+/**
+ * Wrapper for the open(2) system call.
+ *
+ * \param path The filename.
+ * \param flags The usual open(2) flags.
+ * \param mode Specifies the permissions to use.
+ *
+ * The mode parameter must be specified when O_CREAT is in the flags, and is
+ * ignored otherwise.
+ *
+ * \return The file descriptor on success, negative on errors.
+ *
+ * \sa open(2).
+ */
+int para_open(const char *path, int flags, mode_t mode)
+{
+ int ret = open(path, flags, mode);
+
+ if (ret >= 0)
+ return ret;
+ return -ERRNO_TO_ERROR(errno);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Open a file, write the given buffer and close the file.
+ *
+ * \param filename Full path to the file to open.
+ * \param buf The buffer to write to the file.
+ * \param size The size of \a buf.
+ *
+ * \return Positive on success, negative on errors. Possible errors include:
+ * any errors from para_open() or para_write().
+ *
+ * \sa para_open(), para_write().
+ */
+int para_write_file(const char *filename, const void *buf, size_t size)
+{
+ int ret, fd;
+
+ ret = para_open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0644);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+ fd = ret;
+ ret = write_all(fd, buf, size);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto out;
+ ret = 1;
+out:
+ close(fd);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+