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+//nolint:forbidigo // wrappers for os.File functions go here
+package file
+
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/Southclaws/fault"
+	"github.com/Southclaws/fault/fmsg"
+)
+
+type Root struct {
+	*os.Root
+}
+
+func CreateAndOpenRoot(name string) (*Root, error) {
+	exists, err := exists(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fault.Wrap(err, fmsg.Withf("failed to check data root existence %s", name))
+	}
+	if !exists {
+		err := mkdirp(name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fault.Wrap(err, fmsg.Withf("failed to create data root %s", name))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return OpenRoot(name)
+}
+
+func OpenRoot(name string) (*Root, error) {
+	if !filepath.IsAbs(name) {
+		wd, err := os.Getwd()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fault.Wrap(err, fmsg.With("failed to get current working directory"))
+		}
+
+		name = filepath.Join(wd, name)
+	}
+
+	r, err := os.OpenRoot(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fault.Wrap(err, fmsg.Withf("failed to open data root directory %s", name))
+	}
+
+	return &Root{
+		Root: r,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (r *Root) JoinPath(path string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(r.Name(), path)
+}
+
+func (r *Root) StatIfExists(name string) (fs.FileInfo, error) {
+	stat, err := r.Stat(name)
+
+	return stat, needNotExist(err)
+}
+
+func (r *Root) Exists(file string) (bool, error) {
+	stat, err := r.StatIfExists(file)
+
+	return stat != nil, err
+}
+
+func (r *Root) ReadFile(name string) ([]byte, error) {
+	b, err := fs.ReadFile(r.FS(), name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fault.Wrap(err, fmsg.Withf("failed to read file %s", name))
+	}
+
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+func (r *Root) WriteFile(name string, data []byte, perm fs.FileMode) error {
+	f, err := r.OpenFile(name, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, perm)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fault.Wrap(err, fmsg.Withf("failed to write file %s", name))
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	_, err = f.Write(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fault.Wrap(err, fmsg.Withf("failed to write file %s", name))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *Root) RemoveAll() error {
+	err := os.RemoveAll(r.Name())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fault.Wrap(err, fmsg.Withf("failed to remove data root %s", r.Name()))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}