diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index da353b1..e32435d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ use {
     sha2::Sha256,
     std::{
         array::TryFromSliceError,
-        fmt,
-        io::{self, Read, Write},
+        fmt, fs,
+        io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, Read, Write},
         num::TryFromIntError,
+        os::unix::fs::MetadataExt,
+        path::PathBuf,
         string::FromUtf8Error,
     },
 };
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     MissingData,
     UnexpectedData,
     UnknownFileType,
+    Other(String),
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for Error {
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             Self::MissingData => write!(f, "missing data"),
             Self::UnexpectedData => write!(f, "unexpected data"),
             Self::UnknownFileType => write!(f, "unknown file type"),
+            Self::Other(s) => write!(f, "{s}"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -115,17 +119,17 @@ impl Checksum {
                 let mut sum = [0; 16];
                 reader.read_exact(&mut sum)?;
                 Ok(Self::Md5(sum))
-            },
+            }
             1 => {
                 let mut sum = [0; 20];
                 reader.read_exact(&mut sum)?;
                 Ok(Self::Sha1(sum))
-            },
+            }
             2 => {
                 let mut sum = [0; 32];
                 reader.read_exact(&mut sum)?;
                 Ok(Self::Sha256(sum))
-            },
+            }
             _ => Ok(Self::Skip),
         }
     }
@@ -135,15 +139,15 @@ impl Checksum {
             Self::Md5(sum) => {
                 writer.write_all(&[b'0'])?;
                 writer.write_all(&sum[..])?;
-            },
+            }
             Self::Sha1(sum) => {
                 writer.write_all(&[b'1'])?;
                 writer.write_all(&sum[..])?;
-            },
+            }
             Self::Sha256(sum) => {
                 writer.write_all(&[b'2'])?;
                 writer.write_all(&sum[..])?;
-            },
+            }
             Self::Skip => writer.write_all(&[b'3'])?,
         }
         Ok(())
@@ -172,32 +176,48 @@ impl File {
                 hasher.update(&data);
                 let res = hasher.finalize();
                 if res == sum.into() {
-                    Ok(Self { len, checksum, data })
+                    Ok(Self {
+                        len,
+                        checksum,
+                        data,
+                    })
                 } else {
                     Err(Error::InvalidChecksum)
                 }
-            },
+            }
             Checksum::Sha1(sum) => {
                 let mut hasher = Sha1::new();
                 hasher.update(&data);
                 let res = hasher.finalize();
                 if res == sum.into() {
-                    Ok(Self { len, checksum, data })
+                    Ok(Self {
+                        len,
+                        checksum,
+                        data,
+                    })
                 } else {
                     Err(Error::InvalidChecksum)
                 }
-            },
+            }
             Checksum::Sha256(sum) => {
                 let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
                 hasher.update(&data);
                 let res = hasher.finalize();
                 if res == sum.into() {
-                    Ok(Self { len, checksum, data })
+                    Ok(Self {
+                        len,
+                        checksum,
+                        data,
+                    })
                 } else {
                     Err(Error::InvalidChecksum)
                 }
-            },
-            _ => Ok(Self { len, checksum, data }),
+            }
+            _ => Ok(Self {
+                len,
+                checksum,
+                data,
+            }),
         }
     }
 
@@ -337,4 +357,32 @@ impl Node {
         self.filetype.write(writer)?;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /*pub fn from_path(path: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let name = String::from(path);
+        let mut fd = fs::File::open(path)?;
+        let meta = fd.metadata()?;
+        let mode = meta.mode();
+        let uid = meta.uid();
+        let gid = meta.gid();
+        let mtime = meta.mtime();
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(fd);
+        let ft = meta.file_type();
+        let filetype = if ft.is_dir() {
+            FileType::Directory
+        } else if ft.is_symlink() {
+            let target = fs::read_link(path)?;
+            let target = target
+                .to_str()
+                .ok_or(Error::Other("bad path".to_string()))?
+                .to_string();
+            FileType::SoftLink(target)
+        } else if mode & 0o20000 != 0 {
+            let rdev = meta.rdev();
+            if rdev != 0 {
+            }
+            todo!()
+        };
+        todo!()
+    }*/
 }