diff --git a/include/ircd/fs/write.h b/include/ircd/fs/write.h
index e9cf40f36..d8e288b7d 100644
--- a/include/ircd/fs/write.h
+++ b/include/ircd/fs/write.h
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ namespace ircd::fs
 	const_buffer append(const string_view &path, const const_buffer &, const write_opts & = write_opts_default);
 
 	// Yields ircd::ctx to overwrite (trunc) file from buffer; returns view of written portion
-	const_buffer overwrite(const string_view &path, const const_buffer &, const write_opts & = write_opts_default);
+	const_buffer overwrite(const fd &, const const_buffer & = {}, const write_opts & = write_opts_default);
+	const_buffer overwrite(const string_view &path, const const_buffer & = {}, const write_opts & = write_opts_default);
 }
 
 /// Options for a write operation
@@ -44,20 +45,6 @@ inline
 ircd::fs::write_opts::write_opts(const off_t &offset)
 :offset{offset}
 {}
-
-inline ircd::const_buffer
-ircd::fs::overwrite(const string_view &path,
-                    const const_buffer &buf,
-                    const write_opts &opts)
-{
-	const fd fd
-	{
-		path, std::ios::out | std::ios::trunc
-	};
-
-	return write(fd, buf, opts);
-}
-
 inline ircd::const_buffer
 ircd::fs::append(const string_view &path,
                  const const_buffer &buf,
diff --git a/ircd/fs.cc b/ircd/fs.cc
index 456feecdc..c825b887f 100644
--- a/ircd/fs.cc
+++ b/ircd/fs.cc
@@ -383,6 +383,27 @@ ircd::fs::write_opts
 const ircd::fs::write_opts_default
 {};
 
+ircd::const_buffer
+ircd::fs::overwrite(const string_view &path,
+                    const const_buffer &buf,
+                    const write_opts &opts)
+{
+	const fd fd
+	{
+		path, std::ios::out | std::ios::trunc
+	};
+
+	return overwrite(fd, buf, opts);
+}
+
+ircd::const_buffer
+ircd::fs::overwrite(const fd &fd,
+                    const const_buffer &buf,
+                    const write_opts &opts)
+{
+	return write(fd, buf, opts);
+}
+
 ircd::const_buffer
 ircd::fs::append(const fd &fd,
                  const const_buffer &buf,