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+#pragma once
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <ios>
+
+// An RAII compliant object for holding a posix file descriptor
+class FileHandle
+{
+  private:
+    int fd;
+
+  public:
+    FileHandle() = delete;
+    FileHandle(const FileHandle&) = delete;
+    FileHandle& operator=(const FileHandle&) = delete;
+    FileHandle(FileHandle&&) noexcept;
+    FileHandle& operator=(FileHandle&&) noexcept;
+
+    explicit FileHandle(const std::filesystem::path& name,
+                        std::ios_base::openmode mode = std::ios_base::in |
+                                                       std::ios_base::out);
+
+    explicit FileHandle(int fd);
+
+    ~FileHandle();
+    int handle();
+};
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