64 symbianFilePos;
+#else
+    RFile symbianFile;
+    
+    /**
+     * The cursor position in the underlying file.  This differs
+     * from devicePos because the latter is updated on calls to
+     * writeData, even if no data was physically transferred to
+     * the file, but instead stored in the write buffer.
+     * 
+     * iFilePos is updated on calls to RFile::Read and
+     * RFile::Write.  It is also updated on calls to seek() but
+     * RFile::Seek is not called when that happens because
+     * Symbian supports positioned reads and writes, saving a file
+     * server call, and because Symbian does not support seeking
+     * past the end of a file.  
+     */
+    TInt symbianFilePos;
+#endif
+    mutable int fileHandleForMaps;
+    int getMapHandle();
+#endif
+
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
     HANDLE fileHandle;
     HANDLE mapHandle;
@@ -120,7 +155,6 @@ public:
     mutable DWORD fileAttrib;
 #else
     QHash<uchar *, QPair<int /*offset % PageSize*/, size_t /*length + offset % PageSize*/> > maps;
-    mutable QT_STATBUF st;
 #endif
     int fd;
 
@@ -142,23 +176,17 @@ public:
     mutable uint is_link : 1;
 #endif
 
-    bool doStat() const;
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+    bool doStat(QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags flags) const;
+#else
+    bool doStat(QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags flags = QFileSystemMetaData::PosixStatFlags) const;
+#endif
     bool isSymlink() const;
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN32)
     int sysOpen(const QString &, int flags);
 #endif
 
-#if defined(Q_OS_WIN32) || defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    static void resolveLibs();
-    static bool resolveUNCLibs();
-    static bool uncListSharesOnServer(const QString &server, QStringList *list);
-#endif
-
-#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
-    void setSymbianError(int symbianError, QFile::FileError defaultError, QString defaultString);
-#endif
-
 protected:
     QFSFileEnginePrivate();
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_unix.cpp
index 03e7283..1e1b35b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_unix.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 #include "qabstractfileengine.h"
 #include "private/qfsfileengine_p.h"
 #include "private/qcore_unix_p.h"
+#include "qfilesystementry_p.h"
+#include "qfilesystemengine_p.h"
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_FSFILEENGINE
 
@@ -67,7 +69,6 @@
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-
 #if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
 /*!
     \internal
@@ -82,56 +83,25 @@ static bool isRelativePathSymbian(const QString& fileName)
              || (fileName.at(0) == QLatin1Char('/') && fileName.at(1) == QLatin1Char('/')))));
 }
 
-/*!
- \internal
- convert symbian error code to the one suitable for setError.
- example usage: setSymbianError(err, QFile::CopyError, QLatin1String("copy error"))
-*/
-void QFSFileEnginePrivate::setSymbianError(int symbianError, QFile::FileError defaultError, QString defaultString)
-{
-    Q_Q(QFSFileEngine);
-    switch (symbianError) {
-    case KErrNone:
-        q->setError(QFile::NoError, QLatin1String(""));
-        break;
-    case KErrAccessDenied:
-        q->setError(QFile::PermissionsError, QLatin1String("access denied"));
-        break;
-    case KErrPermissionDenied:
-        q->setError(QFile::PermissionsError, QLatin1String("permission denied"));
-        break;
-    case KErrAbort:
-        q->setError(QFile::AbortError, QLatin1String("aborted"));
-        break;
-    case KErrCancel:
-        q->setError(QFile::AbortError, QLatin1String("cancelled"));
-        break;
-    case KErrTimedOut:
-        q->setError(QFile::TimeOutError, QLatin1String("timed out"));
-        break;
-    default:
-        q->setError(defaultError, defaultString);
-        break;
-    }
-}
-
 #endif
 
+#ifndef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
 /*!
     \internal
 
     Returns the stdlib open string corresponding to a QIODevice::OpenMode.
 */
-static inline QByteArray openModeToFopenMode(QIODevice::OpenMode flags, const QByteArray &fileName)
+static inline QByteArray openModeToFopenMode(QIODevice::OpenMode flags, const QFileSystemEntry &fileEntry,
+        QFileSystemMetaData &metaData)
 {
     QByteArray mode;
     if ((flags & QIODevice::ReadOnly) && !(flags & QIODevice::Truncate)) {
         mode = "rb";
         if (flags & QIODevice::WriteOnly) {
-            QT_STATBUF statBuf;
-            if (!fileName.isEmpty()
-                && QT_STAT(fileName, &statBuf) == 0
-                && (statBuf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG) {
+            metaData.clearFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::FileType);
+            if (!fileEntry.isEmpty()
+                    && QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(fileEntry, metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::FileType)
+                    && metaData.isFile()) {
                 mode += '+';
             } else {
                 mode = "wb+";
@@ -155,6 +125,7 @@ static inline QByteArray openModeToFopenMode(QIODevice::OpenMode flags, const QB
 
     return mode;
 }
+#endif
 
 /*!
     \internal
@@ -184,6 +155,7 @@ static inline int openModeToOpenFlags(QIODevice::OpenMode mode)
     return oflags;
 }
 
+#ifndef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
 /*!
     \internal
 
@@ -194,15 +166,92 @@ static inline bool setCloseOnExec(int fd)
 {
     return fd != -1 && fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) != -1;
 }
+#endif
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
 /*!
     \internal
 */
-void QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeInitFileName()
+bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeOpen(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
 {
-    nativeFilePath = QFile::encodeName(filePath);
-}
+    Q_Q(QFSFileEngine);
+	
+	fh = 0;
+	fd = -1;
+
+    QString fn(QFileSystemEngine::absoluteName(fileEntry).nativeFilePath());
+    RFs& fs = qt_s60GetRFs();
+
+    TUint symbianMode = 0;
+
+    if(openMode & QIODevice::ReadOnly)
+        symbianMode |= EFileRead;
+    if(openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly)
+        symbianMode |= EFileWrite;
+    if(openMode & QIODevice::Text)
+        symbianMode |= EFileStreamText;
+
+    // pre Symbian 9.4, file I/O is always unbuffered, and the enum values don't exist
+    if(QSysInfo::symbianVersion() >= QSysInfo::SV_9_4) {
+        if (openMode & QFile::Unbuffered) {
+            if (openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly)
+                symbianMode |= 0x00001000; //EFileWriteDirectIO;
+            // ### Unbuffered read is not used, because it prevents file open in /resource
+            // ### and has no obvious benefits
+        } else {
+            if (openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly)
+                symbianMode |= 0x00000800; //EFileWriteBuffered;
+            // use implementation defaults for read buffering
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Until Qt supports file sharing, we can't support EFileShareReadersOrWriters safely,
+    // but Qt does this on other platforms and autotests rely on it.
+    // The reason is that Unix locks are only advisory - the application needs to test the
+    // lock after opening the file. Symbian and Windows locks are mandatory - opening a
+    // locked file will fail.
+    symbianMode |= EFileShareReadersOrWriters;
+
+    TInt r;
+    //note QIODevice::Truncate only has meaning for read/write access
+    //write-only files are always truncated unless append is specified
+    //reference openModeToOpenFlags in qfsfileengine_unix.cpp
+    if ((openMode & QIODevice::Truncate) || (!(openMode & QIODevice::ReadOnly) && !(openMode & QIODevice::Append))) {
+        r = symbianFile.Replace(fs, qt_QString2TPtrC(fn), symbianMode);
+    } else {
+        r = symbianFile.Open(fs, qt_QString2TPtrC(fn), symbianMode);
+        if (r == KErrNotFound && (openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
+            r = symbianFile.Create(fs, qt_QString2TPtrC(fn), symbianMode);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (r == KErrNone) {
+#ifdef SYMBIAN_ENABLE_64_BIT_FILE_SERVER_API
+        TInt64 size;
+#else
+        TInt size;
+#endif
+        r = symbianFile.Size(size);
+        if (r==KErrNone) {
+            if (openMode & QIODevice::Append)
+                symbianFilePos = size;
+            else
+                symbianFilePos = 0;
+            //TODO: port this (QFileSystemMetaData in open?)
+            //cachedSize = size;
+        }
+    }
 
+    if (r != KErrNone) {
+        q->setError(QFile::OpenError, QSystemError(r, QSystemError::NativeError).toString());
+        symbianFile.Close();
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    closeFileHandle = true;
+    return true;
+}
+#else
 /*!
     \internal
 */
@@ -215,7 +264,7 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeOpen(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
 
         // Try to open the file in unbuffered mode.
         do {
-            fd = QT_OPEN(nativeFilePath.constData(), flags, 0666);
+            fd = QT_OPEN(fileEntry.nativeFilePath().constData(), flags, 0666);
         } while (fd == -1 && errno == EINTR);
 
         // On failure, return and report the error.
@@ -228,13 +277,11 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeOpen(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
         if (!(openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
             // we don't need this check if we tried to open for writing because then
             // we had received EISDIR anyway.
-            QT_STATBUF statBuf;
-            if (QT_FSTAT(fd, &statBuf) != -1) {
-                if ((statBuf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
-                    q->setError(QFile::OpenError, QLatin1String("file to open is a directory"));
-                    QT_CLOSE(fd);
-                    return false;
-                }
+            if (QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(fd, metaData)
+                    && metaData.isDirectory()) {
+                q->setError(QFile::OpenError, QLatin1String("file to open is a directory"));
+                QT_CLOSE(fd);
+                return false;
             }
         }
 
@@ -254,11 +301,11 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeOpen(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
 
         fh = 0;
     } else {
-        QByteArray fopenMode = openModeToFopenMode(openMode, nativeFilePath.constData());
+        QByteArray fopenMode = openModeToFopenMode(openMode, fileEntry, metaData);
 
         // Try to open the file in buffered mode.
         do {
-            fh = QT_FOPEN(nativeFilePath.constData(), fopenMode.constData());
+            fh = QT_FOPEN(fileEntry.nativeFilePath().constData(), fopenMode.constData());
         } while (!fh && errno == EINTR);
 
         // On failure, return and report the error.
@@ -271,13 +318,11 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeOpen(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
         if (!(openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
             // we don't need this check if we tried to open for writing because then
             // we had received EISDIR anyway.
-            QT_STATBUF statBuf;
-            if (QT_FSTAT(fileno(fh), &statBuf) != -1) {
-                if ((statBuf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR) {
-                    q->setError(QFile::OpenError, QLatin1String("file to open is a directory"));
-                    fclose(fh);
-                    return false;
-                }
+            if (QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(QT_FILENO(fh), metaData)
+                    && metaData.isDirectory()) {
+                q->setError(QFile::OpenError, QLatin1String("file to open is a directory"));
+                fclose(fh);
+                return false;
             }
         }
 
@@ -303,6 +348,7 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeOpen(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
     closeFileHandle = true;
     return true;
 }
+#endif
 
 /*!
     \internal
@@ -318,6 +364,10 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeClose()
 */
 bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeFlush()
 {
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    if (symbianFile.SubSessionHandle())
+        return (KErrNone == symbianFile.Flush());
+#endif
     return fh ? flushFh() : fd != -1;
 }
 
@@ -328,6 +378,24 @@ qint64 QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeRead(char *data, qint64 len)
 {
     Q_Q(QFSFileEngine);
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    if (symbianFile.SubSessionHandle()) {
+        if(len > KMaxTInt) {
+            //this check is more likely to catch a corrupt length, since it isn't possible to allocate 2GB buffers (yet..)
+            q->setError(QFile::ReadError, QLatin1String("Maximum 2GB in single read on this platform"));
+            return -1;
+        }
+        TPtr8 ptr(reinterpret_cast<TUint8*>(data), static_cast<TInt>(len));
+        TInt r = symbianFile.Read(symbianFilePos, ptr);
+        if (r != KErrNone)
+        {
+            q->setError(QFile::ReadError, QSystemError(r, QSystemError::NativeError).toString());
+            return -1;
+        }
+        symbianFilePos += ptr.Length();
+        return qint64(ptr.Length());
+    }
+#endif
     if (fh && nativeIsSequential()) {
         size_t readBytes = 0;
         int oldFlags = fcntl(QT_FILENO(fh), F_GETFL);
@@ -395,6 +463,40 @@ qint64 QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeReadLine(char *data, qint64 maxlen)
 */
 qint64 QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeWrite(const char *data, qint64 len)
 {
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    Q_Q(QFSFileEngine);
+    if (symbianFile.SubSessionHandle()) {
+        if(len > KMaxTInt) {
+            //this check is more likely to catch a corrupt length, since it isn't possible to allocate 2GB buffers (yet..)
+            q->setError(QFile::WriteError, QLatin1String("Maximum 2GB in single write on this platform"));
+            return -1;
+        }
+        const TPtrC8 ptr(reinterpret_cast<const TUint8*>(data), static_cast<TInt>(len));
+#ifdef SYMBIAN_ENABLE_64_BIT_FILE_SERVER_API
+        TInt64 eofpos = 0;
+#else
+        TInt eofpos = 0;
+#endif
+        //The end of file position is not cached because QFile is read/write sharable, therefore another
+        //process may have altered the file size.
+        TInt r = symbianFile.Seek(ESeekEnd, eofpos);
+        if (r == KErrNone && symbianFilePos > eofpos) {
+            //seek position is beyond end of file so file needs to be extended before write.
+            //note that SetSize does not zero-initialise (c.f. posix lseek)
+            r = symbianFile.SetSize(symbianFilePos);
+        }
+        if (r == KErrNone) {
+            //write to specific position in the file (i.e. use our own cursor rather than calling seek)
+            r = symbianFile.Write(symbianFilePos, ptr);
+        }
+        if (r != KErrNone) {
+            q->setError(QFile::WriteError, QSystemError(r, QSystemError::NativeError).toString());
+            return -1;
+        }
+        symbianFilePos += len;
+        return len;
+    }
+#endif
     return writeFdFh(data, len);
 }
 
@@ -403,6 +505,12 @@ qint64 QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeWrite(const char *data, qint64 len)
 */
 qint64 QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativePos() const
 {
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    const Q_Q(QFSFileEngine);
+    if (symbianFile.SubSessionHandle()) {
+        return symbianFilePos;
+    }
+#endif
     return posFdFh();
 }
 
@@ -411,6 +519,19 @@ qint64 QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativePos() const
 */
 bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeSeek(qint64 pos)
 {
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    Q_Q(QFSFileEngine);
+    if (symbianFile.SubSessionHandle()) {
+#ifndef SYMBIAN_ENABLE_64_BIT_FILE_SERVER_API
+        if(pos > KMaxTInt) {
+            q->setError(QFile::PositionError, QLatin1String("Maximum 2GB file position on this platform"));
+            return false;
+        }
+#endif
+        symbianFilePos = pos;
+        return true;
+    }
+#endif
     return seekFdFh(pos);
 }
 
@@ -422,139 +543,110 @@ int QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeHandle() const
     return fh ? fileno(fh) : fd;
 }
 
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+int QFSFileEnginePrivate::getMapHandle()
+{
+    if (symbianFile.SubSessionHandle()) {
+        // Symbian file handle can't be used for open C mmap() so open the file with open C as well.
+        if (fileHandleForMaps < 0) {
+            int flags = openModeToOpenFlags(openMode);
+            flags &= ~(O_CREAT | O_TRUNC);
+            fileHandleForMaps = ::wopen((wchar_t*)(fileEntry.nativeFilePath().utf16()), flags, 0666);
+        }
+        return fileHandleForMaps;
+    }
+    return nativeHandle();
+}
+#endif
+
 /*!
     \internal
 */
 bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeIsSequential() const
 {
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    if (symbianFile.SubSessionHandle())
+        return false;
+#endif
     return isSequentialFdFh();
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::remove()
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    bool ret = unlink(d->nativeFilePath.constData()) == 0;
-    if (!ret)
-        setError(QFile::RemoveError, qt_error_string(errno));
+    QSystemError error;
+    bool ret = QFileSystemEngine::removeFile(d->fileEntry, error);
+    d->metaData.clear();
+    if (!ret) {
+        setError(QFile::RemoveError, error.toString());
+    }
     return ret;
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::copy(const QString &newName)
 {
-#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    RFs rfs = qt_s60GetRFs();
-    CFileMan* fm = NULL;
-    QString oldNative(QDir::toNativeSeparators(d->filePath));
-    TPtrC oldPtr(qt_QString2TPtrC(oldNative));
-    QFileInfo fi(newName);
-    QString absoluteNewName = fi.absoluteFilePath();
-    QString newNative(QDir::toNativeSeparators(absoluteNewName));
-    TPtrC newPtr(qt_QString2TPtrC(newNative));
-    TRAPD (err,
-        fm = CFileMan::NewL(rfs);
-        RFile rfile;
-        err = rfile.Open(rfs, oldPtr, EFileShareReadersOrWriters);
-        if (err == KErrNone) {
-            err = fm->Copy(rfile, newPtr);
-            rfile.Close();
-        }
-    ) // End TRAP
-    delete fm;
-    if (err == KErrNone)
-        return true;
-    d->setSymbianError(err, QFile::CopyError, QLatin1String("copy error"));
-    return false;
-#else
-    Q_UNUSED(newName);
-    // ### Add copy code for Unix here
-    setError(QFile::UnspecifiedError, QLatin1String("Not implemented!"));
-    return false;
-#endif
+    QSystemError error;
+    bool ret = QFileSystemEngine::copyFile(d->fileEntry, QFileSystemEntry(newName), error);
+    if (!ret) {
+        setError(QFile::CopyError, error.toString());
+    }
+    return ret;
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::rename(const QString &newName)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    bool ret = ::rename(d->nativeFilePath.constData(), QFile::encodeName(newName).constData()) == 0;
-    if (!ret)
-        setError(QFile::RenameError, qt_error_string(errno));
+    QSystemError error;
+    bool ret = QFileSystemEngine::renameFile(d->fileEntry, QFileSystemEntry(newName), error);
+
+    if (!ret) {
+        setError(QFile::RenameError, error.toString());
+    }
+
     return ret;
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::link(const QString &newName)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    bool ret = ::symlink(d->nativeFilePath.constData(), QFile::encodeName(newName).constData()) == 0;
-    if (!ret)
-        setError(QFile::RenameError, qt_error_string(errno));
+    QSystemError error;
+    bool ret = QFileSystemEngine::createLink(d->fileEntry, QFileSystemEntry(newName), error);
+    if (!ret) {
+        setError(QFile::RenameError, error.toString());
+    }
     return ret;
 }
 
 qint64 QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeSize() const
 {
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    const Q_Q(QFSFileEngine);
+    if (symbianFile.SubSessionHandle()) {
+#ifdef SYMBIAN_ENABLE_64_BIT_FILE_SERVER_API
+        qint64 size;
+#else
+        TInt size;
+#endif
+        TInt err = symbianFile.Size(size);
+        if(err != KErrNone) {
+            const_cast<QFSFileEngine*>(q)->setError(QFile::PositionError, QSystemError(err, QSystemError::NativeError).toString());
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return size;
+    }
+#endif
     return sizeFdFh();
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::mkdir(const QString &name, bool createParentDirectories) const
 {
-    QString dirName = name;
-    if (createParentDirectories) {
-        dirName = QDir::cleanPath(dirName);
-#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-        dirName = QDir::toNativeSeparators(dirName);
-#endif
-        for(int oldslash = -1, slash=0; slash != -1; oldslash = slash) {
-            slash = dirName.indexOf(QDir::separator(), oldslash+1);
-            if (slash == -1) {
-                if (oldslash == dirName.length())
-                    break;
-                slash = dirName.length();
-            }
-            if (slash) {
-                QByteArray chunk = QFile::encodeName(dirName.left(slash));
-                QT_STATBUF st;
-                if (QT_STAT(chunk, &st) != -1) {
-                    if ((st.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFDIR)
-                        return false;
-                } else if (QT_MKDIR(chunk, 0777) != 0) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-#if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)  // Mac X doesn't support trailing /'s
-    if (dirName.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
-        dirName.chop(1);
-#endif
-    return (QT_MKDIR(QFile::encodeName(dirName), 0777) == 0);
+    return QFileSystemEngine::createDirectory(QFileSystemEntry(name), createParentDirectories);
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::rmdir(const QString &name, bool recurseParentDirectories) const
 {
-    QString dirName = name;
-    if (recurseParentDirectories) {
-        dirName = QDir::cleanPath(dirName);
-#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-        dirName = QDir::toNativeSeparators(dirName);
-#endif
-        for(int oldslash = 0, slash=dirName.length(); slash > 0; oldslash = slash) {
-            QByteArray chunk = QFile::encodeName(dirName.left(slash));
-            QT_STATBUF st;
-            if (QT_STAT(chunk, &st) != -1) {
-                if ((st.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFDIR)
-                    return false;
-                if (::rmdir(chunk) != 0)
-                    return oldslash != 0;
-            } else {
-                return false;
-            }
-            slash = dirName.lastIndexOf(QDir::separator(), oldslash-1);
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-    return ::rmdir(QFile::encodeName(dirName)) == 0;
+    return QFileSystemEngine::removeDirectory(QFileSystemEntry(name), recurseParentDirectories);
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::caseSensitive() const
@@ -568,94 +660,27 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::caseSensitive() const
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::setCurrentPath(const QString &path)
 {
-    int r;
-    r = QT_CHDIR(QFile::encodeName(path));
-    return r >= 0;
+    return QFileSystemEngine::setCurrentPath(QFileSystemEntry(path));
 }
 
 QString QFSFileEngine::currentPath(const QString &)
 {
-    QString result;
-    QT_STATBUF st;
-#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-    char nativeCurrentName[PATH_MAX+1];
-    if (::getcwd(nativeCurrentName, PATH_MAX))
-        result = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(nativeCurrentName)));
-    if (result.isEmpty()) {
-# if defined(QT_DEBUG)
-        qWarning("QFSFileEngine::currentPath: getcwd() failed");
-# endif
-    } else
-#endif
-    if (QT_STAT(".", &st) == 0) {
-#if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(PATH_MAX)
-        char *currentName = ::get_current_dir_name();
-        if (currentName) {
-            result = QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(currentName));
-            ::free(currentName);
-        }
-#elif !defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-        char currentName[PATH_MAX+1];
-        if (::getcwd(currentName, PATH_MAX))
-            result = QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(currentName));
-# if defined(QT_DEBUG)
-        if (result.isNull())
-            qWarning("QFSFileEngine::currentPath: getcwd() failed");
-# endif
-#endif
-    } else {
-#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-        // If current dir returned by Open C doesn't exist,
-        // try to create it (can happen with application private dirs)
-        // Ignore mkdir failures; we want to be consistent with Open C
-        // current path regardless.
-        QT_MKDIR(QFile::encodeName(QLatin1String(nativeCurrentName)), 0777);
-#else
-# if defined(QT_DEBUG)
-        qWarning("QFSFileEngine::currentPath: stat(\".\") failed");
-# endif
-#endif
-    }
-    return result;
+    return QFileSystemEngine::currentPath().filePath();
 }
 
 QString QFSFileEngine::homePath()
 {
-#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-    QString home = rootPath();
-#else
-    QString home = QFile::decodeName(qgetenv("HOME"));
-    if (home.isNull())
-        home = rootPath();
-#endif
-    return home;
+    return QFileSystemEngine::homePath();
 }
 
 QString QFSFileEngine::rootPath()
 {
-#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-    TFileName symbianPath = PathInfo::PhoneMemoryRootPath();
-    return QDir::cleanPath(QDir::fromNativeSeparators(qt_TDesC2QString(symbianPath)));
-#else
-    return QLatin1String("/");
-#endif
+    return QFileSystemEngine::rootPath();
 }
 
 QString QFSFileEngine::tempPath()
 {
-#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-    TFileName symbianPath = PathInfo::PhoneMemoryRootPath();
-    QString temp = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(qt_TDesC2QString(symbianPath));
-    temp += QLatin1String( "temp/");
-
-    // Just to verify that folder really exist on hardware
-    QT_MKDIR(QFile::encodeName(temp), 0777);
-#else
-    QString temp = QFile::decodeName(qgetenv("TMPDIR"));
-    if (temp.isEmpty())
-        temp = QLatin1String("/tmp/");
-#endif
-    return temp;
+    return QFileSystemEngine::tempPath();
 }
 
 QFileInfoList QFSFileEngine::drives()
@@ -683,123 +708,30 @@ QFileInfoList QFSFileEngine::drives()
     return ret;
 }
 
-bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::doStat() const
+bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::doStat(QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags flags) const
 {
-    if (!tried_stat) {
-        tried_stat = true;
-        could_stat = false;
-
-        if (fh && nativeFilePath.isEmpty()) {
-            // ### actually covers two cases: d->fh and when the file is not open
-            could_stat = (QT_FSTAT(QT_FILENO(fh), &st) == 0);
-        } else if (fd == -1) {
-            // ### actually covers two cases: d->fh and when the file is not open
-#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-            // Optimization for Symbian where fileFlags() calls both doStat() and isSymlink(), but rarely on real links.
-            // When the filename is not a link, lstat will return the same info as stat, but this also removes
-            // any need for a further call to lstat to check if the file is a link.
-            need_lstat = false;
-            could_stat = (QT_LSTAT(nativeFilePath.constData(), &st) == 0);
-            is_link = could_stat ? S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) : false;
-            // if it turns out this was a link, we can call stat too.
-            if (is_link)
-#endif
-            could_stat = (QT_STAT(nativeFilePath.constData(), &st) == 0);
-        } else {
-            could_stat = (QT_FSTAT(fd, &st) == 0);
-        }
-    }
-    return could_stat;
-}
+    if (!tried_stat || !metaData.hasFlags(flags)) {
+        tried_stat = 1;
 
-bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::isSymlink() const
-{
-    if (need_lstat) {
-        need_lstat = false;
+        int localFd = fd;
+        if (fh && fileEntry.isEmpty())
+            localFd = QT_FILENO(fh);
+        if (localFd != -1)
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(localFd, metaData);
 
-        QT_STATBUF st;          // don't clobber our main one
-        is_link = (QT_LSTAT(nativeFilePath.constData(), &st) == 0) ? S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) : false;
+        if (metaData.missingFlags(flags) && !fileEntry.isEmpty())
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(fileEntry, metaData, metaData.missingFlags(flags));
     }
-    return is_link;
-}
 
-#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-static bool _q_isSymbianHidden(const QString &path, bool isDir)
-{
-    RFs rfs = qt_s60GetRFs();
-    QFileInfo fi(path);
-    QString absPath = fi.absoluteFilePath();
-    if (isDir && !absPath.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
-        absPath.append(QLatin1Char('/'));
-    QString native(QDir::toNativeSeparators(absPath));
-    TPtrC ptr(qt_QString2TPtrC(native));
-    TUint attributes;
-    TInt err = rfs.Att(ptr, attributes);
-    return (err == KErrNone && (attributes & KEntryAttHidden));
-}
-#endif
-
-#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-static bool _q_isMacHidden(const QString &path)
-{
-    OSErr err = noErr;
-
-    FSRef fsRef;
-
-    err = FSPathMakeRefWithOptions(reinterpret_cast<const UInt8 *>(QFile::encodeName(QDir::cleanPath(path)).constData()),
-                                    kFSPathMakeRefDoNotFollowLeafSymlink, &fsRef, 0);
-    if (err != noErr)
-        return false;
-
-    FSCatalogInfo catInfo;
-    err = FSGetCatalogInfo(&fsRef, kFSCatInfoFinderInfo, &catInfo, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-    if (err != noErr)
-        return false;
-
-    FileInfo * const fileInfo = reinterpret_cast<FileInfo*>(&catInfo.finderInfo);
-    bool result = (fileInfo->finderFlags & kIsInvisible);
-    return result;
+    return metaData.exists();
 }
-#endif
 
-QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags QFSFileEnginePrivate::getPermissions(QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags type) const
+bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::isSymlink() const
 {
-    QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags ret = 0;
-
-    if (st.st_mode & S_IRUSR)
-        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOwnerPerm;
-    if (st.st_mode & S_IWUSR)
-        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOwnerPerm;
-    if (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR)
-        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeOwnerPerm;
-    if (st.st_mode & S_IRGRP)
-        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadGroupPerm;
-    if (st.st_mode & S_IWGRP)
-        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteGroupPerm;
-    if (st.st_mode & S_IXGRP)
-        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeGroupPerm;
-    if (st.st_mode & S_IROTH)
-        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOtherPerm;
-    if (st.st_mode & S_IWOTH)
-        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOtherPerm;
-    if (st.st_mode & S_IXOTH)
-        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeOtherPerm;
-
-    // calculate user permissions
-    if (type & QAbstractFileEngine::ReadUserPerm) {
-        if (QT_ACCESS(nativeFilePath.constData(), R_OK) == 0)
-            ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadUserPerm;
-    }
-    if (type & QAbstractFileEngine::WriteUserPerm) {
-        if (QT_ACCESS(nativeFilePath.constData(), W_OK) == 0)
-            ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteUserPerm;
-    }
-    if (type & QAbstractFileEngine::ExeUserPerm) {
-        if (QT_ACCESS(nativeFilePath.constData(), X_OK) == 0)
-            ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeUserPerm;
-    }
+    if (!metaData.hasFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType))
+        QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(fileEntry, metaData, QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType);
 
-    return ret;
+    return metaData.isLink();
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -808,364 +740,111 @@ QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags QFSFileEnginePrivate::getPermissions(QAbstractFil
 QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags QFSFileEngine::fileFlags(FileFlags type) const
 {
     Q_D(const QFSFileEngine);
-    // Force a stat, so that we're guaranteed to get up-to-date results
-    if (type & Refresh) {
-        d->tried_stat = 0;
-        d->need_lstat = 1;
-    }
+
+    if (type & Refresh)
+        d->metaData.clear();
 
     QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags ret = 0;
+
     if (type & FlagsMask)
         ret |= LocalDiskFlag;
-    bool exists = d->doStat();
-    if (!exists && !d->isSymlink())
+
+    bool exists;
+    {
+        QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags queryFlags = 0;
+
+        queryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags(uint(type))
+                & QFileSystemMetaData::Permissions;
+
+        if (type & TypesMask)
+            queryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::AliasType
+                    | QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType
+                    | QFileSystemMetaData::FileType
+                    | QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType
+                    | QFileSystemMetaData::BundleType;
+
+        if (type & FlagsMask)
+            queryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::HiddenAttribute
+                    | QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
+
+        queryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType;
+
+        exists = d->doStat(queryFlags);
+    }
+
+    if (!exists && !d->metaData.isLink())
         return ret;
 
     if (exists && (type & PermsMask))
-        ret |= d->getPermissions(type);
+        ret |= FileFlags(uint(d->metaData.permissions()));
+
     if (type & TypesMask) {
-#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-        bool foundAlias = false;
-        {
-            FSRef fref;
-            if (FSPathMakeRef((const UInt8 *)QFile::encodeName(QDir::cleanPath(d->filePath)).data(),
-                             &fref, NULL) == noErr) {
-                Boolean isAlias, isFolder;
-                if (FSIsAliasFile(&fref, &isAlias, &isFolder) == noErr && isAlias) {
-                    foundAlias = true;
-                    ret |= LinkType;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if (!foundAlias)
-#endif
-        {
-            if ((type & LinkType) && d->isSymlink())
+        if (d->metaData.isAlias()) {
+            ret |= LinkType;
+        } else {
+            if ((type & LinkType) && d->metaData.isLink())
                 ret |= LinkType;
-            if (exists && (d->st.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG)
-                ret |= FileType;
-            else if (exists && (d->st.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
-                ret |= DirectoryType;
-#if !defined(QWS) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-            if ((ret & DirectoryType) && (type & BundleType)) {
-                QCFType<CFURLRef> url = CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(0, QCFString(d->filePath),
-                                                                      kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle, true);
-                UInt32 type, creator;
-                if (CFBundleGetPackageInfoInDirectory(url, &type, &creator))
-                    ret |= BundleType;
+            if (exists) {
+                if (d->metaData.isFile()) {
+                    ret |= FileType;
+                } else if (d->metaData.isDirectory()) {
+                    ret |= DirectoryType;
+                    if ((type & BundleType) && d->metaData.isBundle())
+                        ret |= BundleType;
+                }
             }
-#endif
         }
     }
+
     if (type & FlagsMask) {
         if (exists)
             ret |= ExistsFlag;
-#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-        if (d->filePath == QLatin1String("/")
-            || (d->filePath.length() == 3 && d->filePath.at(0).isLetter()
-                && d->filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':') && d->filePath.at(2) == QLatin1Char('/'))) {
+        if (d->fileEntry.isRoot())
             ret |= RootFlag;
-        } else {
-            // In Symbian, all symlinks have hidden attribute for some reason;
-            // lets make them visible for better compatibility with other platforms.
-            // If somebody actually wants a hidden link, then they are out of luck.
-            if (!d->isSymlink() && _q_isSymbianHidden(d->filePath, ret & DirectoryType))
-                ret |= HiddenFlag;
-        }
-#else
-        if (d->filePath == QLatin1String("/")) {
-            ret |= RootFlag;
-        } else {
-            QString baseName = fileName(BaseName);
-            if ((baseName.size() > 0 && baseName.at(0) == QLatin1Char('.'))
-#  if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-                || _q_isMacHidden(d->filePath)
-#   if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_5
-		|| d->st.st_flags & UF_HIDDEN
-#   endif // MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_5
-#  endif
-            ) {
-                ret |= HiddenFlag;
-            }
-        }
-#endif
+        else if (d->metaData.isHidden())
+            ret |= HiddenFlag;
     }
-    return ret;
-}
-
-#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-QString QFSFileEngine::fileName(FileName file) const
-{
-    Q_D(const QFSFileEngine);
-    const QLatin1Char slashChar('/');
-    if(file == BaseName) {
-        int slash = d->filePath.lastIndexOf(slashChar);
-        if(slash == -1) {
-            int colon = d->filePath.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char(':'));
-            if(colon != -1)
-                return d->filePath.mid(colon + 1);
-            return d->filePath;
-        }
-        return d->filePath.mid(slash + 1);
-    } else if(file == PathName) {
-        if(!d->filePath.size())
-            return d->filePath;
-
-        int slash = d->filePath.lastIndexOf(slashChar);
-        if(slash == -1) {
-            if(d->filePath.length() >= 2 && d->filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
-                return d->filePath.left(2);
-            return QLatin1String(".");
-        } else {
-            if(!slash)
-                return QLatin1String("/");
-            if(slash == 2 && d->filePath.length() >= 2 && d->filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
-                slash++;
-            return d->filePath.left(slash);
-        }
-    } else if(file == AbsoluteName || file == AbsolutePathName) {
-        QString ret;
-        if (!isRelativePathSymbian(d->filePath)) {
-            if (d->filePath.size() > 2 && d->filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':')
-                && d->filePath.at(2) != slashChar){
-                // It's a drive-relative path, so C:a.txt -> C:/currentpath/a.txt,
-                // or if it's different drive than current, Z:a.txt -> Z:/a.txt
-                QString currentPath = QDir::currentPath();
-                if (0 == currentPath.left(1).compare(d->filePath.left(1), Qt::CaseInsensitive))
-                    ret = currentPath + slashChar + d->filePath.mid(2);
-                else
-                    ret = d->filePath.left(2) + slashChar + d->filePath.mid(2);
-            } else if (d->filePath.startsWith(slashChar)) {
-                // It's a absolute path to the current drive, so /a.txt -> C:/a.txt
-                ret = QDir::currentPath().left(2) + d->filePath;
-            } else {
-                ret = d->filePath;
-            }
-        } else {
-            ret = QDir::currentPath() + slashChar + d->filePath;
-        }
-
-        // The path should be absolute at this point.
-        // From the docs :
-        // Absolute paths begin with the directory separator "/"
-        // (optionally preceded by a drive specification under Windows).
-        if (ret.at(0) != slashChar) {
-            Q_ASSERT(ret.length() >= 2);
-            Q_ASSERT(ret.at(0).isLetter());
-            Q_ASSERT(ret.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'));
-
-            // Force uppercase drive letters.
-            ret[0] = ret.at(0).toUpper();
-        }
-
-        // Clean up the path
-        bool isDir = ret.endsWith(slashChar);
-        ret = QDir::cleanPath(ret);
-        if (isDir && !ret.endsWith(slashChar))
-            ret += slashChar;
 
-        if (file == AbsolutePathName) {
-            int slash = ret.lastIndexOf(slashChar);
-            if (slash < 0)
-                return ret;
-            else if (ret.at(0) != slashChar && slash == 2)
-                return ret.left(3);      // include the slash
-            else
-                return ret.left(slash > 0 ? slash : 1);
-        }
-        return ret;
-    } else if(file == CanonicalName || file == CanonicalPathName) {
-        if (!(fileFlags(ExistsFlag) & ExistsFlag))
-            return QString();
-
-        QString ret = QFSFileEnginePrivate::canonicalized(fileName(AbsoluteName));
-        if (file == CanonicalPathName && !ret.isEmpty()) {
-            int slash = ret.lastIndexOf(slashChar);
-            if (slash == -1)
-                ret = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(QDir::currentPath());
-            else if (slash == 0)
-                ret = QLatin1String("/");
-            ret = ret.left(slash);
-        }
-        return ret;
-    } else if(file == LinkName) {
-        if (d->isSymlink()) {
-            char s[PATH_MAX+1];
-            int len = readlink(d->nativeFilePath.constData(), s, PATH_MAX);
-            if (len > 0) {
-                s[len] = '\0';
-                QString ret = QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(s));
-
-                if (isRelativePathSymbian(ret)) {
-                    if (!isRelativePathSymbian(d->filePath)) {
-                        ret.prepend(d->filePath.left(d->filePath.lastIndexOf(slashChar))
-                                    + slashChar);
-                    } else {
-                        ret.prepend(QDir::currentPath() + slashChar);
-                    }
-                }
-                ret = QDir::cleanPath(ret);
-                if (ret.size() > 1 && ret.endsWith(slashChar))
-                    ret.chop(1);
-                return ret;
-            }
-        }
-        return QString();
-    } else if(file == BundleName) {
-        return QString();
-    }
-    return d->filePath;
+    return ret;
 }
 
-#else
-
 QString QFSFileEngine::fileName(FileName file) const
 {
     Q_D(const QFSFileEngine);
     if (file == BundleName) {
-#if !defined(QWS) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-        QCFType<CFURLRef> url = CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(0, QCFString(d->filePath),
-                                                              kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle, true);
-        if (QCFType<CFDictionaryRef> dict = CFBundleCopyInfoDictionaryForURL(url)) {
-            if (CFTypeRef name = (CFTypeRef)CFDictionaryGetValue(dict, kCFBundleNameKey)) {
-                if (CFGetTypeID(name) == CFStringGetTypeID())
-                    return QCFString::toQString((CFStringRef)name);
-            }
-        }
-#endif
-        return QString();
+        return QFileSystemEngine::bundleName(d->fileEntry);
     } else if (file == BaseName) {
-        int slash = d->filePath.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));
-        if (slash != -1)
-            return d->filePath.mid(slash + 1);
+        return d->fileEntry.fileName();
     } else if (file == PathName) {
-        int slash = d->filePath.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));
-        if (slash == -1)
-            return QLatin1String(".");
-        else if (!slash)
-            return QLatin1String("/");
-        return d->filePath.left(slash);
+        return d->fileEntry.path();
     } else if (file == AbsoluteName || file == AbsolutePathName) {
-        QString ret;
-        if (d->filePath.isEmpty() || !d->filePath.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
-            ret = QDir::currentPath();
-        if (!d->filePath.isEmpty() && d->filePath != QLatin1String(".")) {
-            if (!ret.isEmpty() && !ret.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
-                ret += QLatin1Char('/');
-            ret += d->filePath;
-        }
-        if (ret == QLatin1String("/"))
-            return ret;
-        bool isDir = ret.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/'));
-        ret = QDir::cleanPath(ret);
-        if (isDir)
-            ret += QLatin1Char('/');
+        QFileSystemEntry entry(QFileSystemEngine::absoluteName(d->fileEntry));
         if (file == AbsolutePathName) {
-            int slash = ret.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));
-            if (slash == -1)
-                return QDir::currentPath();
-            else if (!slash)
-                return QLatin1String("/");
-            return ret.left(slash);
+            return entry.path();
         }
-        return ret;
+        return entry.filePath();
     } else if (file == CanonicalName || file == CanonicalPathName) {
-        if (!(fileFlags(ExistsFlag) & ExistsFlag))
-            return QString();
-
-        QString ret = QFSFileEnginePrivate::canonicalized(fileName(AbsoluteName));
-        if (file == CanonicalPathName && !ret.isEmpty()) {
-            int slash = ret.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));
-            if (slash == -1)
-                ret = QDir::currentPath();
-            else if (slash == 0)
-                ret = QLatin1String("/");
-            ret = ret.left(slash);
-        }
-        return ret;
+        QFileSystemEntry entry(QFileSystemEngine::canonicalName(d->fileEntry, d->metaData));
+        if (file == CanonicalPathName)
+            return entry.path();
+        return entry.filePath();
     } else if (file == LinkName) {
         if (d->isSymlink()) {
-#if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(PATH_MAX)
-#define PATH_CHUNK_SIZE 256
-            char *s = 0;
-            int len = -1;
-            int size = PATH_CHUNK_SIZE;
-
-            while (1) {
-                s = (char *) ::realloc(s, size);
-                Q_CHECK_PTR(s);
-                len = ::readlink(d->nativeFilePath.constData(), s, size);
-                if (len < 0) {
-                    ::free(s);
-                    break;
-                }
-                if (len < size) {
-                    break;
-                }
-                size *= 2;
-            }
-#else
-            char s[PATH_MAX+1];
-            int len = readlink(d->nativeFilePath.constData(), s, PATH_MAX);
-#endif
-            if (len > 0) {
-                QString ret;
-                if (d->doStat() && S_ISDIR(d->st.st_mode) && s[0] != '/') {
-                    QDir parent(d->filePath);
-                    parent.cdUp();
-                    ret = parent.path();
-                    if (!ret.isEmpty() && !ret.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
-                        ret += QLatin1Char('/');
-                }
-                s[len] = '\0';
-                ret += QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(s));
-#if defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(PATH_MAX)
-                ::free(s);
-#endif
-
-                if (!ret.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
-                    if (d->filePath.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
-                        ret.prepend(d->filePath.left(d->filePath.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/')))
-                                    + QLatin1Char('/'));
-                    } else {
-                        ret.prepend(QDir::currentPath() + QLatin1Char('/'));
-                    }
-                }
-                ret = QDir::cleanPath(ret);
-                if (ret.size() > 1 && ret.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
-                    ret.chop(1);
-                return ret;
-            }
-        }
-#if !defined(QWS) && !defined(Q_WS_QPA) && defined(Q_OS_MAC)
-        {
-            FSRef fref;
-            if (FSPathMakeRef((const UInt8 *)QFile::encodeName(QDir::cleanPath(d->filePath)).data(), &fref, 0) == noErr) {
-                Boolean isAlias, isFolder;
-                if (FSResolveAliasFile(&fref, true, &isFolder, &isAlias) == noErr && isAlias) {
-                    AliasHandle alias;
-                    if (FSNewAlias(0, &fref, &alias) == noErr && alias) {
-                        QCFString cfstr;
-                        if (FSCopyAliasInfo(alias, 0, 0, &cfstr, 0, 0) == noErr)
-                            return QCFString::toQString(cfstr);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+            QFileSystemEntry entry = QFileSystemEngine::getLinkTarget(d->fileEntry, d->metaData);
+            return entry.filePath();
         }
-#endif
         return QString();
     }
-    return d->filePath;
+    return d->fileEntry.filePath();
 }
-#endif // Q_OS_SYMBIAN
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::isRelativePath() const
 {
     Q_D(const QFSFileEngine);
 #if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-    return isRelativePathSymbian(d->filePath);
+    return isRelativePathSymbian(d->fileEntry.filePath());
 #else
-    return d->filePath.length() ? d->filePath[0] != QLatin1Char('/') : true;
+    return d->fileEntry.filePath().length() ? d->fileEntry.filePath()[0] != QLatin1Char('/') : true;
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -1173,101 +852,73 @@ uint QFSFileEngine::ownerId(FileOwner own) const
 {
     Q_D(const QFSFileEngine);
     static const uint nobodyID = (uint) -2;
-    if (d->doStat()) {
-        if (own == OwnerUser)
-            return d->st.st_uid;
-        else
-            return d->st.st_gid;
-    }
+
+    if (d->doStat(QFileSystemMetaData::OwnerIds))
+        return d->metaData.ownerId(own);
+
     return nobodyID;
 }
 
 QString QFSFileEngine::owner(FileOwner own) const
 {
-#if !defined(QT_NO_THREAD) && defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_OPENBSD)
-    int size_max = sysconf(_SC_GETPW_R_SIZE_MAX);
-    if (size_max == -1)
-        size_max = 1024;
-    QVarLengthArray<char, 1024> buf(size_max);
-#endif
-
-    if (own == OwnerUser) {
-        struct passwd *pw = 0;
-#if !defined(QT_NO_THREAD) && defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_OPENBSD)
-        struct passwd entry;
-        getpwuid_r(ownerId(own), &entry, buf.data(), buf.size(), &pw);
-#else
-        pw = getpwuid(ownerId(own));
-#endif
-        if (pw)
-            return QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(pw->pw_name));
-    } else if (own == OwnerGroup) {
-#if !defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
-        struct group *gr = 0;
-#if !defined(QT_NO_THREAD) && defined(_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && !defined(Q_OS_OPENBSD)
-        size_max = sysconf(_SC_GETGR_R_SIZE_MAX);
-        if (size_max == -1)
-            size_max = 1024;
-        buf.resize(size_max);
-        struct group entry;
-        // Some large systems have more members than the POSIX max size
-        // Loop over by doubling the buffer size (upper limit 250k)
-        for (unsigned size = size_max; size < 256000; size += size)
-        {
-            buf.resize(size);
-            // ERANGE indicates that the buffer was too small
-            if (!getgrgid_r(ownerId(own), &entry, buf.data(), buf.size(), &gr)
-                || errno != ERANGE)
-                break;
-        }
+#ifndef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+    if (own == OwnerUser)
+        return QFileSystemEngine::resolveUserName(ownerId(own));
+    return QFileSystemEngine::resolveGroupName(ownerId(own));
 #else
-        gr = getgrgid(ownerId(own));
-#endif
-        if (gr)
-            return QFile::decodeName(QByteArray(gr->gr_name));
-#endif
-    }
     return QString();
+#endif
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::setPermissions(uint perms)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
+    QSystemError error;
+    if (!QFileSystemEngine::setPermissions(d->fileEntry, QFile::Permissions(perms), error, 0)) {
+        setError(QFile::PermissionsError, error.toString());
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
+bool QFSFileEngine::setSize(qint64 size)
+{
+    Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
     bool ret = false;
-    mode_t mode = 0;
-    if (perms & ReadOwnerPerm)
-        mode |= S_IRUSR;
-    if (perms & WriteOwnerPerm)
-        mode |= S_IWUSR;
-    if (perms & ExeOwnerPerm)
-        mode |= S_IXUSR;
-    if (perms & ReadUserPerm)
-        mode |= S_IRUSR;
-    if (perms & WriteUserPerm)
-        mode |= S_IWUSR;
-    if (perms & ExeUserPerm)
-        mode |= S_IXUSR;
-    if (perms & ReadGroupPerm)
-        mode |= S_IRGRP;
-    if (perms & WriteGroupPerm)
-        mode |= S_IWGRP;
-    if (perms & ExeGroupPerm)
-        mode |= S_IXGRP;
-    if (perms & ReadOtherPerm)
-        mode |= S_IROTH;
-    if (perms & WriteOtherPerm)
-        mode |= S_IWOTH;
-    if (perms & ExeOtherPerm)
-        mode |= S_IXOTH;
-    if (d->fd != -1)
-        ret = fchmod(d->fd, mode) == 0;
-    else
-        ret = ::chmod(d->nativeFilePath.constData(), mode) == 0;
-    if (!ret)
-        setError(QFile::PermissionsError, qt_error_string(errno));
+    TInt err = KErrNone;
+    if (d->symbianFile.SubSessionHandle()) {
+        TInt err = d->symbianFile.SetSize(size);
+        ret = (err == KErrNone);
+        if (ret && d->symbianFilePos > size)
+            d->symbianFilePos = size;
+    }
+    else if (d->fd != -1)
+        ret = QT_FTRUNCATE(d->fd, size) == 0;
+    else if (d->fh)
+        ret = QT_FTRUNCATE(QT_FILENO(d->fh), size) == 0;
+    else {
+        RFile tmp;
+        QString symbianFilename(d->fileEntry.nativeFilePath());
+        err = tmp.Open(qt_s60GetRFs(), qt_QString2TPtrC(symbianFilename), EFileWrite);
+        if (err == KErrNone)
+        {
+            err = tmp.SetSize(size);
+            tmp.Close();
+        }
+        ret = (err == KErrNone);
+    }
+    if (!ret) {
+        QSystemError error;
+        if (err)
+            error = QSystemError(err, QSystemError::NativeError);
+        else
+            error = QSystemError(errno, QSystemError::StandardLibraryError);
+        setError(QFile::ResizeError, error.toString());
+    }
     return ret;
 }
-
+#else
 bool QFSFileEngine::setSize(qint64 size)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
@@ -1277,25 +928,21 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::setSize(qint64 size)
     else if (d->fh)
         ret = QT_FTRUNCATE(QT_FILENO(d->fh), size) == 0;
     else
-        ret = QT_TRUNCATE(d->nativeFilePath.constData(), size) == 0;
+        ret = QT_TRUNCATE(d->fileEntry.nativeFilePath().constData(), size) == 0;
     if (!ret)
         setError(QFile::ResizeError, qt_error_string(errno));
     return ret;
 }
+#endif
 
 QDateTime QFSFileEngine::fileTime(FileTime time) const
 {
     Q_D(const QFSFileEngine);
-    QDateTime ret;
-    if (d->doStat()) {
-        if (time == CreationTime)
-            ret.setTime_t(d->st.st_ctime ? d->st.st_ctime : d->st.st_mtime);
-        else if (time == ModificationTime)
-            ret.setTime_t(d->st.st_mtime);
-        else if (time == AccessTime)
-            ret.setTime_t(d->st.st_atime);
-    }
-    return ret;
+
+    if (d->doStat(QFileSystemMetaData::Times))
+        return d->metaData.fileTime(time);
+
+    return QDateTime();
 }
 
 uchar *QFSFileEnginePrivate::map(qint64 offset, qint64 size, QFile::MemoryMapFlags flags)
@@ -1315,8 +962,8 @@ uchar *QFSFileEnginePrivate::map(qint64 offset, qint64 size, QFile::MemoryMapFla
 
     // If we know the mapping will extend beyond EOF, fail early to avoid
     // undefined behavior. Otherwise, let mmap have its say.
-    if (doStat()
-            && (QT_OFF_T(size) > st.st_size - QT_OFF_T(offset)))
+    if (doStat(QFileSystemMetaData::SizeAttribute)
+            && (QT_OFF_T(size) > metaData.size() - QT_OFF_T(offset)))
         qWarning("QFSFileEngine::map: Mapping a file beyond its size is not portable");
 
     int access = 0;
@@ -1338,7 +985,7 @@ uchar *QFSFileEnginePrivate::map(qint64 offset, qint64 size, QFile::MemoryMapFla
 #ifdef Q_OS_SYMBIAN
     void *mapAddress;
     TRAPD(err,     mapAddress = QT_MMAP((void*)0, realSize,
-                   access, MAP_SHARED, nativeHandle(), realOffset));
+                   access, MAP_SHARED, getMapHandle(), realOffset));
     if (err != KErrNone) {
         qWarning("OpenC bug: leave from mmap %d", err);
         mapAddress = MAP_FAILED;
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_win.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_win.cpp
index 71b10b4..3b6e80c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_win.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine_win.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include "qplatformdefs.h"
 #include "qabstractfileengine.h"
 #include "private/qfsfileengine_p.h"
-#include <private/qsystemlibrary_p.h>
+#include "qfilesystemengine_p.h"
 #include <qdebug.h>
 
 #include "qfile.h"
@@ -69,239 +69,12 @@
 #define SECURITY_WIN32
 #include <security.h>
 
-#ifndef SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE
-#define SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE 257
-#endif
-
 #ifndef PATH_MAX
 #define PATH_MAX FILENAME_MAX
 #endif
 
-#ifndef _INTPTR_T_DEFINED
-#ifdef  _WIN64
-typedef __int64             intptr_t;
-#else
-#ifdef _W64
-typedef _W64 int            intptr_t;
-#else
-typedef INT_PTR intptr_t;
-#endif
-#endif
-#define _INTPTR_T_DEFINED
-#endif
-
-#ifndef INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES
-#  define INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES (DWORD (-1))
-#endif
-
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-#  if !defined(REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_HEADER_SIZE)
-typedef struct _REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER {
-    ULONG  ReparseTag;
-    USHORT ReparseDataLength;
-    USHORT Reserved;
-    union {
-        struct {
-            USHORT SubstituteNameOffset;
-            USHORT SubstituteNameLength;
-            USHORT PrintNameOffset;
-            USHORT PrintNameLength;
-            ULONG  Flags;
-            WCHAR  PathBuffer[1];
-        } SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer;
-        struct {
-            USHORT SubstituteNameOffset;
-            USHORT SubstituteNameLength;
-            USHORT PrintNameOffset;
-            USHORT PrintNameLength;
-            WCHAR  PathBuffer[1];
-        } MountPointReparseBuffer;
-        struct {
-            UCHAR  DataBuffer[1];
-        } GenericReparseBuffer;
-    };
-} REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER, *PREPARSE_DATA_BUFFER;
-#    define REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_HEADER_SIZE  FIELD_OFFSET(REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER, GenericReparseBuffer)
-#  endif // !defined(REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_HEADER_SIZE)
-
-#  ifndef MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE
-#    define MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE 16384
-#  endif
-#  ifndef IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK
-#    define IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK (0xA000000CL)
-#  endif
-#  ifndef FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT
-#    define FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_FILE_SYSTEM, 42, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_ANY_ACCESS)
-#  endif
-#endif // !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-static QString readLink(const QString &link);
-
-Q_CORE_EXPORT int qt_ntfs_permission_lookup = 0;
-
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-static QString qfsPrivateCurrentDir = QLatin1String("");
-// As none of the functions we try to resolve do exist on Windows CE
-// we use QT_NO_LIBRARY to shorten everything up a little bit.
-#define QT_NO_LIBRARY 1
-#endif
-
-#if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
-QT_BEGIN_INCLUDE_NAMESPACE
-typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrGetNamedSecurityInfoW)(LPWSTR, SE_OBJECT_TYPE, SECURITY_INFORMATION, PSID*, PSID*, PACL*, PACL*, PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR*);
-static PtrGetNamedSecurityInfoW ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW = 0;
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrLookupAccountSidW)(LPCWSTR, PSID, LPWSTR, LPDWORD, LPWSTR, LPDWORD, PSID_NAME_USE);
-static PtrLookupAccountSidW ptrLookupAccountSidW = 0;
-typedef VOID (WINAPI *PtrBuildTrusteeWithSidW)(PTRUSTEE_W, PSID);
-static PtrBuildTrusteeWithSidW ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW = 0;
-typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW)(PACL, PTRUSTEE_W, OUT PACCESS_MASK);
-static PtrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW = 0;
-static TRUSTEE_W currentUserTrusteeW;
-static TRUSTEE_W worldTrusteeW;
-
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrGetUserProfileDirectoryW)(HANDLE, LPWSTR, LPDWORD);
-static PtrGetUserProfileDirectoryW ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW = 0;
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW)(LPCWSTR,LPWSTR,DWORD,PDWORD);
-static PtrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW ptrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW = 0;
-QT_END_INCLUDE_NAMESPACE
-
-
-void QFSFileEnginePrivate::resolveLibs()
-{
-    static bool triedResolve = false;
-    if (!triedResolve) {
-        // need to resolve the security info functions
-
-        // protect initialization
-#ifndef QT_NO_THREAD
-        QMutexLocker locker(QMutexPool::globalInstanceGet(&triedResolve));
-        // check triedResolve again, since another thread may have already
-        // done the initialization
-        if (triedResolve) {
-            // another thread did initialize the security function pointers,
-            // so we shouldn't do it again.
-            return;
-        }
-#endif
-
-        triedResolve = true;
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        HINSTANCE advapiHnd = QSystemLibrary::load(L"advapi32");
-        if (advapiHnd) {
-            ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW = (PtrGetNamedSecurityInfoW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "GetNamedSecurityInfoW");
-            ptrLookupAccountSidW = (PtrLookupAccountSidW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "LookupAccountSidW");
-            ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW = (PtrBuildTrusteeWithSidW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "BuildTrusteeWithSidW");
-            ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW = (PtrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "GetEffectiveRightsFromAclW");
-        }
-        if (ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW) {
-            // Create TRUSTEE for current user
-            HANDLE hnd = ::GetCurrentProcess();
-            HANDLE token = 0;
-            if (::OpenProcessToken(hnd, TOKEN_QUERY, &token)) {
-                TOKEN_USER tu;
-                DWORD retsize;
-                if (::GetTokenInformation(token, TokenUser, &tu, sizeof(tu), &retsize))
-                    ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW(&currentUserTrusteeW, tu.User.Sid);
-                ::CloseHandle(token);
-            }
-
-            typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PtrAllocateAndInitializeSid)(PSID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY, BYTE, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, PSID*);
-            PtrAllocateAndInitializeSid ptrAllocateAndInitializeSid = (PtrAllocateAndInitializeSid)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "AllocateAndInitializeSid");
-            typedef PVOID (WINAPI *PtrFreeSid)(PSID);
-            PtrFreeSid ptrFreeSid = (PtrFreeSid)GetProcAddress(advapiHnd, "FreeSid");
-            if (ptrAllocateAndInitializeSid && ptrFreeSid) {
-                // Create TRUSTEE for Everyone (World)
-                SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY worldAuth = { SECURITY_WORLD_SID_AUTHORITY };
-                PSID pWorld = 0;
-                if (ptrAllocateAndInitializeSid(&worldAuth, 1, SECURITY_WORLD_RID, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &pWorld))
-                    ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW(&worldTrusteeW, pWorld);
-                ptrFreeSid(pWorld);
-            }
-        }
-        HINSTANCE userenvHnd = QSystemLibrary::load(L"userenv");
-        if (userenvHnd)
-            ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW = (PtrGetUserProfileDirectoryW)GetProcAddress(userenvHnd, "GetUserProfileDirectoryW");
-        HINSTANCE kernel32 = LoadLibrary(L"kernel32");
-        if(kernel32)
-            ptrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW = (PtrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW)GetProcAddress(kernel32, "GetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW");
-#endif
-    }
-}
-#endif // QT_NO_LIBRARY
-
-typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrNetShareEnum)(LPWSTR, DWORD, LPBYTE*, DWORD, LPDWORD, LPDWORD, LPDWORD);
-static PtrNetShareEnum ptrNetShareEnum = 0;
-typedef DWORD (WINAPI *PtrNetApiBufferFree)(LPVOID);
-static PtrNetApiBufferFree ptrNetApiBufferFree = 0;
-typedef struct _SHARE_INFO_1 {
-    LPWSTR shi1_netname;
-    DWORD shi1_type;
-    LPWSTR shi1_remark;
-} SHARE_INFO_1;
-
-
-bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::resolveUNCLibs()
-{
-    static bool triedResolve = false;
-    if (!triedResolve) {
-#ifndef QT_NO_THREAD
-        QMutexLocker locker(QMutexPool::globalInstanceGet(&triedResolve));
-        if (triedResolve) {
-            return ptrNetShareEnum && ptrNetApiBufferFree;
-        }
-#endif
-        triedResolve = true;
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        HINSTANCE hLib = QSystemLibrary::load(L"Netapi32");
-        if (hLib) {
-            ptrNetShareEnum = (PtrNetShareEnum)GetProcAddress(hLib, "NetShareEnum");
-            if (ptrNetShareEnum)
-                ptrNetApiBufferFree = (PtrNetApiBufferFree)GetProcAddress(hLib, "NetApiBufferFree");
-        }
-#endif
-    }
-    return ptrNetShareEnum && ptrNetApiBufferFree;
-}
-
-bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::uncListSharesOnServer(const QString &server, QStringList *list)
-{
-    if (resolveUNCLibs()) {
-        SHARE_INFO_1 *BufPtr, *p;
-        DWORD res;
-        DWORD er = 0, tr = 0, resume = 0, i;
-        do {
-            res = ptrNetShareEnum((wchar_t*)server.utf16(), 1, (LPBYTE *)&BufPtr, DWORD(-1), &er, &tr, &resume);
-            if (res == ERROR_SUCCESS || res == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
-                p = BufPtr;
-                for (i = 1; i <= er; ++i) {
-                    if (list && p->shi1_type == 0)
-                        list->append(QString::fromWCharArray(p->shi1_netname));
-                    p++;
-                }
-            }
-            ptrNetApiBufferFree(BufPtr);
-        } while (res == ERROR_MORE_DATA);
-        return res == ERROR_SUCCESS;
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
-static bool isUncRoot(const QString &server)
-{
-    QString localPath = QDir::toNativeSeparators(server);
-    if (!localPath.startsWith(QLatin1String("\\\\")))
-        return false;
-
-    int idx = localPath.indexOf(QLatin1Char('\\'), 2);
-    if (idx == -1 || idx + 1 == localPath.length())
-        return true;
-
-    localPath = localPath.right(localPath.length() - idx - 1).trimmed();
-    return localPath.isEmpty();
-}
-
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
 static inline bool isUncPath(const QString &path)
 {
@@ -311,73 +84,6 @@ static inline bool isUncPath(const QString &path)
 }
 #endif
 
-static inline bool isRelativePath(const QString &path)
-{
-    // drive, e.g. "a:", or UNC root, e.q. "//"
-    return !(path.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))
-           || (path.length() >= 2
-           && ((path.at(0).isLetter() && path.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
-           || (path.at(0) == QLatin1Char('/') && path.at(1) == QLatin1Char('/')))));
-}
-
-static QString fixIfRelativeUncPath(const QString &path)
-{
-    if (isRelativePath(path)) {
-        QString currentPath = QDir::currentPath() + QLatin1Char('/');
-        if (currentPath.startsWith(QLatin1String("//")))
-            return QString(path).prepend(currentPath);
-    }
-    return path;
-}
-
-// can be //server or //server/share
-static bool uncShareExists(const QString &server)
-{
-    QStringList parts = server.split(QLatin1Char('\\'), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
-    if (parts.count()) {
-        QStringList shares;
-        if (QFSFileEnginePrivate::uncListSharesOnServer(QLatin1String("\\\\") + parts.at(0), &shares))
-            return parts.count() >= 2 ? shares.contains(parts.at(1), Qt::CaseInsensitive) : true;
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
-static inline bool isDriveRoot(const QString &path)
-{
-    return (path.length() == 3
-           && path.at(0).isLetter() && path.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':')
-           && path.at(2) == QLatin1Char('/'));
-}
-
-static QString nativeAbsoluteFilePath(const QString &path)
-{
-    QString absPath;
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    QVarLengthArray<wchar_t, MAX_PATH> buf(qMax(MAX_PATH, path.size() + 1));
-    wchar_t *fileName = 0;
-    DWORD retLen = GetFullPathName((wchar_t*)path.utf16(), buf.size(), buf.data(), &fileName);
-    if (retLen > (DWORD)buf.size()) {
-        buf.resize(retLen);
-        retLen = GetFullPathName((wchar_t*)path.utf16(), buf.size(), buf.data(), &fileName);
-    }
-    if (retLen != 0)
-        absPath = QString::fromWCharArray(buf.data(), retLen);
-#else
-    if (path.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/')) || path.startsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
-        absPath = QDir::toNativeSeparators(path);
-    else
-        absPath = QDir::toNativeSeparators(QDir::cleanPath(qfsPrivateCurrentDir + QLatin1Char('/') + path));
-#endif
-    // This is really ugly, but GetFullPathName strips off whitespace at the end.
-    // If you for instance write ". " in the lineedit of QFileDialog,
-    // (which is an invalid filename) this function will strip the space off and viola,
-    // the file is later reported as existing. Therefore, we re-add the whitespace that
-    // was at the end of path in order to keep the filename invalid.
-    if (!path.isEmpty() && path.at(path.size() - 1) == QLatin1Char(' '))
-        absPath.append(QLatin1Char(' '));
-    return absPath;
-}
-
 /*!
     \internal
 */
@@ -386,7 +92,7 @@ QString QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(const QString &path)
     if (path.startsWith(QLatin1String("\\\\.\\")))
         return path;
 
-    QString absPath = nativeAbsoluteFilePath(path);
+    QString absPath = QFileSystemEngine::nativeAbsoluteFilePath(path);
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
     QString prefix = QLatin1String("\\\\?\\");
     if (isUncPath(absPath)) {
@@ -402,15 +108,6 @@ QString QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(const QString &path)
 /*
     \internal
 */
-void QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeInitFileName()
-{
-    QString path = longFileName(QDir::toNativeSeparators(fixIfRelativeUncPath(filePath)));
-    nativeFilePath = QByteArray((const char *)path.utf16(), path.size() * 2 + 1);
-}
-
-/*
-    \internal
-*/
 bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeOpen(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
 {
     Q_Q(QFSFileEngine);
@@ -428,9 +125,8 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeOpen(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
 
     // WriteOnly can create files, ReadOnly cannot.
     DWORD creationDisp = (openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly) ? OPEN_ALWAYS : OPEN_EXISTING;
-
     // Create the file handle.
-    fileHandle = CreateFile((const wchar_t*)nativeFilePath.constData(),
+    fileHandle = CreateFile((const wchar_t*)fileEntry.nativeFilePath().utf16(),
                             accessRights,
                             shareMode,
                             &securityAtts,
@@ -520,17 +216,9 @@ qint64 QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeSize() const
     // ### Don't flush; for buffered files, we should get away with ftell.
     thatQ->flush();
 
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    // stdlib/stdio mode.
-    if (fh || fd != -1) {
-        qint64 fileSize = _filelengthi64(fh ? QT_FILENO(fh) : fd);
-        if (fileSize == -1) {
-            fileSize = 0;
-            thatQ->setError(QFile::UnspecifiedError, qt_error_string(errno));
-        }
-        return fileSize;
-    }
-#else // Q_OS_WINCE
+    // Always retrive the current information
+    metaData.clearFlags(QFileSystemMetaData::SizeAttribute);
+#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
     // Buffered stdlib mode.
     if (fh) {
         QT_OFF_T oldPos = QT_FTELL(fh);
@@ -543,70 +231,22 @@ qint64 QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeSize() const
         }
         return fileSize;
     }
-#endif
-
-    // Not-open mode, where the file name is known: We'll check the
-    // file system directly.
-    if (openMode == QIODevice::NotOpen && !nativeFilePath.isEmpty()) {
-        WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA attribData;
-        bool ok = ::GetFileAttributesEx((const wchar_t*)nativeFilePath.constData(),
-                                        GetFileExInfoStandard, &attribData);
-        if (!ok) {
-            int errorCode = GetLastError();
-            if (errorCode == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED || errorCode == ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION) {
-                QByteArray path = nativeFilePath;
-                // path for the FindFirstFile should not end with a trailing slash
-                while (!path.isEmpty() && reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(
-                                path.constData() + path.length())[-1] == '\\')
-                    path.chop(2);
-
-                // FindFirstFile can not handle drives
-                if (!path.isEmpty() && reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t *>(
-                                path.constData() + path.length())[-1] != ':') {
-                    WIN32_FIND_DATA findData;
-                    HANDLE hFind = ::FindFirstFile((const wchar_t*)path.constData(),
-                                                   &findData);
-                    if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-                        ::FindClose(hFind);
-                        ok = true;
-                        attribData.nFileSizeHigh = findData.nFileSizeHigh;
-                        attribData.nFileSizeLow = findData.nFileSizeLow;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if (ok) {
-            qint64 size = attribData.nFileSizeHigh;
-            size <<= 32;
-            size += attribData.nFileSizeLow;
-            return size;
-        }
-        thatQ->setError(QFile::UnspecifiedError, qt_error_string());
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    // Unbuffed stdio mode
     if (fd != -1) {
         thatQ->setError(QFile::UnspecifiedError, QLatin1String("Not implemented!"));
         return 0;
     }
 #endif
+    bool filled = false;
+    if (fileHandle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && openMode != QIODevice::NotOpen )
+        filled = QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(fileHandle, metaData,
+                                                 QFileSystemMetaData::SizeAttribute);
+    else
+        filled = doStat(QFileSystemMetaData::SizeAttribute);
 
-    // Windows native mode.
-    if (fileHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-        return 0;
-
-    BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION fileInfo;
-    if (!GetFileInformationByHandle(fileHandle, &fileInfo)) {
-        thatQ->setError(QFile::UnspecifiedError, qt_error_string());
-        return 0;
+    if (!filled) {
+        thatQ->setError(QFile::UnspecifiedError, qt_error_string(errno));
     }
-
-    qint64 size = fileInfo.nFileSizeHigh;
-    size <<= 32;
-    size += fileInfo.nFileSizeLow;
-    return size;
+    return metaData.size();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -840,159 +480,41 @@ bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::nativeIsSequential() const
 bool QFSFileEngine::remove()
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    bool ret = ::DeleteFile((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16()) != 0;
+    QSystemError error;
+    bool ret = QFileSystemEngine::removeFile(d->fileEntry, error);
     if (!ret)
-        setError(QFile::RemoveError, qt_error_string());
+        setError(QFile::RemoveError, error.toString());
     return ret;
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::copy(const QString &copyName)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    bool ret = ::CopyFile((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16(),
-                          (wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(copyName).utf16(), true) != 0;
+    QSystemError error;
+    bool ret = QFileSystemEngine::copyFile(d->fileEntry, QFileSystemEntry(copyName), error);
     if (!ret)
-        setError(QFile::CopyError, qt_error_string());
+        setError(QFile::CopyError, error.toString());
     return ret;
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::rename(const QString &newName)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    bool ret = ::MoveFile((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16(),
-                          (wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(newName).utf16()) != 0;
+    QSystemError error;
+    bool ret = QFileSystemEngine::renameFile(d->fileEntry, QFileSystemEntry(newName), error);
     if (!ret)
-        setError(QFile::RenameError, qt_error_string());
+        setError(QFile::RenameError, error.toString());
     return ret;
 }
 
-static inline bool mkDir(const QString &path)
-{
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    // Unfortunately CreateDirectory returns true for paths longer than
-    // 256, but does not create a directory. It starts to fail, when
-    // path length > MAX_PATH, which is 260 usually on CE.
-    // This only happens on a Windows Mobile device. Windows CE seems
-    // not to be affected by this.
-    static int platformId = 0;
-    if (platformId == 0) {
-        wchar_t platformString[64];
-        if (SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETPLATFORMTYPE, sizeof(platformString)/sizeof(*platformString),platformString,0)) {
-            if (0 == wcscmp(platformString, L"PocketPC") || 0 == wcscmp(platformString, L"Smartphone"))
-                platformId = 1;
-            else
-                platformId = 2;
-        }
-    }
-    if (platformId == 1 && QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).size() > 256)
-        return false;
-#endif
-    return ::CreateDirectory((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16(), 0);
-}
-
-static inline bool rmDir(const QString &path)
-{
-    return ::RemoveDirectory((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16());
-}
-
-static bool isDirPath(const QString &dirPath, bool *existed)
-{
-    QString path = dirPath;
-    if (path.length() == 2 && path.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
-        path += QLatin1Char('\\');
-
-    DWORD fileAttrib = ::GetFileAttributes((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16());
-    if (fileAttrib == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
-        int errorCode = GetLastError();
-        if (errorCode == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED || errorCode == ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION) {
-            // path for the FindFirstFile should not end with a trailing slash
-            while (path.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
-                path.chop(1);
-
-            // FindFirstFile can not handle drives
-            if (!path.endsWith(QLatin1Char(':'))) {
-                WIN32_FIND_DATA findData;
-                HANDLE hFind = ::FindFirstFile((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16(),
-                                               &findData);
-                if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-                    ::FindClose(hFind);
-                    fileAttrib = findData.dwFileAttributes;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (existed)
-        *existed = fileAttrib != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES;
-
-    if (fileAttrib == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
-        return false;
-
-    return fileAttrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY;
-}
-
 bool QFSFileEngine::mkdir(const QString &name, bool createParentDirectories) const
 {
-    QString dirName = name;
-    if (createParentDirectories) {
-        dirName = QDir::toNativeSeparators(QDir::cleanPath(dirName));
-        // We spefically search for / so \ would break it..
-        int oldslash = -1;
-        if (dirName.startsWith(QLatin1String("\\\\"))) {
-            // Don't try to create the root path of a UNC path;
-            // CreateDirectory() will just return ERROR_INVALID_NAME.
-            for (int i = 0; i < dirName.size(); ++i) {
-                if (dirName.at(i) != QDir::separator()) {
-                    oldslash = i;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            if (oldslash != -1)
-                oldslash = dirName.indexOf(QDir::separator(), oldslash);
-        }
-        for (int slash=0; slash != -1; oldslash = slash) {
-            slash = dirName.indexOf(QDir::separator(), oldslash+1);
-            if (slash == -1) {
-                if (oldslash == dirName.length())
-                    break;
-                slash = dirName.length();
-            }
-            if (slash) {
-                QString chunk = dirName.left(slash);
-                bool existed = false;
-                if (!isDirPath(chunk, &existed)) {
-                    if (!existed) {
-                        if (!mkDir(chunk))
-                            return false;
-                    } else {
-                        return false;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-    return mkDir(name);
+    return QFileSystemEngine::createDirectory(QFileSystemEntry(name), createParentDirectories);
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::rmdir(const QString &name, bool recurseParentDirectories) const
 {
-    QString dirName = name;
-    if (recurseParentDirectories) {
-        dirName = QDir::toNativeSeparators(QDir::cleanPath(dirName));
-        for (int oldslash = 0, slash=dirName.length(); slash > 0; oldslash = slash) {
-            QString chunk = dirName.left(slash);
-            if (chunk.length() == 2 && chunk.at(0).isLetter() && chunk.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
-                break;
-            if (!isDirPath(chunk, 0))
-                return false;
-            if (!rmDir(chunk))
-                return oldslash != 0;
-            slash = dirName.lastIndexOf(QDir::separator(), oldslash-1);
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-    return rmDir(name);
+    return QFileSystemEngine::removeDirectory(QFileSystemEntry(name), recurseParentDirectories);
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::caseSensitive() const
@@ -1002,15 +524,7 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::caseSensitive() const
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::setCurrentPath(const QString &path)
 {
-    if (!QDir(path).exists())
-        return false;
-
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    return ::SetCurrentDirectory((wchar_t*)path.utf16()) != 0;
-#else
-    qfsPrivateCurrentDir = QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path);
-    return true;
-#endif
+    return QFileSystemEngine::setCurrentPath(QFileSystemEntry(path));
 }
 
 QString QFSFileEngine::currentPath(const QString &fileName)
@@ -1029,115 +543,30 @@ QString QFSFileEngine::currentPath(const QString &fileName)
     }
     if (ret.isEmpty()) {
         //just the pwd
-        DWORD size = 0;
-        wchar_t currentName[PATH_MAX];
-        size = ::GetCurrentDirectory(PATH_MAX, currentName);
-        if (size != 0) {
-            if (size > PATH_MAX) {
-                wchar_t *newCurrentName = new wchar_t[size];
-                if (::GetCurrentDirectory(PATH_MAX, newCurrentName) != 0)
-                    ret = QString::fromWCharArray(newCurrentName);
-                delete [] newCurrentName;
-            } else {
-                ret = QString::fromWCharArray(currentName);
-            }
-        }
+        ret = QFileSystemEngine::currentPath().filePath();
     }
     if (ret.length() >= 2 && ret[1] == QLatin1Char(':'))
         ret[0] = ret.at(0).toUpper(); // Force uppercase drive letters.
-    return QDir::fromNativeSeparators(ret);
+    return ret;
 #else
     Q_UNUSED(fileName);
-    if (qfsPrivateCurrentDir.isEmpty())
-        qfsPrivateCurrentDir = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
-
-    return QDir::fromNativeSeparators(qfsPrivateCurrentDir);
+    return QFileSystemEngine::currentPath();
 #endif
 }
 
 QString QFSFileEngine::homePath()
 {
-    QString ret;
-#if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
-    QFSFileEnginePrivate::resolveLibs();
-    if (ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW) {
-        HANDLE hnd = ::GetCurrentProcess();
-        HANDLE token = 0;
-        BOOL ok = ::OpenProcessToken(hnd, TOKEN_QUERY, &token);
-        if (ok) {
-            DWORD dwBufferSize = 0;
-            // First call, to determine size of the strings (with '\0').
-            ok = ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW(token, NULL, &dwBufferSize);
-            if (!ok && dwBufferSize != 0) {        // We got the required buffer size
-                wchar_t *userDirectory = new wchar_t[dwBufferSize];
-                // Second call, now we can fill the allocated buffer.
-                ok = ptrGetUserProfileDirectoryW(token, userDirectory, &dwBufferSize);
-                if (ok)
-                    ret = QString::fromWCharArray(userDirectory);
-
-                delete [] userDirectory;
-            }
-            ::CloseHandle(token);
-        }
-                }
-#endif
-    if (ret.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(ret)) {
-        ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv("USERPROFILE").constData());
-        if (ret.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(ret)) {
-            ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv("HOMEDRIVE").constData()) + QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv("HOMEPATH").constData());
-            if (ret.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(ret)) {
-                ret = QString::fromLocal8Bit(qgetenv("HOME").constData());
-                if (ret.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(ret)) {
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-                    ret = QLatin1String("\\My Documents");
-                    if (!QFile::exists(ret))
-#endif
-                    ret = rootPath();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return QDir::fromNativeSeparators(ret);
+    return QFileSystemEngine::homePath();
 }
 
 QString QFSFileEngine::rootPath()
 {
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    QString ret = QLatin1String("/");
-#elif defined(Q_FS_FAT)
-    QString ret = QString::fromLatin1(qgetenv("SystemDrive").constData());
-    if (ret.isEmpty())
-        ret = QLatin1String("c:");
-    ret.append(QLatin1Char('/'));
-#elif defined(Q_OS_OS2EMX)
-    char dir[4];
-    _abspath(dir, QLatin1String("/"), _MAX_PATH);
-    QString ret(dir);
-#endif
-    return ret;
+    return QFileSystemEngine::rootPath();
 }
 
 QString QFSFileEngine::tempPath()
 {
-    QString ret;
-    {
-        wchar_t tempPath[MAX_PATH];
-        if (GetTempPath(MAX_PATH, tempPath))
-            ret = QString::fromWCharArray(tempPath);
-        if (!ret.isEmpty()) {
-            while (ret.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
-                ret.chop(1);
-            ret = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(ret);
-        }
-    }
-    if (ret.isEmpty()) {
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        ret = QLatin1String("c:/tmp");
-#else
-        ret = QLatin1String("/Temp");
-#endif
-    }
-    return ret;
+    return QFileSystemEngine::tempPath();
 }
 
 QFileInfoList QFSFileEngine::drives()
@@ -1167,232 +596,25 @@ QFileInfoList QFSFileEngine::drives()
 #endif
 }
 
-bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::doStat() const
+bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::doStat(QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags flags) const
 {
-    if (!tried_stat) {
+    if (!tried_stat || !metaData.hasFlags(flags)) {
         tried_stat = true;
-        could_stat = false;
-
-        if (filePath.isEmpty())
-            return could_stat;
-
-        QString fname;
-        if(filePath.endsWith(QLatin1String(".lnk"))) {
-            fname = readLink(filePath);
-            if(fname.isEmpty())
-                return could_stat;
-        }
-        else
-            fname = filePath;
 
-        fname = fixIfRelativeUncPath(fname);
-
-        UINT oldmode = SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS | SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX);
-
-        if (fd != -1) {
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-            HANDLE fh = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(fd);
-            if (fh != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-                BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION fileInfo;
-                if (GetFileInformationByHandle(fh, &fileInfo)) {
-                    could_stat = true;
-                    fileAttrib = fileInfo.dwFileAttributes;
-                }
-            }
-#else
-            DWORD tmpAttributes = GetFileAttributes((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(fname).utf16());
-            if (tmpAttributes != -1) {
-                fileAttrib = tmpAttributes;
-                could_stat = true;
-            }
-#endif
-        } else {
-            fileAttrib = GetFileAttributes((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(fname).utf16());
-            if (fileAttrib == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) {
-                int errorCode = GetLastError();
-                if (errorCode == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED || errorCode == ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION) {
-                    QString path = QDir::toNativeSeparators(fname);
-                    // path for the FindFirstFile should not end with a trailing slash
-                    while (path.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
-                        path.chop(1);
-
-                    // FindFirstFile can not handle drives
-                    if (!path.endsWith(QLatin1Char(':'))) {
-                        WIN32_FIND_DATA findData;
-                        HANDLE hFind = ::FindFirstFile((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16(),
-                                                       &findData);
-                        if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-                            ::FindClose(hFind);
-                            fileAttrib = findData.dwFileAttributes;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            could_stat = fileAttrib != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES;
-            if (!could_stat) {
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-                if (isDriveRoot(fname)) {
-                    // a valid drive ??
-                    DWORD drivesBitmask = ::GetLogicalDrives();
-                    int drivebit = 1 << (fname.at(0).toUpper().unicode() - QLatin1Char('A').unicode());
-                    if (drivesBitmask & drivebit) {
-                        fileAttrib = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM;
-                        could_stat = true;
-                    }
-                } else {
+        int localFd = fd;
+        if (fh && fileEntry.isEmpty())
+            localFd = QT_FILENO(fh);
+        if (localFd != -1)
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(localFd, metaData, flags);
 #endif
-                    QString path = QDir::toNativeSeparators(fname);
-                    bool is_dir = false;
-                    if (path.startsWith(QLatin1String("\\\\"))) {
-                        // UNC - stat doesn't work for all cases (Windows bug)
-                        int s = path.indexOf(path.at(0),2);
-                        if (s > 0) {
-                            // "\\server\..."
-                            s = path.indexOf(path.at(0),s+1);
-                            if (s > 0) {
-                                // "\\server\share\..."
-                                if (s == path.size() - 1) {
-                                    // "\\server\share\"
-                                    is_dir = true;
-                                } else {
-                                    // "\\server\share\notfound"
-                                }
-                            } else {
-                                // "\\server\share"
-                                is_dir = true;
-                            }
-                        } else {
-                            // "\\server"
-                            is_dir = true;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    if (is_dir && uncShareExists(path)) {
-                        // looks like a UNC dir, is a dir.
-                        fileAttrib = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY;
-                        could_stat = true;
-                    }
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-                }
-#endif
-            }
-        }
-
-        SetErrorMode(oldmode);
+        if (metaData.missingFlags(flags) && !fileEntry.isEmpty())
+            QFileSystemEngine::fillMetaData(fileEntry, metaData, metaData.missingFlags(flags));
     }
-    return could_stat;
-}
-
 
-static QString readSymLink(const QString &link)
-{
-    QString result;
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    HANDLE handle = CreateFile((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(link).utf16(),
-                               FILE_READ_EA,
-                               FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
-                               0,
-                               OPEN_EXISTING,
-                               FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT,
-                               0);
-    if (handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-        DWORD bufsize = MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE;
-        REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER *rdb = (REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER*)qMalloc(bufsize);
-        DWORD retsize = 0;
-        if (::DeviceIoControl(handle, FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT, 0, 0, rdb, bufsize, &retsize, 0)) {
-            if (rdb->ReparseTag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT) {
-                int length = rdb->MountPointReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameLength / sizeof(wchar_t);
-                int offset = rdb->MountPointReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameOffset / sizeof(wchar_t);
-                const wchar_t* PathBuffer = &rdb->MountPointReparseBuffer.PathBuffer[offset];
-                result = QString::fromWCharArray(PathBuffer, length);
-            } else if (rdb->ReparseTag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK) {
-                int length = rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameLength / sizeof(wchar_t);
-                int offset = rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameOffset / sizeof(wchar_t);
-                const wchar_t* PathBuffer = &rdb->SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PathBuffer[offset];
-                result = QString::fromWCharArray(PathBuffer, length);
-            }
-            // cut-off "//?/" and "/??/"
-            if (result.size() > 4 && result.at(0) == QLatin1Char('\\') && result.at(2) == QLatin1Char('?') && result.at(3) == QLatin1Char('\\'))
-                result = result.mid(4);
-        }
-        qFree(rdb);
-        CloseHandle(handle);
-
-#if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
-        QFSFileEnginePrivate::resolveLibs();
-        if (ptrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW) {
-            QRegExp matchVolName(QLatin1String("^Volume\\{([a-z]|[0-9]|-)+\\}\\\\"), Qt::CaseInsensitive);
-            if(matchVolName.indexIn(result) == 0) {
-                DWORD len;
-                wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
-                QString volumeName = result.mid(0, matchVolName.matchedLength()).prepend(QLatin1String("\\\\?\\"));
-                if(ptrGetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW((wchar_t*)volumeName.utf16(), buffer, MAX_PATH, &len) != 0)
-                    result.replace(0,matchVolName.matchedLength(), QString::fromWCharArray(buffer));
-            }
-        }
-#endif
-    }
-#else
-    Q_UNUSED(link);
-#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
-    return result;
+    return metaData.exists();
 }
 
-static QString readLink(const QString &link)
-{
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-#if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY) && !defined(Q_CC_MWERKS)
-    QString ret;
-
-    bool neededCoInit = false;
-    IShellLink *psl;                            // pointer to IShellLink i/f
-    WIN32_FIND_DATA wfd;
-    wchar_t szGotPath[MAX_PATH];
-
-    // Get pointer to the IShellLink interface.
-    HRESULT hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID *)&psl);
-
-    if (hres == CO_E_NOTINITIALIZED) { // COM was not initialized
-        neededCoInit = true;
-        CoInitialize(NULL);
-        hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
-                                    IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID *)&psl);
-    }
-    if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {    // Get pointer to the IPersistFile interface.
-        IPersistFile *ppf;
-        hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (LPVOID *)&ppf);
-        if (SUCCEEDED(hres))  {
-            hres = ppf->Load((LPOLESTR)link.utf16(), STGM_READ);
-            //The original path of the link is retrieved. If the file/folder
-            //was moved, the return value still have the old path.
-            if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) {
-                if (psl->GetPath(szGotPath, MAX_PATH, &wfd, SLGP_UNCPRIORITY) == NOERROR)
-                    ret = QString::fromWCharArray(szGotPath);
-            }
-            ppf->Release();
-        }
-        psl->Release();
-    }
-    if (neededCoInit)
-        CoUninitialize();
-
-    return ret;
-#else
-    Q_UNUSED(link);
-    return QString();
-#endif // QT_NO_LIBRARY
-#else
-    wchar_t target[MAX_PATH];
-    QString result;
-    if (SHGetShortcutTarget((wchar_t*)QFileInfo(link).absoluteFilePath().replace(QLatin1Char('/'),QLatin1Char('\\')).utf16(), target, MAX_PATH)) {
-        result = QString::fromWCharArray(target);
-        if (result.startsWith(QLatin1Char('"')))
-            result.remove(0,1);
-        if (result.endsWith(QLatin1Char('"')))
-            result.remove(result.size()-1,1);
-    }
-    return result;
-#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
-}
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::link(const QString &newName)
 {
@@ -1457,191 +679,63 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::link(const QString &newName)
 #endif // Q_OS_WINCE
 }
 
-QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags QFSFileEnginePrivate::getPermissions(QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags type) const
+/*!
+    \reimp
+*/
+QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags QFSFileEngine::fileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags type) const
 {
+    Q_D(const QFSFileEngine);
+
+    if (type & Refresh)
+        d->metaData.clear();
+
     QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags ret = 0;
 
-#if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
-    if((qt_ntfs_permission_lookup > 0) && (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_NT_based)) {
-        resolveLibs();
-        if(ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW && ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW && ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW) {
-            enum { ReadMask = 0x00000001, WriteMask = 0x00000002, ExecMask = 0x00000020 };
-
-            QString fname = filePath.endsWith(QLatin1String(".lnk")) ? readLink(filePath) : filePath;
-            PSID pOwner = 0;
-            PSID pGroup = 0;
-            PACL pDacl;
-            PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR pSD;
-            DWORD res = ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW((wchar_t*)fname.utf16(), SE_FILE_OBJECT,
-                                                 OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION | GROUP_SECURITY_INFORMATION | DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
-                                                 &pOwner, &pGroup, &pDacl, 0, &pSD);
-            if(res == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-                ACCESS_MASK access_mask;
-                TRUSTEE_W trustee;
-                if (type & 0x0700) { // user
-                    if(ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW(pDacl, &currentUserTrusteeW, &access_mask) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                        access_mask = (ACCESS_MASK)-1;
-                    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
-                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadUserPerm;
-                    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
-                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteUserPerm;
-                    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
-                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeUserPerm;
-                }
-                if (type & 0x7000) { // owner
-                    ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW(&trustee, pOwner);
-                    if(ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW(pDacl, &trustee, &access_mask) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                        access_mask = (ACCESS_MASK)-1;
-                    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
-                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOwnerPerm;
-                    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
-                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOwnerPerm;
-                    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
-                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeOwnerPerm;
-                }
-                if (type & 0x0070) { // group
-                    ptrBuildTrusteeWithSidW(&trustee, pGroup);
-                    if(ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW(pDacl, &trustee, &access_mask) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                        access_mask = (ACCESS_MASK)-1;
-                    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
-                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadGroupPerm;
-                    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
-                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteGroupPerm;
-                    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
-                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeGroupPerm;
-                }
-                if (type & 0x0007) { // other (world)
-                    if(ptrGetEffectiveRightsFromAclW(pDacl, &worldTrusteeW, &access_mask) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-                        access_mask = (ACCESS_MASK)-1; // ###
-                    if(access_mask & ReadMask)
-                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOtherPerm;
-                    if(access_mask & WriteMask)
-                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOtherPerm;
-                    if(access_mask & ExecMask)
-                        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeOtherPerm;
-                }
-                LocalFree(pSD);
-            }
-        }
-    } else
-#endif
+    if (type & FlagsMask)
+        ret |= LocalDiskFlag;
+
+    bool exists;
     {
-        //### what to do with permissions if we don't use NTFS
-        // for now just add all permissions and what about exe missions ??
-        // also qt_ntfs_permission_lookup is now not set by default ... should it ?
-        ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOwnerPerm | QAbstractFileEngine::ReadGroupPerm
-             | QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOtherPerm;
-
-        if (!(fileAttrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY)) {
-            ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOwnerPerm | QAbstractFileEngine::WriteGroupPerm
-                 | QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOtherPerm;
-        }
+        QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags queryFlags = 0;
 
-        QString fname = filePath.endsWith(QLatin1String(".lnk")) ? readLink(filePath) : filePath;
-        QString ext = fname.right(4).toLower();
-        if ((fileAttrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) ||
-            ext == QLatin1String(".exe") || ext == QLatin1String(".com") || ext == QLatin1String(".bat") ||
-            ext == QLatin1String(".pif") || ext == QLatin1String(".cmd")) {
-            ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExeOwnerPerm | QAbstractFileEngine::ExeGroupPerm
-                 | QAbstractFileEngine::ExeOtherPerm | QAbstractFileEngine::ExeUserPerm;
-        }
+        queryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::MetaDataFlags(uint(type))
+                & QFileSystemMetaData::Permissions;
 
-        // calculate user permissions
-        if (type & QAbstractFileEngine::ReadUserPerm) {
-            if (::_waccess((wchar_t*)longFileName(fname).utf16(), R_OK) == 0)
-                ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadUserPerm;
-        }
-        if (type & QAbstractFileEngine::WriteUserPerm) {
-            if (::_waccess((wchar_t*)longFileName(fname).utf16(), W_OK) == 0)
-                ret |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteUserPerm;
-        }
-    }
-    return ret;
-}
+        // AliasType and BundleType are 0x0
+        if (type & TypesMask)
+            queryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::AliasType
+                    | QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType
+                    | QFileSystemMetaData::FileType
+                    | QFileSystemMetaData::DirectoryType
+                    | QFileSystemMetaData::BundleType;
 
-/*!
-    \internal
-*/
-bool QFSFileEnginePrivate::isSymlink() const
-{
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    if (need_lstat) {
-        need_lstat = false;
-        is_link = false;
-
-        if (fileAttrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) {
-            QString path = QDir::toNativeSeparators(filePath);
-            // path for the FindFirstFile should not end with a trailing slash
-            while (path.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
-                path.chop(1);
-
-            WIN32_FIND_DATA findData;
-            HANDLE hFind = ::FindFirstFile((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16(),
-                                           &findData);
-            if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-                ::FindClose(hFind);
-                if ((findData.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT)
-                    && (findData.dwReserved0 == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK || findData.dwReserved0 == IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT)) {
-                    is_link = true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return is_link;
-#else
-    return false;
-#endif // Q_OS_WINCE
-}
+        if (type & FlagsMask)
+            queryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::HiddenAttribute
+                    | QFileSystemMetaData::ExistsAttribute;
 
-/*!
-    \reimp
-*/
-QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags QFSFileEngine::fileFlags(QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags type) const
-{
-    Q_D(const QFSFileEngine);
-    QAbstractFileEngine::FileFlags ret = 0;
-    // Force a stat, so that we're guaranteed to get up-to-date results
-    if (type & Refresh) {
-        d->tried_stat = 0;
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        d->need_lstat = 1;
-#endif
-    }
+        queryFlags |= QFileSystemMetaData::LinkType;
 
-    if (type & PermsMask) {
-        if (d->doStat()) {
-            ret |= ExistsFlag;
-            ret |= d->getPermissions(type);
-        }
+        exists = d->doStat(queryFlags);
     }
+
+    if (exists && (type & PermsMask))
+        ret |= FileFlags(uint(d->metaData.permissions()));
+
     if (type & TypesMask) {
-        if (d->filePath.endsWith(QLatin1String(".lnk"))) {
+        if ((type & LinkType) && d->metaData.isLegacyLink())
             ret |= LinkType;
-            QString l = readLink(d->filePath);
-            if (!l.isEmpty()) {
-                bool existed = false;
-                if (isDirPath(l, &existed) && existed)
-                    ret |= DirectoryType;
-                else if (existed)
-                    ret |= FileType;
-            }
-        } else if (d->doStat()) {
-            if ((type & LinkType) && d->isSymlink())
-                ret |= LinkType;
-            if (d->fileAttrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
-                ret |= DirectoryType;
-            } else {
-                ret |= FileType;
-            }
+        if (d->metaData.isDirectory()) {
+            ret |= DirectoryType;
+        } else {
+            ret |= FileType;
         }
     }
     if (type & FlagsMask) {
-        ret |= LocalDiskFlag;
-        if (d->doStat()) {
+        if (d->metaData.exists()) {
             ret |= ExistsFlag;
-            if (d->filePath == QLatin1String("/") || isDriveRoot(d->filePath) || isUncRoot(d->filePath))
+            if (d->fileEntry.isRoot())
                 ret |= RootFlag;
-            else if (d->fileAttrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN)
+            else if (d->metaData.isHidden())
                 ret |= HiddenFlag;
         }
     }
@@ -1652,50 +746,28 @@ QString QFSFileEngine::fileName(FileName file) const
 {
     Q_D(const QFSFileEngine);
     if (file == BaseName) {
-        int slash = d->filePath.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));
-        if (slash == -1) {
-            int colon = d->filePath.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char(':'));
-            if (colon != -1)
-                return d->filePath.mid(colon + 1);
-            return d->filePath;
-        }
-        return d->filePath.mid(slash + 1);
+        return d->fileEntry.fileName();
     } else if (file == PathName) {
-        if (!d->filePath.size())
-            return d->filePath;
-
-        int slash = d->filePath.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));
-        if (slash == -1) {
-            if (d->filePath.length() >= 2 && d->filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
-                return d->filePath.left(2);
-            return QString(QLatin1Char('.'));
-        } else {
-            if (!slash)
-                return QString(QLatin1Char('/'));
-            if (slash == 2 && d->filePath.length() >= 2 && d->filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
-                slash++;
-            return d->filePath.left(slash);
-        }
+        return d->fileEntry.path();
     } else if (file == AbsoluteName || file == AbsolutePathName) {
         QString ret;
 
         if (!isRelativePath()) {
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-            if (d->filePath.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/')) || // It's a absolute path to the current drive, so \a.txt -> Z:\a.txt
-                d->filePath.size() == 2 ||                  // It's a drive letter that needs to get a working dir appended
-                (d->filePath.size() > 2 && d->filePath.at(2) != QLatin1Char('/')) || // It's a drive-relative path, so Z:a.txt -> Z:\currentpath\a.txt
-                d->filePath.contains(QLatin1String("/../")) || d->filePath.contains(QLatin1String("/./")) ||
-                d->filePath.endsWith(QLatin1String("/..")) || d->filePath.endsWith(QLatin1String("/.")))
+            if (d->fileEntry.filePath().startsWith(QLatin1Char('/')) || // It's a absolute path to the current drive, so \a.txt -> Z:\a.txt
+                d->fileEntry.filePath().size() == 2 ||                  // It's a drive letter that needs to get a working dir appended
+                (d->fileEntry.filePath().size() > 2 && d->fileEntry.filePath().at(2) != QLatin1Char('/')) || // It's a drive-relative path, so Z:a.txt -> Z:\currentpath\a.txt
+                d->fileEntry.filePath().contains(QLatin1String("/../")) || d->fileEntry.filePath().contains(QLatin1String("/./")) ||
+                d->fileEntry.filePath().endsWith(QLatin1String("/..")) || d->fileEntry.filePath().endsWith(QLatin1String("/.")))
             {
-                ret = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(nativeAbsoluteFilePath(d->filePath));
-            } else {
-                ret = d->filePath;
-            }
-#else
-            ret = d->filePath;
+                ret = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(QFileSystemEngine::nativeAbsoluteFilePath(d->fileEntry.filePath()));
+            } else
 #endif
+            {
+                ret = d->fileEntry.filePath();
+            }
         } else {
-            ret = QDir::cleanPath(QDir::currentPath() + QLatin1Char('/') + d->filePath);
+            ret = QDir::cleanPath(QDir::currentPath() + QLatin1Char('/') + d->fileEntry.filePath());
         }
 
         // The path should be absolute at this point.
@@ -1724,38 +796,24 @@ QString QFSFileEngine::fileName(FileName file) const
     } else if (file == CanonicalName || file == CanonicalPathName) {
         if (!(fileFlags(ExistsFlag) & ExistsFlag))
             return QString();
+        QFileSystemEntry entry(QFileSystemEngine::canonicalName(QFileSystemEntry(fileName(AbsoluteName)), d->metaData));
 
-        QString ret = QFSFileEnginePrivate::canonicalized(fileName(AbsoluteName));
-        if (!ret.isEmpty() && file == CanonicalPathName) {
-            int slash = ret.lastIndexOf(QLatin1Char('/'));
-            if (slash == -1)
-                ret = QDir::currentPath();
-            else if (slash == 0)
-                ret = QString(QLatin1Char('/'));
-            ret = ret.left(slash);
-        }
-        return ret;
+        if (file == CanonicalPathName)
+            return entry.path();
+        return entry.filePath();
     } else if (file == LinkName) {
-        QString ret;
-        if (d->filePath.endsWith(QLatin1String(".lnk")))
-            ret = readLink(d->filePath);
-        else if (d->doStat() && d->isSymlink())
-            ret = readSymLink(d->filePath);
-        return QDir::fromNativeSeparators(ret);
+        return QFileSystemEngine::getLinkTarget(d->fileEntry, d->metaData).filePath();
     } else if (file == BundleName) {
         return QString();
     }
-    return d->filePath;
+    return d->fileEntry.filePath();
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::isRelativePath() const
 {
     Q_D(const QFSFileEngine);
     // drive, e.g. "a:", or UNC root, e.q. "//"
-    return !(d->filePath.startsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))
-        || (d->filePath.length() >= 2
-        && ((d->filePath.at(0).isLetter() && d->filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char(':'))
-        || (d->filePath.at(0) == QLatin1Char('/') && d->filePath.at(1) == QLatin1Char('/')))));
+    return d->fileEntry.isRelative();
 }
 
 uint QFSFileEngine::ownerId(FileOwner /*own*/) const
@@ -1766,69 +824,17 @@ uint QFSFileEngine::ownerId(FileOwner /*own*/) const
 
 QString QFSFileEngine::owner(FileOwner own) const
 {
-    QString name;
-#if !defined(QT_NO_LIBRARY)
     Q_D(const QFSFileEngine);
-    if((qt_ntfs_permission_lookup > 0) && (QSysInfo::WindowsVersion & QSysInfo::WV_NT_based)) {
-        QFSFileEnginePrivate::resolveLibs();
-        if (ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW && ptrLookupAccountSidW) {
-            PSID pOwner = 0;
-            PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR pSD;
-            if (ptrGetNamedSecurityInfoW((wchar_t*)d->filePath.utf16(), SE_FILE_OBJECT,
-                                         own == OwnerGroup ? GROUP_SECURITY_INFORMATION : OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION,
-                                         own == OwnerUser ? &pOwner : 0, own == OwnerGroup ? &pOwner : 0,
-                                         0, 0, &pSD) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
-                DWORD lowner = 64;
-                DWORD ldomain = 64;
-                QVarLengthArray<wchar_t, 64> owner(lowner);
-                QVarLengthArray<wchar_t, 64> domain(ldomain);
-                SID_NAME_USE use = SidTypeUnknown;
-                // First call, to determine size of the strings (with '\0').
-                if (!ptrLookupAccountSidW(NULL, pOwner, (LPWSTR)owner.data(), &lowner,
-                                          (LPWSTR)domain.data(), &ldomain, (SID_NAME_USE*)&use)) {
-                    if (GetLastError() == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
-                        if (lowner > (DWORD)owner.size())
-                            owner.resize(lowner);
-                        if (ldomain > (DWORD)domain.size())
-                            domain.resize(ldomain);
-                        // Second call, try on resized buf-s
-                        if (!ptrLookupAccountSidW(NULL, pOwner, (LPWSTR)owner.data(), &lowner,
-                                                  (LPWSTR)domain.data(), &ldomain, (SID_NAME_USE*)&use)) {
-                            lowner = 0;
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        lowner = 0;
-                    }
-                }
-                if (lowner != 0)
-                    name = QString::fromWCharArray(owner.data());
-                LocalFree(pSD);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-#else
-    Q_UNUSED(own);
-#endif
-    return name;
+    return QFileSystemEngine::owner(d->fileEntry, own);
 }
 
 bool QFSFileEngine::setPermissions(uint perms)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-    bool ret = false;
-    int mode = 0;
-
-    if (perms & QFile::ReadOwner || perms & QFile::ReadUser || perms & QFile::ReadGroup || perms & QFile::ReadOther)
-        mode |= _S_IREAD;
-    if (perms & QFile::WriteOwner || perms & QFile::WriteUser || perms & QFile::WriteGroup || perms & QFile::WriteOther)
-        mode |= _S_IWRITE;
-
-    if (mode == 0) // not supported
-        return false;
-
-    ret = ::_wchmod((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16(), mode) == 0;
+    QSystemError error;
+    bool ret = QFileSystemEngine::setPermissions(d->fileEntry, QFile::Permissions(perms), error);
     if (!ret)
-        setError(QFile::PermissionsError, qt_error_string(errno));
+        setError(QFile::PermissionsError, error.toString());
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1836,12 +842,16 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::setSize(qint64 size)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
 
-    if (d->fileHandle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE || d->fd != -1) {
+    if (d->fileHandle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE || d->fd != -1 || d->fh) {
         // resize open file
         HANDLE fh = d->fileHandle;
 #if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        if (fh == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-            fh = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(d->fd);
+        if (fh == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+            if (d->fh)
+                fh = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(QT_FILENO(d->fh));
+            else
+                fh = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(d->fd);
+        }
 #endif
         if (fh == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
             return false;
@@ -1856,9 +866,9 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::setSize(qint64 size)
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (!d->nativeFilePath.isEmpty()) {
+    if (!d->fileEntry.isEmpty()) {
         // resize file on disk
-        QFile file(d->filePath);
+        QFile file(d->fileEntry.filePath());
         if (file.open(QFile::ReadWrite)) {
             bool ret = file.resize(size);
             if (!ret)
@@ -1870,94 +880,14 @@ bool QFSFileEngine::setSize(qint64 size)
 }
 
 
-static inline QDateTime fileTimeToQDateTime(const FILETIME *time)
-{
-    QDateTime ret;
-
-#if defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-    SYSTEMTIME systime;
-    FILETIME ftime;
-    systime.wYear = 1970;
-    systime.wMonth = 1;
-    systime.wDay = 1;
-    systime.wHour = 0;
-    systime.wMinute = 0;
-    systime.wSecond = 0;
-    systime.wMilliseconds = 0;
-    systime.wDayOfWeek = 4;
-    SystemTimeToFileTime(&systime, &ftime);
-    unsigned __int64 acttime = (unsigned __int64)time->dwHighDateTime << 32 | time->dwLowDateTime;
-    FileTimeToSystemTime(time, &systime);
-    unsigned __int64 time1970 = (unsigned __int64)ftime.dwHighDateTime << 32 | ftime.dwLowDateTime;
-    unsigned __int64 difftime = acttime - time1970;
-    difftime /= 10000000;
-    ret.setTime_t((unsigned int)difftime);
-#else
-    SYSTEMTIME sTime, lTime;
-    FileTimeToSystemTime(time, &sTime);
-    SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime(0, &sTime, &lTime);
-    ret.setDate(QDate(lTime.wYear, lTime.wMonth, lTime.wDay));
-    ret.setTime(QTime(lTime.wHour, lTime.wMinute, lTime.wSecond, lTime.wMilliseconds));
-#endif
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
 QDateTime QFSFileEngine::fileTime(FileTime time) const
 {
     Q_D(const QFSFileEngine);
-    QDateTime ret;
-    if (d->fd != -1) {
-#if !defined(Q_OS_WINCE)
-        HANDLE fh = (HANDLE)_get_osfhandle(d->fd);
-        if (fh != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-            FILETIME creationTime, lastAccessTime, lastWriteTime;
-            if (GetFileTime(fh, &creationTime, &lastAccessTime, &lastWriteTime)) {
-                if(time == CreationTime)
-                    ret = fileTimeToQDateTime(&creationTime);
-                else if(time == ModificationTime)
-                    ret = fileTimeToQDateTime(&lastWriteTime);
-                else if(time == AccessTime)
-                    ret = fileTimeToQDateTime(&lastAccessTime);
-            }
-        }
-#endif
-    } else {
-        WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA attribData;
-        bool ok = ::GetFileAttributesEx((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(d->filePath).utf16(), GetFileExInfoStandard, &attribData);
-        if (!ok) {
-            int errorCode = GetLastError();
-            if (errorCode == ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED || errorCode == ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION) {
-                QString path = QDir::toNativeSeparators(d->filePath);
-                // path for the FindFirstFile should not end with a trailing slash
-                while (path.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\\')))
-                    path.chop(1);
-
-                // FindFirstFile can not handle drives
-                if (!path.endsWith(QLatin1Char(':'))) {
-                    WIN32_FIND_DATA findData;
-                    HANDLE hFind = ::FindFirstFile((wchar_t*)QFSFileEnginePrivate::longFileName(path).utf16(),
-                                                   &findData);
-                    if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-                        ::FindClose(hFind);
-                        ok = true;
-                        attribData.ftCreationTime = findData.ftCreationTime;
-                        attribData.ftLastWriteTime = findData.ftLastWriteTime;
-                        attribData.ftLastAccessTime = findData.ftLastAccessTime;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if (ok) {
-            if(time == CreationTime)
-                ret = fileTimeToQDateTime(&attribData.ftCreationTime);
-            else if(time == ModificationTime)
-                ret = fileTimeToQDateTime(&attribData.ftLastWriteTime);
-            else if(time == AccessTime)
-                ret = fileTimeToQDateTime(&attribData.ftLastAccessTime);
-        }
-    }
-    return ret;
+
+    if (d->doStat(QFileSystemMetaData::Times))
+        return d->metaData.fileTime(time);
+
+    return QDateTime();
 }
 
 uchar *QFSFileEnginePrivate::map(qint64 offset, qint64 size,
@@ -1986,7 +916,7 @@ uchar *QFSFileEnginePrivate::map(qint64 offset, qint64 size,
 #ifdef Q_USE_DEPRECATED_MAP_API
         nativeClose();
         // handle automatically closed by kernel with mapHandle (below).
-        handle = ::CreateFileForMapping((const wchar_t*)nativeFilePath.constData(),
+        handle = ::CreateFileForMapping((const wchar_t*)fileEntry.nativeFilePath().utf16(),
                 GENERIC_READ | (openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly ? GENERIC_WRITE : 0),
                 0,
                 NULL,
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qprocess_symbian.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qprocess_symbian.cpp
index 003e781..5b283a5 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qprocess_symbian.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qprocess_symbian.cpp
@@ -1050,6 +1050,7 @@ bool QProcessPrivate::startDetached(const QString &program, const QStringList &a
 
         newProc->Resume();
         newProc->Close();
+        delete newProc;
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qtemporaryfile.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qtemporaryfile.cpp
index c34c4a4..79dfa35 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qtemporaryfile.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qtemporaryfile.cpp
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ public:
         : QFSFileEngine(), filePathIsTemplate(fileIsTemplate)
     {
         Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
-        d->filePath = file;
+        d->fileEntry = QFileSystemEntry(file);
 
         if (!filePathIsTemplate)
             QFSFileEngine::setFileName(file);
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ bool QTemporaryFileEngine::isReallyOpen()
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
 
     if (!((0 == d->fh) && (-1 == d->fd)
+#if defined (Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+                && (0 == d->symbianFile.SubSessionHandle())
+#endif
 #if defined Q_OS_WIN
                 && (INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE == d->fileHandle)
 #endif
@@ -346,7 +349,7 @@ void QTemporaryFileEngine::setFileTemplate(const QString &fileTemplate)
 {
     Q_D(QFSFileEngine);
     if (filePathIsTemplate)
-        d->filePath = fileTemplate;
+        d->fileEntry = QFileSystemEntry(fileTemplate);
 }
 
 bool QTemporaryFileEngine::open(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
@@ -359,7 +362,7 @@ bool QTemporaryFileEngine::open(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
     if (!filePathIsTemplate)
         return QFSFileEngine::open(openMode);
 
-    QString qfilename = d->filePath;
+    QString qfilename = d->fileEntry.filePath();
     if(!qfilename.contains(QLatin1String("XXXXXX")))
         qfilename += QLatin1String(".XXXXXX");
 
@@ -377,9 +380,8 @@ bool QTemporaryFileEngine::open(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
             d->closeFileHandle = true;
 
             // Restore the file names (open() resets them).
-            d->filePath = QString::fromLocal8Bit(filename); //changed now!
+            d->fileEntry = QFileSystemEntry(QString::fromLocal8Bit(filename)); //note that filename is NOT a native path
             filePathIsTemplate = false;
-            d->nativeInitFileName();
             delete [] filename;
             return true;
         }
@@ -395,9 +397,8 @@ bool QTemporaryFileEngine::open(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
         return false;
     }
 
-    QString template_ = d->filePath;
-    d->filePath = QString::fromLocal8Bit(filename);
-    d->nativeInitFileName();
+    QString template_ = d->fileEntry.filePath();
+    d->fileEntry = QFileSystemEntry(QString::fromLocal8Bit(filename));
     delete [] filename;
 
     if (QFSFileEngine::open(openMode)) {
@@ -405,8 +406,7 @@ bool QTemporaryFileEngine::open(QIODevice::OpenMode openMode)
         return true;
     }
 
-    d->filePath = template_;
-    d->nativeFilePath.clear();
+    d->fileEntry = QFileSystemEntry(template_);
     return false;
 #endif
 }
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ bool QTemporaryFileEngine::remove()
     // we must explicitly call QFSFileEngine::close() before we remove it.
     QFSFileEngine::close();
     if (QFSFileEngine::remove()) {
-        d->filePath.clear();
+        d->fileEntry.clear();
         return true;
     }
     return false;