diff --git a/include/ircd/fs.h b/include/ircd/fs.h
index 1aefe048c..6fa365c59 100644
--- a/include/ircd/fs.h
+++ b/include/ircd/fs.h
@@ -95,4 +95,8 @@ namespace ircd::fs
 	bool mkdir(const std::string &path);
 
 	std::string read(const std::string &name);
+	string_view read(const std::string &name, const mutable_raw_buffer &buf);
+	bool write(const std::string &name, const const_raw_buffer &buf);
+	bool append(const std::string &name, const const_raw_buffer &buf);
+	bool overwrite(const std::string &name, const const_raw_buffer &buf);
 }
diff --git a/ircd/fs.cc b/ircd/fs.cc
index dfdac4c03..a2c71c133 100644
--- a/ircd/fs.cc
+++ b/ircd/fs.cc
@@ -60,6 +60,34 @@ std::array<ent, num_of<index>()> paths
 } // namespace fs
 } // namespace ircd
 
+bool
+ircd::fs::write(const std::string &path,
+                const const_raw_buffer &buf)
+{
+	if(fs::exists(path))
+		return false;
+
+	return overwrite(path, buf);
+}
+
+bool
+ircd::fs::overwrite(const std::string &path,
+                    const const_raw_buffer &buf)
+{
+	std::ofstream file{path, std::ios::trunc};
+	file.write(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(data(buf)), size(buf));
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool
+ircd::fs::append(const std::string &path,
+                 const const_raw_buffer &buf)
+{
+	std::ofstream file{path, std::ios::app};
+	file.write(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(data(buf)), size(buf));
+	return true;
+}
+
 std::string
 ircd::fs::read(const std::string &path)
 {
@@ -70,6 +98,18 @@ ircd::fs::read(const std::string &path)
 	return std::string{b, e};
 }
 
+ircd::string_view
+ircd::fs::read(const std::string &path,
+               const mutable_raw_buffer &buf)
+{
+	std::ifstream file{path};
+	if(!file.good())
+		return {};
+
+	file.read(reinterpret_cast<char *>(data(buf)), size(buf));
+	return { reinterpret_cast<const char *>(data(buf)), file.gcount() };
+}
+
 void
 ircd::fs::chdir(const std::string &path)
 try