if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['util-fil'] = {
    version   = 1.001,
    optimize  = true,
    comment   = "companion to luat-lib.mkxl",
    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
    license   = "see context related readme files"
}

-- For the old ones, see util-fil.lua.

local byte = string.byte
local char = string.char

utilities       = utilities or { }
local files     = { }
utilities.files = files

local zerobased = { }

function files.open(filename,zb)
    local f = io.open(filename,"rb")
    if f then
        zerobased[f] = zb or false
    end
    return f
end

function files.close(f)
    if f then
        zerobased[f] = nil
        f:close()
    end
end

function files.size(f)
    if f then
        local current = f:seek()
        local size = f:seek("end")
        f:seek("set",current)
        return size
    else
        return 0
    end
end

files.getsize = files.size

function files.setposition(f,n)
    if zerobased[f] then
        f:seek("set",n)
    else
        f:seek("set",n - 1)
    end
end

function files.getposition(f)
    if zerobased[f] then
        return f:seek()
    else
        return f:seek() + 1
    end
end

function files.look(f,n,chars)
    local p = f:seek()
    local s = f:read(n)
    f:seek("set",p)
    if chars then
        return s
    else
        return byte(s,1,#s)
    end
end

function files.skip(f,n)
    if n == 1 then
        f:read(n)
    else
        f:seek("set",f:seek()+n)
    end
end

-- readers:

files.readcardinal1     = fio.readcardinal1
files.readcardinal2     = fio.readcardinal2
files.readcardinal3     = fio.readcardinal3
files.readcardinal4     = fio.readcardinal4

files.readcardinal1le   = fio.readcardinal1le or files.readcardinal1le
files.readcardinal2le   = fio.readcardinal2le or files.readcardinal2le
files.readcardinal3le   = fio.readcardinal3le or files.readcardinal3le
files.readcardinal4le   = fio.readcardinal4le or files.readcardinal4le

files.readinteger1      = fio.readinteger1
files.readinteger2      = fio.readinteger2
files.readinteger3      = fio.readinteger3
files.readinteger4      = fio.readinteger4

files.readinteger1le    = fio.readinteger1le or files.readinteger1le
files.readinteger2le    = fio.readinteger2le or files.readinteger2le
files.readinteger3le    = fio.readinteger3le or files.readinteger3le
files.readinteger4le    = fio.readinteger4le or files.readinteger4le

files.readfixed2        = fio.readfixed2
files.readfixed4        = fio.readfixed4
files.read2dot14        = fio.read2dot14
files.setposition       = fio.setposition
files.getposition       = fio.getposition

files.readbyte          = files.readcardinal1
files.readsignedbyte    = files.readinteger1
files.readcardinal      = files.readcardinal1
files.readinteger       = files.readinteger1

local skipposition      = fio.skipposition
files.skipposition      = skipposition

files.readbytes         = fio.readbytes
files.readbytetable     = fio.readbytetable
files.readcardinaltable = fio.readcardinaltable
files.readintegertable  = fio.readintegertable

files.readcstring       = fio.readcstring
files.readcline         = fio.readcline

function files.readchar(f)
    return f:read(1)
end

function files.readstring(f,n)
    return f:read(n or 1)
end

function files.skipshort(f,n)
    skipposition(f,2*(n or 1))
end

function files.skiplong(f,n)
    skipposition(f,4*(n or 1))
end

-- writers

function files.writestring(f,s)
    f:write(char(byte(s,1,#s)))
end

function files.writebyte(f,b)
    f:write(char(b))
end

files.writecardinal1   = fio.writecardinal1
files.writecardinal2   = fio.writecardinal2
files.writecardinal3   = fio.writecardinal3
files.writecardinal4   = fio.writecardinal4

files.writecardinal1le = fio.writecardinal1le
files.writecardinal2le = fio.writecardinal2le
files.writecardinal3le = fio.writecardinal3le
files.writecardinal4le = fio.writecardinal4le

files.writeinteger1    = fio.writeinteger1 or fio.writecardinal1
files.writeinteger2    = fio.writeinteger2 or fio.writecardinal2
files.writeinteger3    = fio.writeinteger3 or fio.writecardinal3
files.writeinteger4    = fio.writeinteger4 or fio.writecardinal4

files.writeinteger1le  = files.writeinteger1le or fio.writecardinal1le
files.writeinteger2le  = files.writeinteger2le or fio.writecardinal2le
files.writeinteger3le  = files.writeinteger3le or fio.writecardinal3le
files.writeinteger4le  = files.writeinteger4le or fio.writecardinal4le