diff --git a/tests/0-file.d b/tests/0-file.d
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+/++ dub.sdl:
+	name "test"
+	dependency "eventcore" path=".."
+	debugVersions "EventCoreLogFiles"
++/
+module test;
+
+import eventcore.core;
+import eventcore.socket;
+import std.file : remove;
+import std.socket : InternetAddress;
+import core.time : Duration, msecs;
+
+bool s_done;
+
+void main()
+{
+	auto f = eventDriver.files.open("test.txt", FileOpenMode.createTrunc);
+	assert(eventDriver.files.getSize(f) == 0);
+	auto data = cast(const(ubyte)[])"Hello, World!";
+	auto tm = eventDriver.timers.create();
+	eventDriver.timers.set(tm, 500.msecs, 0.msecs);
+	eventDriver.timers.wait(tm, (tm) {
+		assert(false, "File operation stalled.");
+	});
+
+	eventDriver.files.write(f, 0, data[0 .. 7], IOMode.all, (f, status, nbytes) {
+		assert(status == IOStatus.ok);
+		assert(nbytes == 7);
+		assert(eventDriver.files.getSize(f) == 7);
+		eventDriver.files.write(f, 5, data[5 .. $], IOMode.all, (f, status, nbytes) {
+			assert(status == IOStatus.ok);
+			assert(nbytes == data.length - 5);
+			assert(eventDriver.files.getSize(f) == data.length);
+			auto dst = new ubyte[data.length];
+			eventDriver.files.read(f, 0, dst[0 .. 7], IOMode.all, (f, status, nbytes) {
+				assert(status == IOStatus.ok);
+				assert(nbytes == 7);
+				assert(dst[0 .. 7] == data[0 .. 7]);
+				eventDriver.files.read(f, 5, dst[5 .. $], IOMode.all, (f, status, nbytes) {
+					assert(status == IOStatus.ok);
+					assert(nbytes == data.length - 5);
+					assert(dst == data);
+					eventDriver.files.close(f);
+					() @trusted {
+						scope (failure) assert(false);
+						remove("test.txt");
+					} ();
+					eventDriver.files.releaseRef(f);
+					s_done = true;
+					eventDriver.core.exit();
+				});
+			});
+		});
+	});
+
+	ExitReason er;
+	do er = eventDriver.core.processEvents(Duration.max);
+	while (er == ExitReason.idle);
+	//assert(er == ExitReason.outOfWaiters); // FIXME: see above
+	assert(s_done);
+	s_done = false;
+}