diff --git a/src/ffi.rs b/src/ffi.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d09048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ffi.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+//! Useful for C-interop
+use super::*;
+
+macro_rules! c_try {
+    ($call:expr => $invalid:literal; $fmt:literal $(, $args:expr)*) => {
+	{
+            #[inline(never)]
+            #[cold]
+            fn _panic_bad_c_call<'a>(args: ::std::fmt::Arguments<'a>) -> !
+            {
+		panic!("C call failed (invalid return {}): {}", $invalid, args)
+            }
+
+	    let res = unsafe { $call };
+	    if res == $invalid {
+		_panic_bad_c_call(format_args!($fmt $(, $args)*))
+	    }
+	    res
+	}
+    };
+    ($call:expr => if $func:expr; $fmt:literal $(, $args:expr)*) => {
+	{
+	    #[inline(never)]
+            #[cold]
+            fn _panic_bad_c_call<'a, T: ::std::fmt::Display>(invalid: T, args: ::std::fmt::Arguments<'a>) -> !
+            {
+		panic!("C call failed (invalid return {}): {}", invalid, args)
+            }
+	    let res = unsafe { $call };
+	    if $func(res) {
+		_panic_bad_c_call(res, format_args!($fmt $(, $args)*));
+	    }
+	    res
+	}
+    };
+    (? $call:expr => if $func:expr; $fmt:literal $(, $args:expr)*) => {
+	{
+	    let res = unsafe { $call };
+	    if $func(res) {
+		Err(FFIError::from_last_error(res, format_args!($fmt $(, $args)*)))
+	    } else {
+		Ok(res)
+	    }
+	}
+    };
+    (? $call:expr => $invalid:literal; $fmt:literal $(, $args:expr)*) => {
+	{
+	    let res = unsafe { $call };
+	    if res == $invalid {
+		Err(FFIError::from_last_error($invalid, format_args!($fmt $(, $args)*)))
+	    } else {
+		Ok(res)
+	    }
+	}
+    };
+    /* Eh... Idk why this doesn't work...
+    ($call:expr => {$($invalid:pat $(if $pred:pat)?),+} => $fmt:literal $(, $args:expr)*) => {
+    {
+    #[inline(never)]
+    #[cold]
+    fn _panic_bad_c_call<'a, T: ::std::fmt::Display>(invalid: T, args: ::std::fmt::Arguments<'a>) -> !
+    {
+    panic!("C call failed (invalid return {}): {}", invalid, args)
+}
+    let res = $call;
+    match res {
+    $($invalid $(if $pred)? => _panic_bad_c_call(res, format_args!($fmt $(, $args)*))),*
+    x => x,
+}
+}
+};*/
+}
+pub(crate) use c_try;
+
+/// Error context for a failed C call.
+/// Returns the invalid return value, the `errno` error, and a message.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct FFIError<'a, T>(T, io::Error, fmt::Arguments<'a>);
+
+impl<'a, T> FFIError<'a, T>
+where FFIError<'a, T>: error::Error
+{
+    #[inline(never)]
+    #[cold]
+    fn from_last_error(value: T, arguments: fmt::Arguments<'a>) -> Self
+    {
+	Self(value, io::Error::last_os_error(), arguments)
+    }   
+}
+    
+
+impl<'a, T> AsRef<io::Error> for FFIError<'a, T>
+{
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &io::Error {
+	&self.1
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, T> FFIError<'a, T>
+{
+    /// A reference to the value
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn value(&self) -> &T
+    {
+	&self.0
+    }
+
+    /// Clone an instance of the value
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn to_value(&self) -> T
+    where T: Clone
+    {
+	self.0.clone()
+    }
+
+    /// Consume into the value
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn into_value(self) -> T
+    {
+	self.0
+    }
+
+
+    /// Consume into a recursive 2-tuple of `((value, error), message)`.
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn into_parts(self) -> ((T, io::Error), impl fmt::Display + fmt::Debug + 'a)
+    {
+	((self.0, self.1), self.2)
+    }
+
+    /// A reference to the inner OS error
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn error(&self) -> &io::Error
+    {
+	&self.1
+    }
+
+    /// Get a reference to an opaque type that can be formatted into the message
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn message(&self) -> &(impl fmt::Display + fmt::Debug + 'a)
+    {
+	&self.2
+    }
+
+    /// Consume an opaque type that can be formatted into the message
+    pub fn into_message(self) -> impl fmt::Display + fmt::Debug + 'a
+    {
+	self.2
+    }
+/* This doesn't work...
+    /// Render any referenced arguments in the message into a string, reducing the lifetime requirement of the message to `'static`.
+    ///
+    /// # Notes
+    /// If `T` is not also `'static`, then the resulting instance will not be `'static` itself. If `T` is not `'static`, use `into_owned()` instead.
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn message_into_owned(self) -> FFIError<'static, T>
+    {
+	FFIError(self.0, self.1, format_args!("{}", self.2.to_string()))
+    }
+
+    /// Clone any referenced arguments of the message and the value into a non-referential object, reducing the lifetime requirements of the returned instance to `'static`.
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn into_owned(self) -> FFIError<'static, T::Owned>
+    where T: ToOwned,
+    T::Owned: 'static
+    {
+	FFIError(self.0.to_owned(), self.1, format_args!("{}", self.2.to_string()))
+}
+    */
+}
+
+impl<'a, T> error::Error for FFIError<'a, T>
+where FFIError<'a, T>: fmt::Display + fmt::Debug
+{
+    #[inline] 
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn error::Error + 'static)> {
+	Some(&self.1)
+    }
+}
+impl<'a, T: fmt::Debug> fmt::Display for FFIError<'a, T>
+{
+    #[inline] 
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result
+    {
+	write!(f, "C call failed (invalid return {:?}): {}", self.0, &self.2)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, T> From<FFIError<'a, T>> for io::Error
+{
+    #[inline] 
+    fn from(from: FFIError<'a, T>) -> Self
+    {
+	from.1
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/file.rs b/src/file.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3d8c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/file.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+//! Types for, and operations on file descriptors. Useful for mapping
+use super::*;
+
+/// Raw file-descriptor for standard input
+pub const STDIN_FILENO: RawFd = libc::STDIN_FILENO;
+/// Raw file-descriptor for standard output
+pub const STDOUT_FILENO: RawFd = libc::STDOUT_FILENO;
+/// Raw file-descriptor for standard error
+pub const STDERR_FILENO: RawFd = libc::STDERR_FILENO;
+
+mod managed;
+mod unmanaged;
+
+pub use self::{
+    managed::*,
+    unmanaged::*,
+};
+
+pub mod memory;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests
+{
+    use super::*;
+    
+    #[test]
+    fn std_in_out_err_fileno()
+    {
+	#[inline(always)]
+	fn test_fileno<const EXPECTED: RawFd>(expected_name: &'static str, got: RawFd)
+	{
+	    assert_eq!(EXPECTED, got, "{expected_name} invalid: expected: {EXPECTED}, got {got}");
+	}
+
+	test_fileno::<STDIN_FILENO>("STDIN_FILENO", std::io::stdin().as_raw_fd());
+	test_fileno::<STDOUT_FILENO>("STDOUT_FILENO", std::io::stdout().as_raw_fd());
+	test_fileno::<STDERR_FILENO>("STDERR_FILENO", std::io::stderr().as_raw_fd());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/file/managed.rs b/src/file/managed.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e9f3e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/file/managed.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//! Represents a managed `RawFd`.
+//! This will `close()` its contained `RawFd` on drop.
+//!
+//! Can be useful for OS operations on file descriptors without leaking open fds.
+use super::*;
+use std::{
+    ops,
+};
+use libc::{
+    dup, dup2,
+    close,
+};
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct ManagedFD(RawFd);
+
+impl Clone for ManagedFD {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+	Self(c_try!(dup(self.0) => if |x| x < 0; "dup(): failed to duplicate file descriptor {}", self.0))
+    }
+    fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self) {
+	c_try!(dup2(self.0, source.0) => -1; "dup2(): failed to set file descriptor {} to alias {}", self.0, source.0);
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Drop for ManagedFD
+{
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+	unsafe {
+	    close(self.0);
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+//TODO: implement the rest of ManagedFD from `memfd` module in `utf8encode`
diff --git a/src/file/memory.rs b/src/file/memory.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..480806d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/file/memory.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//! Provides physical in-memory file descriptors.
+//!
+//! This can be useful for temporary buffers where a file descriptor is required.
+//! Huge-pages can also be used for this memory.
+use super::*;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct MemoryFile(ManagedFD);
+
+mod hugetlb;
+//TODO: implement `memfd` (and its hugetlb interface, extracted to `hugetlb.rs`) from `utf8encode`.
diff --git a/src/file/memory/hugetlb.rs b/src/file/memory/hugetlb.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6074de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/file/memory/hugetlb.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+//! Huge-page interface for `MemoryFile`.
+use super::*;
+
+//TODO: implement `memfd`'s hugetlb interface from `utf8encode` here.
diff --git a/src/file/unmanaged.rs b/src/file/unmanaged.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a68e93f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/file/unmanaged.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+//! Provides a wrapper over `RawFd` that does not close it on drop.
+//! This can be useful for aliasing file descriptors.
+use super::*;
+
+/// Represents a `RawFd` but does not provide any ownership of it.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+pub struct UnmanagedFD(RawFd);
+
+//TODO: implement a full version of the temporary struct `UnmanagedFD` from `utf8encode`
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 68c9033..ff21069 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ use std::{
     }
 };
 
+mod ffi;
+use ffi::c_try;
+
+pub mod file;
+
 mod uniq;
 use uniq::UniqueSlice;
 
@@ -434,3 +439,5 @@ impl<T> ops::DerefMut for MappedFile<T>
         self.as_slice_mut()
     }
 }
+//TODO: Continue copying from `utf8encode` at the //TODO (cont.) line
+