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+#ifndef FILESYS_FILE_H
+#define FILESYS_FILE_H
+
+#include "filesys/off_t.h"
+
+struct inode;
+
+/* Opening and closing files. */
+struct file *file_open (struct inode *);
+struct file *file_reopen (struct file *);
+void file_close (struct file *);
+struct inode *file_get_inode (struct file *);
+
+/* Reading and writing. */
+off_t file_read (struct file *, void *, off_t);
+off_t file_read_at (struct file *, void *, off_t size, off_t start);
+off_t file_write (struct file *, const void *, off_t);
+off_t file_write_at (struct file *, const void *, off_t size, off_t start);
+
+/* Preventing writes. */
+void file_deny_write (struct file *);
+void file_allow_write (struct file *);
+
+/* File position. */
+void file_seek (struct file *, off_t);
+off_t file_tell (struct file *);
+off_t file_length (struct file *);
+
+#endif /* filesys/file.h */