diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 2593356..5e19d17 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   (void) argc;
   (void) argv;
 
+
+  FILE *fp = fopen("/dev/debug", "w");
+  fprintf(fp, "Hello, filesystem!\n");
+
+
   for(;;);
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/boot/kmain.c b/kernel/boot/kmain.c
index 4b12a6b..d636122 100644
--- a/kernel/boot/kmain.c
+++ b/kernel/boot/kmain.c
@@ -30,24 +30,19 @@ int kmain(uint64_t multiboot_magic, void *multiboot_data)
 
   debug_info("Syscall enabled:%d\n", CPUID_FEATURE_SYSCALL);
 
+
+  fs_mount(0, "/");
+  fs_mount(&debug_file, "/dev/debug");
+
+  fs_write(&debug_file, "TESTING DEBUG FILE", 18, 0);
+
   process_t *p1 = process_spawn(0);
   char *args[] = {"init", "Hello, arg", "5", 0};
   char *env[] = {"OS=mittos64", 0};
+  p1->fp[1].file = fs_namef("/dev/debug");
   thread_t *th = exec_elf(p1, mboot_data.init, args, env);
   scheduler_insert(th);
 
-  procmm_print_map(p1->mmap);
-  fs_mount(0, "/");
-  fs_mount(0, "/dev");
-  fs_mount(0, "/home/user/mnt/photos");
-
-
-  fs_namef("/");
-  fs_namef("/usr/local/bin/python");
-  fs_namef("/dev/tty0");
-  fs_namef("/home/thomas");
-  fs_namef("/home/user/mnt/photos/2016/june");
-
   asm("sti");
   debug_info("BOOT COMPLETE\n");
   schedule();
diff --git a/kernel/fs/debug_fs.c b/kernel/fs/debug_fs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7572978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/fs/debug_fs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <vfs.h>
+#include <debug.h>
+
+size_t debug_write(file_t *file, void *buffer, size_t nbyte, size_t offset)
+{
+  (void)file;
+  (void)offset;
+  debug_putsn(buffer, nbyte);
+  return nbyte;
+}
+
+fs_driver_t debug_fs = {
+  .write = debug_write,
+};
+
+file_t debug_file = {
+  .refs = 1,
+  .type = FS_TTY,
+  .driver = &debug_fs,
+};
diff --git a/kernel/include/process.h b/kernel/include/process.h
index 2d5ed42..20aea52 100644
--- a/kernel/include/process.h
+++ b/kernel/include/process.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ typedef struct process_st process_t;
 #include <cpu.h>
 #include <sync.h>
 #include <mem.h>
+#include <vfs.h>
+
+#define PROC_NUMFP 20
 
 struct procmm_mmap_st;
 typedef struct process_st
@@ -20,6 +23,11 @@ typedef struct process_st
   LIST(struct process_st, children);
   LIST(struct process_st, siblings);
   LIST(thread_t, threads);
+  struct {
+    file_t *file;
+    uint64_t flags;
+    uint64_t pos;
+  } fp[PROC_NUMFP];
 } process_t;
 
 #define PROC_STATE_READY 1
diff --git a/kernel/include/syscall.h b/kernel/include/syscall.h
index 8ef4f02..df0c2d1 100644
--- a/kernel/include/syscall.h
+++ b/kernel/include/syscall.h
@@ -40,8 +40,15 @@ typedef long (*syscall_handler_t)(long num, long, long, long, long, long, long);
 
 #define SYSCALL_REGISTER(name, num) syscall_handlers[num] = syscall_##name
 
+SYSCALL_DECL(open);
+SYSCALL_DECL(close);
+SYSCALL_DECL(read);
 SYSCALL_DECL(write);
+SYSCALL_DECL(isatty);
+SYSCALL_DECL(seek);
+
 SYSCALL_DECL(brk);
+
 SYSCALL_DECL(fork);
 SYSCALL_DECL(exit);
 SYSCALL_DECL(wait);
diff --git a/kernel/include/vfs.h b/kernel/include/vfs.h
index 699e3ab..8f7e068 100644
--- a/kernel/include/vfs.h
+++ b/kernel/include/vfs.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ typedef struct dirent_st
 #define FS_FILE 0x1
 #define FS_DIR  0x2
 #define FS_PIPE 0x3
+#define FS_TTY  0x4
 
 typedef struct fs_driver_st
 {
@@ -56,3 +57,5 @@ void fs_mount(file_t *root, const char *path);
 void fs_umount(const char *path);
 
 file_t *fs_namef(const char *path);
+
+file_t debug_file;
diff --git a/kernel/proc/process.c b/kernel/proc/process.c
index 8c4239e..03e9cf1 100644
--- a/kernel/proc/process.c
+++ b/kernel/proc/process.c
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ process_t *process_spawn(process_t *parent)
     LIST_APPEND(parent->children, proc, siblings);
     proc->mmap = procmm_new_map(proc, parent->mmap);
     spin_unlock(&parent->lock);
+    for(int i = 0; i < PROC_NUMFP; i++)
+    {
+      if(parent->fp[i].file)
+      {
+        proc->fp[i].file = fs_get(parent->fp[i].file);
+        proc->fp[i].pos = parent->fp[i].pos;
+        proc->fp[i].flags = parent->fp[i].flags;
+        fs_open(proc->fp[i].file, proc->fp[i].flags);
+      }
+    }
   } else {
     proc->mmap = procmm_new_map(proc, 0);
   }
@@ -76,6 +86,14 @@ void process_exit(process_t *proc, uint64_t status)
     c->parent = init_proc;
     LIST_APPEND(init_proc->children, c, siblings);
   }
+  for(int i = 0; i < PROC_NUMFP; i++)
+  {
+    if(proc->fp[i].file)
+    {
+      fs_close(proc->fp[i].file);
+      fs_put(proc->fp[i].file);
+    }
+  }
   proc->state = PROC_STATE_ZOMBIE;
   spin_unlock(&proc->lock);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/syscall/sys_fs.c b/kernel/syscall/sys_fs.c
index 00288b8..41a4fd0 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall/sys_fs.c
+++ b/kernel/syscall/sys_fs.c
@@ -4,17 +4,77 @@
 #include <debug.h>
 #include <mem.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <process.h>
+#include <vfs.h>
+
+SYSCALL_DEF(open)
+{
+  SYSCALL_INIT(char *, path, int, flags, int, mode);
+  process_t *p = get_current_process();
+  for(int i = 0; i < PROC_NUMFP; i++)
+  {
+    if(!p->fp[i].file)
+    {
+      p->fp[i].file = fs_namef(path);
+      p->fp[i].flags = flags;
+      fs_open(p->fp[i].file, flags);
+      p->fp[i].pos = 0;
+      if(p->fp[i].file)
+        return i;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+SYSCALL_DEF(close)
+{
+  SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd);
+  process_t *p = get_current_process();
+  int retval = fs_close(p->fp[fd].file);
+  fs_put(p->fp[fd].file);
+  p->fp[fd].file = 0;
+  return retval;
+}
+
+SYSCALL_DEF(isatty)
+{
+  SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd);
+  process_t *p = get_current_process();
+  if(p->fp[fd].file && ((p->fp[fd].file->type & FS_TTY) == FS_TTY))
+    return 1;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+SYSCALL_DEF(read)
+{
+  SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd, void *, buffer, size_t, nbyte);
+  process_t *p = get_current_process();
+  int64_t bytes = fs_read(p->fp[fd].file, buffer, nbyte, p->fp[fd].pos);
+  p->fp[fd].pos += bytes;
+  return bytes;
+}
 
 SYSCALL_DEF(write)
 {
   SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd, void *, buffer, size_t, nbyte);
 
-
-  if(fd == 1)
-  {
-    debugn(buffer, nbyte);
-    return nbyte;
-  }
-
-  return 0;
+  process_t *p = get_current_process();
+  int64_t bytes = fs_write(p->fp[fd].file, buffer, nbyte, p->fp[fd].pos);
+  p->fp[fd].pos += bytes;
+  return bytes;
+}
+
+SYSCALL_DEF(seek)
+{
+  SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd, long, offset, int, whence);
+  process_t *p = get_current_process();
+  if(!p->fp[fd].file)
+    return -1;
+  if(whence == 0)
+    p->fp[fd].pos = offset;
+  else if(whence == 1)
+    p->fp[fd].pos += offset;
+
+  return p->fp[fd].pos;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/syscall/sys_proc.c b/kernel/syscall/sys_proc.c
index 7499d67..aba572e 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall/sys_proc.c
+++ b/kernel/syscall/sys_proc.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <mem.h>
 #include <debug.h>
 #include <list.h>
+#include <vfs.h>
 
 SYSCALL_DEF(fork)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/syscall/syscall.c b/kernel/syscall/syscall.c
index b9b03ed..6058023 100644
--- a/kernel/syscall/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/syscall/syscall.c
@@ -56,8 +56,15 @@ void syscall_init()
     memset(syscall_handlers, 0, 1024*sizeof(syscall_handler_t));
 
     SYSCALL_REGISTER(debug, SYS_DEBUG);
+    SYSCALL_REGISTER(open, SYS_OPEN);
+    SYSCALL_REGISTER(close, SYS_CLOSE);
+    SYSCALL_REGISTER(read, SYS_READ);
     SYSCALL_REGISTER(write, SYS_WRITE);
+    SYSCALL_REGISTER(isatty, SYS_ISATTY);
+    SYSCALL_REGISTER(seek, SYS_SEEK);
+
     SYSCALL_REGISTER(brk, SYS_BRK);
+
     SYSCALL_REGISTER(fork, SYS_FORK);
     SYSCALL_REGISTER(exit, SYS_EXIT);
     SYSCALL_REGISTER(wait, SYS_WAIT);
diff --git a/libc/file_io.c b/libc/file_io.c
index 138598c..ff3aa57 100644
--- a/libc/file_io.c
+++ b/libc/file_io.c
@@ -4,18 +4,48 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 
-SYSCALL_DEF(ioctl)
-{
-  SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd, unsigned long, request);
 
-  if(fd == 1 && request == TIOCGWINSZ)
-  {
-    return 0;
-  }
-  kernel_debug("==> IOCTL - unsupported request:%lx\n", request);
-  return -1;
+SYSCALL_DEF(open)
+{
+  SYSCALL_INIT(char *, path, int, flags, int, mode);
+  return kernel_syscall(SYS_OPEN, path, flags, mode);
+}
+SYSCALL_DEF(close)
+{
+  SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd);
+  return kernel_syscall(SYS_CLOSE, fd);
+}
+SYSCALL_DEF(read)
+{
+  SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd, void *, buffer, size_t, nbyte);
+
+  return kernel_syscall(SYS_READ, fd, buffer, nbyte);
+}
+SYSCALL_DEF(write)
+{
+  SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd, void *, buffer, size_t, nbyte);
+
+  return kernel_syscall(SYS_WRITE, fd, buffer, nbyte);
+}
+SYSCALL_DEF(lseek)
+{
+  SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd, long, offset, int, whence);
+  return kernel_syscall(SYS_SEEK, fd, offset, whence);
 }
 
+SYSCALL_DEF(readv)
+{
+  SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd, const struct iovec *, iov, int, iovcnt);
+
+  size_t len = 0;
+
+  for(int i=0; i < iovcnt; i++)
+  {
+    len += read(fd, iov[i].iov_base, iov[i].iov_len);
+  }
+
+  return (long)len;
+}
 SYSCALL_DEF(writev)
 {
   SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd, const struct iovec *, iov, int, iovcnt);
@@ -29,10 +59,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEF(writev)
 
   return (long)len;
 }
-
-SYSCALL_DEF(write)
+SYSCALL_DEF(ioctl)
 {
-  SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd, void *, buffer, size_t, nbyte);
+  SYSCALL_INIT(int, fd, unsigned long, request);
 
-  return kernel_syscall(SYS_WRITE, fd, buffer, nbyte);
+  if(request == TIOCGWINSZ)
+    return !kernel_syscall(SYS_ISATTY, fd);
+
+  kernel_debug("==> IOCTL - unsupported request:%lx\n", request);
+  return -1;
 }
diff --git a/libc/syscall_num.h b/libc/syscall_num.h
index 0ab8f51..c07bfe6 100644
--- a/libc/syscall_num.h
+++ b/libc/syscall_num.h
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#define SYS_WRITE 0x001
-#define SYS_BRK   0x002
-#define SYS_FORK  0x003
-#define SYS_EXIT  0x004
-#define SYS_WAIT  0x005
-#define SYS_DEBUG 0x3FF
+#define SYS_DEBUG  0x3FF
+
+#define SYS_OPEN   0x001
+#define SYS_CLOSE  0x002
+#define SYS_READ   0x003
+#define SYS_WRITE  0x004
+#define SYS_ISATTY 0x005
+#define SYS_SEEK   0x006
+
+#define SYS_BRK   0x007
+
+#define SYS_FORK  0x008
+#define SYS_EXIT  0x009
+#define SYS_WAIT  0x00A