diff --git a/common/edit.lua b/common/edit.lua
index 2dbd1ff..2a6e110 100644
--- a/common/edit.lua
+++ b/common/edit.lua
@@ -901,11 +901,7 @@ actions = {
 		if fs.isReadOnly(filename) then
 			actions.error("access denied")
 		else
-			local s, m = pcall(function()
-				if not Util.writeLines(filename, tLines) then
-					error("Failed to open " .. filename)
-				end
-			end)
+			local s, m = pcall(Util.writeFile, filename, table.concat(tLines, '\n'))
 
 			if s then
 				lastSave = undo.chain[#undo.chain]
diff --git a/compress/.package b/compress/.package
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6e67db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compress/.package
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+	title = 'Compress',
+	repository = 'kepler155c/opus-apps/{{OPUS_BRANCH}}/compress',
+	description = [[untar / gunzip]],
+	license = 'MIT',
+}
diff --git a/compress/apis/deflatelua.lua b/compress/apis/deflatelua.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf7c95e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compress/apis/deflatelua.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,530 @@
+--[[
+see: https://github.com/davidm/lua-compress-deflatelua/
+for licensing / details
+--]]
+
+local M = {_TYPE='module', _NAME='compress.deflatelua', _VERSION='0.3.20111128'}
+
+local assert = assert
+local error = error
+local ipairs = ipairs
+local pairs = pairs
+local tostring = tostring
+local type = type
+local setmetatable = setmetatable
+local io = io
+local math = math
+local table_sort = table.sort
+local math_max = math.max
+local string_char = string.char
+local band = bit32.band
+local lshift = bit32.lshift
+local rshift = bit32.rshift
+
+local function runtime_error(s, level)
+	level = level or 1
+	error(s, level+1)
+end
+
+
+local function make_outstate(outbs)
+	local outstate = {}
+	outstate.outbs = outbs
+	outstate.window = {}
+	outstate.window_pos = 1
+	return outstate
+end
+
+
+local function output(outstate, byte)
+	local window_pos = outstate.window_pos
+	outstate.outbs(byte)
+	outstate.window[window_pos] = byte
+	outstate.window_pos = window_pos % 32768 + 1  -- 32K
+end
+
+
+local function noeof(val)
+	return assert(val, 'unexpected end of file')
+end
+
+
+local function hasbit(bits, bit)
+	return bits % (bit + bit) >= bit
+end
+
+
+local function memoize(f)
+	local mt = {}
+	local t = setmetatable({}, mt)
+	function mt:__index(k)
+		local v = f(k)
+		t[k] = v
+		return v
+	end
+	return t
+end
+
+
+-- small optimization (lookup table for powers of 2)
+local pow2 = memoize(function(n) return 2^n end)
+
+--local tbits = memoize(
+--  function(bits)
+--    return memoize( function(bit) return getbit(bits, bit) end )
+--  end )
+
+
+-- weak metatable marking objects as bitstream type
+local is_bitstream = setmetatable({}, {__mode='k'})
+
+local function bytestream_from_file(fh)
+	local o = {}
+	function o.read()
+		local sb = fh:read(1)
+		if sb then return sb:byte() end
+	end
+	return o
+end
+
+
+local function bytestream_from_string(s)
+	local i = 1
+	local o = {}
+	function o.read()
+		local by
+		if i <= #s then
+			by = s:byte(i)
+			i = i + 1
+		end
+		return by
+	end
+	return o
+end
+
+
+local function bytestream_from_function(f)
+	local o = {}
+	function o.read()
+		return f()
+	end
+	return o
+end
+
+
+local function bitstream_from_bytestream(bys)
+	local buf_byte = 0
+	local buf_nbit = 0
+	local o = {}
+
+	function o.nbits_left_in_byte()
+		return buf_nbit
+	end
+
+	function o:read(nbits)
+		nbits = nbits or 1
+		while buf_nbit < nbits do
+			local byte = bys:read()
+			if not byte then return end  -- note: more calls also return nil
+			buf_byte = buf_byte + lshift(byte, buf_nbit)
+			buf_nbit = buf_nbit + 8
+		end
+		local bits
+		if nbits == 0 then
+			bits = 0
+		elseif nbits == 32 then
+			bits = buf_byte
+			buf_byte = 0
+		else
+			bits = band(buf_byte, rshift(0xffffffff, 32 - nbits))
+			buf_byte = rshift(buf_byte, nbits)
+		end
+		buf_nbit = buf_nbit - nbits
+		return bits
+	end
+
+
+	is_bitstream[o] = true
+
+	return o
+end
+
+
+local function get_bitstream(o)
+	local bs
+	if is_bitstream[o] then
+		return o
+	elseif io.type(o) == 'file' then
+		bs = bitstream_from_bytestream(bytestream_from_file(o))
+	elseif type(o) == 'string' then
+		bs = bitstream_from_bytestream(bytestream_from_string(o))
+	elseif type(o) == 'function' then
+		bs = bitstream_from_bytestream(bytestream_from_function(o))
+	else
+		runtime_error 'unrecognized type'
+	end
+	return bs
+end
+
+
+local function get_obytestream(o)
+	local bs
+	if io.type(o) == 'file' then
+		bs = function(sbyte) o:write(string_char(sbyte)) end
+	elseif type(o) == 'function' then
+		bs = o
+	else
+		runtime_error('unrecognized type: ' .. tostring(o))
+	end
+	return bs
+end
+
+
+local function HuffmanTable(init, is_full)
+	local t = {}
+	if is_full then
+		for val,nbits in pairs(init) do
+			if nbits ~= 0 then
+				t[#t+1] = {val=val, nbits=nbits}
+			end
+		end
+	else
+		for i=1,#init-2,2 do
+			local firstval, nbits, nextval = init[i], init[i+1], init[i+2]
+			if nbits ~= 0 then
+				for val=firstval,nextval-1 do
+					t[#t+1] = {val=val, nbits=nbits}
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	table_sort(t, function(a,b)
+		return a.nbits == b.nbits and a.val < b.val or a.nbits < b.nbits
+	end)
+
+	-- assign codes
+	local code = 1  -- leading 1 marker
+	local nbits = 0
+	for _,s in ipairs(t) do
+		if s.nbits ~= nbits then
+			code = code * pow2[s.nbits - nbits]
+			nbits = s.nbits
+		end
+		s.code = code
+		code = code + 1
+	end
+
+	local minbits = math.huge
+	local look = {}
+	for _,s in ipairs(t) do
+		minbits = math.min(minbits, s.nbits)
+		look[s.code] = s.val
+	end
+
+	local msb = function(bits, nbits)
+		local res = 0
+		for _=1,nbits do
+			res = lshift(res, 1) + band(bits, 1)
+			bits = rshift(bits, 1)
+		end
+		return res
+	end
+
+	local tfirstcode = memoize(
+		function(bits) return pow2[minbits] + msb(bits, minbits) end)
+
+	function t:read(bs)
+		local code = 1 -- leading 1 marker
+		local nbits = 0
+		while 1 do
+			if nbits == 0 then  -- small optimization (optional)
+				code = tfirstcode[noeof(bs:read(minbits))]
+				nbits = nbits + minbits
+			else
+				local b = noeof(bs:read())
+				nbits = nbits + 1
+				code = code * 2 + b   -- MSB first
+			end
+			local val = look[code]
+			if val then
+				return val
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
+	return t
+end
+
+
+local function parse_gzip_header(bs)
+	-- local FLG_FTEXT = 2^0
+	local FLG_FHCRC = 2^1
+	local FLG_FEXTRA = 2^2
+	local FLG_FNAME = 2^3
+	local FLG_FCOMMENT = 2^4
+
+	local id1 = bs:read(8)
+	local id2 = bs:read(8)
+	if id1 ~= 31 or id2 ~= 139 then
+		runtime_error 'not in gzip format'
+	end
+	bs:read(8)  -- compression method
+	local flg = bs:read(8) -- FLaGs
+	local mtime = bs:read(32) -- Modification TIME
+	local xfl = bs:read(8) -- eXtra FLags
+	local os = bs:read(8) -- Operating System
+
+	if not os then runtime_error 'invalid header' end
+
+	if hasbit(flg, FLG_FEXTRA) then
+		local xlen = bs:read(16)
+		local extra = 0
+		for i=1,xlen do
+			extra = bs:read(8)
+		end
+		if not extra then runtime_error 'invalid header' end
+	end
+
+	local function parse_zstring(bs)
+		repeat
+			local by = bs:read(8)
+			if not by then runtime_error 'invalid header' end
+		until by == 0
+	end
+
+	if hasbit(flg, FLG_FNAME) then
+		parse_zstring(bs)
+	end
+
+	if hasbit(flg, FLG_FCOMMENT) then
+		parse_zstring(bs)
+	end
+
+	if hasbit(flg, FLG_FHCRC) then
+		local crc16 = bs:read(16)
+		if not crc16 then runtime_error 'invalid header' end
+		-- IMPROVE: check CRC.  where is an example .gz file that
+		-- has this set?
+	end
+end
+
+local function parse_zlib_header(bs)
+	local cm = bs:read(4) -- Compression Method
+	local cinfo = bs:read(4) -- Compression info
+	local fcheck = bs:read(5) -- FLaGs: FCHECK (check bits for CMF and FLG)
+	local fdict = bs:read(1) -- FLaGs: FDICT (present dictionary)
+	local flevel = bs:read(2) -- FLaGs: FLEVEL (compression level)
+	local cmf = cinfo * 16  + cm -- CMF (Compresion Method and flags)
+	local flg = fcheck + fdict * 32 + flevel * 64 -- FLaGs
+
+	if cm ~= 8 then -- not "deflate"
+		runtime_error("unrecognized zlib compression method: " + cm)
+	end
+	if cinfo > 7 then
+		runtime_error("invalid zlib window size: cinfo=" + cinfo)
+	end
+	local window_size = 2^(cinfo + 8)
+
+	if (cmf*256 + flg) %  31 ~= 0 then
+		runtime_error("invalid zlib header (bad fcheck sum)")
+	end
+
+	if fdict == 1 then
+		runtime_error("FIX:TODO - FDICT not currently implemented")
+		local dictid_ = bs:read(32)
+	end
+
+	return window_size
+end
+
+local function parse_huffmantables(bs)
+		local hlit = bs:read(5)  -- # of literal/length codes - 257
+		local hdist = bs:read(5) -- # of distance codes - 1
+		local hclen = noeof(bs:read(4)) -- # of code length codes - 4
+
+		local ncodelen_codes = hclen + 4
+		local codelen_init = {}
+		local codelen_vals = {
+			16, 17, 18, 0, 8, 7, 9, 6, 10, 5, 11, 4, 12, 3, 13, 2, 14, 1, 15}
+		for i=1,ncodelen_codes do
+			local nbits = bs:read(3)
+			local val = codelen_vals[i]
+			codelen_init[val] = nbits
+		end
+		local codelentable = HuffmanTable(codelen_init, true)
+
+		local function decode(ncodes)
+			local init = {}
+			local nbits
+			local val = 0
+			while val < ncodes do
+				local codelen = codelentable:read(bs)
+				--FIX:check nil?
+				local nrepeat
+				if codelen <= 15 then
+					nrepeat = 1
+					nbits = codelen
+				elseif codelen == 16 then
+					nrepeat = 3 + noeof(bs:read(2))
+					-- nbits unchanged
+				elseif codelen == 17 then
+					nrepeat = 3 + noeof(bs:read(3))
+					nbits = 0
+				elseif codelen == 18 then
+					nrepeat = 11 + noeof(bs:read(7))
+					nbits = 0
+				else
+					error 'ASSERT'
+				end
+				for i=1,nrepeat do
+					init[val] = nbits
+					val = val + 1
+				end
+			end
+			local huffmantable = HuffmanTable(init, true)
+			return huffmantable
+		end
+
+		local nlit_codes = hlit + 257
+		local ndist_codes = hdist + 1
+
+		local littable = decode(nlit_codes)
+		local disttable = decode(ndist_codes)
+
+		return littable, disttable
+end
+
+
+local tdecode_len_base
+local tdecode_len_nextrabits
+local tdecode_dist_base
+local tdecode_dist_nextrabits
+local function parse_compressed_item(bs, outstate, littable, disttable)
+	local val = littable:read(bs)
+	if val < 256 then -- literal
+		output(outstate, val)
+	elseif val == 256 then -- end of block
+		return true
+	else
+		if not tdecode_len_base then
+			local t = {[257]=3}
+			local skip = 1
+			for i=258,285,4 do
+				for j=i,i+3 do t[j] = t[j-1] + skip end
+				if i ~= 258 then skip = skip * 2 end
+			end
+			t[285] = 258
+			tdecode_len_base = t
+		end
+		if not tdecode_len_nextrabits then
+			local t = {}
+
+			for i=257,285 do
+				local j = math_max(i - 261, 0)
+				t[i] = rshift(j, 2)
+			end
+
+			t[285] = 0
+			tdecode_len_nextrabits = t
+		end
+		local len_base = tdecode_len_base[val]
+		local nextrabits = tdecode_len_nextrabits[val]
+		local extrabits = bs:read(nextrabits)
+		local len = len_base + extrabits
+
+		if not tdecode_dist_base then
+			local t = {[0]=1}
+			local skip = 1
+			for i=1,29,2 do
+				for j=i,i+1 do t[j] = t[j-1] + skip end
+				if i ~= 1 then skip = skip * 2 end
+			end
+			tdecode_dist_base = t
+		end
+		if not tdecode_dist_nextrabits then
+			local t = {}
+
+			for i=0,29 do
+				local j = math_max(i - 2, 0)
+				t[i] = rshift(j, 1)
+			end
+
+			tdecode_dist_nextrabits = t
+		end
+		local dist_val = disttable:read(bs)
+		local dist_base = tdecode_dist_base[dist_val]
+		local dist_nextrabits = tdecode_dist_nextrabits[dist_val]
+		local dist_extrabits = bs:read(dist_nextrabits)
+		local dist = dist_base + dist_extrabits
+
+		for i=1,len do
+			local pos = (outstate.window_pos - 1 - dist) % 32768 + 1  -- 32K
+			output(outstate, assert(outstate.window[pos], 'invalid distance'))
+		end
+	end
+	return false
+end
+
+
+local function parse_block(bs, outstate, throttle)
+	local bfinal = bs:read(1)
+	local btype = bs:read(2)
+
+	local BTYPE_NO_COMPRESSION = 0
+	local BTYPE_FIXED_HUFFMAN = 1
+	local BTYPE_DYNAMIC_HUFFMAN = 2
+	local BTYPE_RESERVED_ = 3
+
+	if btype == BTYPE_NO_COMPRESSION then
+		bs:read(bs:nbits_left_in_byte())
+		local len = bs:read(16)
+		local nlen_ = noeof(bs:read(16))
+
+		for _=1,len do
+			local by = noeof(bs:read(8))
+			output(outstate, by)
+		end
+	elseif btype == BTYPE_FIXED_HUFFMAN or btype == BTYPE_DYNAMIC_HUFFMAN then
+		local littable, disttable
+		if btype == BTYPE_DYNAMIC_HUFFMAN then
+			littable, disttable = parse_huffmantables(bs)
+		else
+			littable  = HuffmanTable {0,8, 144,9, 256,7, 280,8, 288,nil}
+			disttable = HuffmanTable {0,5, 32,nil}
+		end
+
+		repeat
+			local is_done = parse_compressed_item(
+				bs, outstate, littable, disttable)
+			throttle()
+		until is_done
+	else
+		runtime_error 'unrecognized compression type'
+	end
+
+	return bfinal ~= 0
+end
+
+function M.inflate(t)
+	local bs = get_bitstream(t.input)
+	local outbs = get_obytestream(t.output)
+	local outstate = make_outstate(outbs)
+
+	repeat
+		local is_final = parse_block(bs, outstate, t.throttle)
+	until is_final
+end
+local inflate = M.inflate
+
+function M.gunzip(t)
+	local bs = get_bitstream(t.input)
+	local outbs = get_obytestream(t.output)
+
+	parse_gzip_header(bs)
+
+	inflate{input=bs, output=outbs, throttle=t.throttle or function() end}
+
+	bs:read(bs:nbits_left_in_byte())
+end
+
+return M
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compress/apis/lzw.lua b/compress/apis/lzw.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d4c4b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compress/apis/lzw.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+-- see: https://github.com/Rochet2/lualzw
+-- MIT License - Copyright (c) 2016 Rochet2
+
+local char    = string.char
+local type    = type
+local sub     = string.sub
+local tconcat = table.concat
+
+local SIGC = 'LZWC'
+
+local basedictcompress = {}
+local basedictdecompress = {}
+for i = 0, 255 do
+	local ic, iic = char(i), char(i, 0)
+	basedictcompress[ic] = iic
+	basedictdecompress[iic] = ic
+end
+
+local function dictAddA(str, dict, a, b)
+	if a >= 256 then
+		a, b = 0, b+1
+		if b >= 256 then
+			dict = {}
+			b = 1
+		end
+	end
+	dict[str] = char(a,b)
+	a = a+1
+	return dict, a, b
+end
+
+local function compress(input)
+	if type(input) ~= "string" then
+		error ("string expected, got "..type(input))
+	end
+	local len = #input
+	if len <= 1 then
+		return input
+	end
+
+	local dict = {}
+	local a, b = 0, 1
+
+	local result = { SIGC }
+	local resultlen = 1
+	local n = 2
+	local word = ""
+	for i = 1, len do
+		local c = sub(input, i, i)
+		local wc = word..c
+		if not (basedictcompress[wc] or dict[wc]) then
+			local write = basedictcompress[word] or dict[word]
+			if not write then
+				error "algorithm error, could not fetch word"
+			end
+			result[n] = write
+			resultlen = resultlen + #write
+			n = n+1
+			if  len <= resultlen then
+				return input
+			end
+			dict, a, b = dictAddA(wc, dict, a, b)
+			word = c
+		else
+			word = wc
+		end
+	end
+	result[n] = basedictcompress[word] or dict[word]
+	resultlen = resultlen+#result[n]
+	if  len <= resultlen then
+		return input
+	end
+	return tconcat(result)
+end
+
+local function dictAddB(str, dict, a, b)
+	if a >= 256 then
+		a, b = 0, b+1
+		if b >= 256 then
+			dict = {}
+			b = 1
+		end
+	end
+	dict[char(a,b)] = str
+	a = a+1
+	return dict, a, b
+end
+
+local function decompress(input)
+	if type(input) ~= "string" then
+		error( "string expected, got "..type(input))
+	end
+
+	if #input <= 1 then
+		return input
+	end
+
+	local control = sub(input, 1, 4)
+	if control ~= SIGC then
+		return input
+	end
+	input = sub(input, 5)
+	local len = #input
+
+	if len < 2 then
+		error("invalid input - not a compressed string")
+	end
+
+	local dict = {}
+	local a, b = 0, 1
+
+	local result = {}
+	local n = 1
+	local last = sub(input, 1, 2)
+	result[n] = basedictdecompress[last] or dict[last]
+	n = n+1
+	for i = 3, len, 2 do
+		local code = sub(input, i, i+1)
+		local lastStr = basedictdecompress[last] or dict[last]
+		if not lastStr then
+			error( "could not find last from dict. Invalid input?")
+		end
+		local toAdd = basedictdecompress[code] or dict[code]
+		if toAdd then
+			result[n] = toAdd
+			n = n+1
+			dict, a, b = dictAddB(lastStr..sub(toAdd, 1, 1), dict, a, b)
+		else
+			local tmp = lastStr..sub(lastStr, 1, 1)
+			result[n] = tmp
+			n = n+1
+			dict, a, b = dictAddB(tmp, dict, a, b)
+		end
+		last = code
+	end
+	return tconcat(result)
+end
+
+return {
+    compress = compress,
+    decompress = decompress,
+}
diff --git a/compress/apis/tar.lua b/compress/apis/tar.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c64a9be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compress/apis/tar.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+
+-- see: https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks/blob/master/src/luarocks/tools/tar.lua
+-- A pure-Lua implementation of untar (unpacking .tar archives)
+
+local tar = { }
+
+local fs = _G.fs
+
+local blocksize = 512
+
+local function get_typeflag(flag)
+	if flag == "0" or flag == "\0" then return "file"
+	elseif flag == "1" then return "link"
+	elseif flag == "2" then return "symlink" -- "reserved" in POSIX, "symlink" in GNU
+	elseif flag == "3" then return "character"
+	elseif flag == "4" then return "block"
+	elseif flag == "5" then return "directory"
+	elseif flag == "6" then return "fifo"
+	elseif flag == "7" then return "contiguous" -- "reserved" in POSIX, "contiguous" in GNU
+	elseif flag == "x" then return "next file"
+	elseif flag == "g" then return "global extended header"
+	elseif flag == "L" then return "long name"
+	elseif flag == "K" then return "long link name"
+	end
+	return "unknown"
+end
+
+local function octal_to_number(octal)
+	local exp = 0
+	local number = 0
+	octal = octal:gsub("%s", "")
+	for i = #octal,1,-1 do
+		local digit = tonumber(octal:sub(i,i))
+		if not digit then
+			break
+		end
+		number = number + (digit * 8^exp)
+		exp = exp + 1
+	end
+	return number
+end
+
+local function checksum_header(block)
+	local sum = 256
+	for i = 1,148 do
+		local b = block:byte(i) or 0
+		sum = sum + b
+	end
+	for i = 157,500 do
+		local b = block:byte(i) or 0
+		sum = sum + b
+	end
+	return sum
+end
+
+local function nullterm(s)
+_G._zz = s
+	return s:match("^[^%z]*")
+end
+
+local function read_header_block(block)
+	local header = {}
+	header.name = nullterm(block:sub(1,100))
+	header.mode = nullterm(block:sub(101,108)):gsub(" ", "")
+	header.uid = octal_to_number(nullterm(block:sub(109,116)))
+	header.gid = octal_to_number(nullterm(block:sub(117,124)))
+	header.size = octal_to_number(nullterm(block:sub(125,136)))
+	header.mtime = octal_to_number(nullterm(block:sub(137,148)))
+	header.chksum = octal_to_number(nullterm(block:sub(149,156)))
+	header.typeflag = get_typeflag(block:sub(157,157))
+	header.linkname = nullterm(block:sub(158,257))
+	header.magic = block:sub(258,263)
+	header.version = block:sub(264,265)
+	header.uname = nullterm(block:sub(266,297))
+	header.gname = nullterm(block:sub(298,329))
+	header.devmajor = octal_to_number(nullterm(block:sub(330,337)))
+	header.devminor = octal_to_number(nullterm(block:sub(338,345)))
+	header.prefix = block:sub(346,500)
+	if not checksum_header(block) == header.chksum then
+		return false, "Failed header checksum"
+	end
+	return header
+end
+
+function tar.untar(filename, destdir, verbose)
+	assert(type(filename) == "string")
+	assert(type(destdir) == "string")
+
+	local tar_handle = io.open(filename, "rb")
+	if not tar_handle then return nil, "Error opening file "..filename end
+
+	local long_name, long_link_name
+	local ok, err
+
+	local make_dir = function(a)
+		if not fs.exists(a) then
+			fs.makeDir(a)
+		end
+		return true
+	end
+
+	while true do
+		local block
+		repeat
+			block = tar_handle:read(blocksize)
+		until (not block) or checksum_header(block) > 256
+		if not block then break end
+		if #block < blocksize then
+			ok, err = nil, "Invalid block size -- corrupted file?"
+			break
+		end
+		local header
+		header, err = read_header_block(block)
+		if not header then
+			ok = false
+			break
+		end
+
+		local file_data = tar_handle:read(math.ceil(header.size / blocksize) * blocksize):sub(1,header.size)
+
+		if header.typeflag == "long name" then
+			long_name = nullterm(file_data)
+		elseif header.typeflag == "long link name" then
+			long_link_name = nullterm(file_data)
+		else
+			if long_name then
+				header.name = long_name
+				long_name = nil
+			end
+			if long_link_name then
+				header.name = long_link_name
+				long_link_name = nil
+			end
+		end
+		local pathname = fs.combine(destdir, header.name)
+
+		if header.typeflag == "directory" then
+			ok, err = make_dir(pathname)
+			if not ok then
+				break
+			end
+		elseif header.typeflag == "file" then
+			local dirname = fs.getDir(pathname)
+			if dirname ~= "" then
+				ok, err = make_dir(dirname)
+				if not ok then
+					break
+				end
+			end
+			local file_handle
+			if verbose then
+				print(pathname)
+			end
+			file_handle, err = io.open(pathname, "wb")
+			if not file_handle then
+				ok = nil
+				break
+			end
+			file_handle:write(file_data)
+			file_handle:close()
+		end
+	end
+	tar_handle:close()
+	return ok, err
+end
+
+local function create_header_block(filename, abspath)
+	local block = ('\0'):rep(512)
+
+	local function number_to_octal(n)
+		return ('%o'):format(n)
+	end
+
+	local function ins(pos, istr)
+		block = block:sub(1, pos - 1) .. istr .. block:sub(pos + #istr)
+	end
+
+	ins(1, filename) -- header
+	ins(125, number_to_octal(fs.getSize(abspath)))
+	ins(157, '0') -- typeflag
+
+	ins(149, number_to_octal(checksum_header(block)))
+
+	return block
+end
+
+-- the bare minimum for this program to untar
+function tar.tar(filename, root, files)
+	assert(type(filename) == "string")
+	assert(type(root) == "string")
+	assert(type(files) == "table")
+
+	local tar_handle = io.open(filename, "wb")
+	if not tar_handle then return nil, "Error opening file "..filename end
+
+	for _, file in pairs(files) do
+		local abs = fs.combine(root, file)
+		local block = create_header_block(file, abs)
+		tar_handle:write(block)
+		local f = require('opus.util').readFile(abs, 'rb')
+		tar_handle:write(f)
+		local padding = #f % 512
+		if padding > 0 then
+			tar_handle:write(('\0'):rep(512 - padding))
+		end
+	end
+	tar_handle:close()
+	return true
+end
+
+return tar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compress/untar.lua b/compress/untar.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..080c9d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compress/untar.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+-- see: https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks/blob/master/src/luarocks/tools/tar.lua
+
+-- TODO: support normal tar syntax -- tar xvf
+
+local DEFLATE = require('compress.deflatelua')
+local tar     = require('compress.tar')
+
+local fs    = _G.fs
+local io    = _G.io
+local shell = _ENV.shell
+
+local args = { ... }
+
+if not args[2] then
+	error('Syntax: tar FILE DESTDIR')
+end
+
+local inFile = shell.resolve(args[1])
+local outDir = shell.resolve(args[2])
+
+if inFile:match('(.+)%.[gG][zZ]$') then
+	local TMP_FILE = '.out.tar'
+
+	local fh = io.open(inFile, 'rb') or error('Error opening ' .. inFile)
+
+	fs.mount(TMP_FILE, 'ramfs', 'file')
+	local ofh = io.open(TMP_FILE, 'wb')
+
+	DEFLATE.gunzip {input=fh, output=ofh, disable_crc=true}
+
+	fh:close()
+	ofh:close()
+
+	local s, m = tar.untar(TMP_FILE, outDir, true)
+
+	fs.delete(TMP_FILE)
+
+	if not s then
+		error(m)
+	end
+else
+	local s, m = tar.untar(inFile, outDir)
+	if not s then
+		error(m)
+	end
+end
diff --git a/debugger/apis/init.lua b/debugger/apis/init.lua
index 44e4b16..a7b97d3 100644
--- a/debugger/apis/init.lua
+++ b/debugger/apis/init.lua
@@ -9,10 +9,33 @@ local dbg = {
 	breakpoints = nil,
 }
 
+local romFiles = {
+	load = function(self)
+		local function recurse(dir)
+			local files = fs.list(dir)
+			for _,f in ipairs(files) do
+				local fullName = fs.combine(dir, f)
+				if fs.isDir(fullName) then
+					recurse(fullName)
+				else
+					self.files[f] = fullName
+				end
+			end
+		end
+		recurse('rom/apis')
+	end,
+	get = function(self, file)
+		return self.files[file]
+	end,
+	files = { },
+}
+romFiles:load()
+
 local function breakpointHook(info)
 	if dbg.breakpoints then
+		local src = romFiles:get(info.short_src) or info.short_src
 		for _,v in pairs(dbg.breakpoints) do
-			if v.line == info.currentline and v.file == info.short_src then
+			if v.line == info.currentline and v.file == src then
 				return not v.disabled
 			end
 		end
diff --git a/debugger/debug.lua b/debugger/debug.lua
index b26b675..e2cfbe3 100644
--- a/debugger/debug.lua
+++ b/debugger/debug.lua
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ local page = UI.Page {
 			local line = self.source:getSelected().line
 			multishell.openTab(_ENV, {
 				path = 'sys/apps/shell.lua',
-				args = { ('edit --line=%d %s'):format(line , file) },
+				args = { ('edit --line=%d %s'):format(line , '/' .. file) },
 				focused = true,
 			})
 		end
diff --git a/tests/test-ramfs.lua b/tests/test-ramfs.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caa57bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-ramfs.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+local ramfs = require('opus.fs.ramfs')
+
+local fs = _G.fs
+
+local str = 'hello'
+
+local node = fs.mount('test.bin', 'ramfs', 'file')
+local file = ramfs.open(node, 'test.bin', 'wb')
+for i = 1, 5 do
+    file.write(str:sub(i, i))
+end
+file.close()
+
+node = fs.getNode('test.bin')
+file = ramfs.open(node, 'test.bin', 'r')
+local s = file.read(5)
+file.close()
+
+assert(s == str)
+
+file = ramfs.open(node, 'test.bin', 'w')
+file.write(str)
+file.close()
+
+node = fs.getNode('test.bin')
+file = ramfs.open(node, 'test.bin', 'rb')
+s = file.read(5)
+file.close()
+
+assert(s == str)
diff --git a/tests/test-tar.lua b/tests/test-tar.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..272b3ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-tar.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+local tar = require('compress.tar')
+local Util = require('opus.util')
+
+local fs = _G.fs
+
+local files = {
+    'test-ramfs.lua',
+    'test-tar.lua',
+}
+
+fs.mount('packages/tests/test.tar', 'ramfs', 'file')
+tar.tar('packages/tests/test.tar', 'packages/tests', files)
+
+fs.mount('packages/tests/untar', 'ramfs', 'directory')
+tar.untar('packages/tests/test.tar', 'packages/tests/untar')
+
+local s1 = Util.readFile('packages/tests/test-ramfs.lua', 'r')
+local s2 = Util.readFile('packages/tests/untar/test-ramfs.lua', 'r')
+
+assert(s1 == s2)