diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6f93062..d848996 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "haggis"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "libc",
  "md-5",
  "sha1",
  "sha2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 033bce0..bab079e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+[features]
 
 [dependencies]
+libc = "0.2"
 md-5 = "0.10"
 sha1 = "0.10"
 sha2 = "0.10"
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index bd5d703..bffaefd 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use std::{array::TryFromSliceError, fmt, io, num::TryFromIntError, string::FromUtf8Error};
+use std::{
+    array::TryFromSliceError, ffi::NulError, fmt, io, num::TryFromIntError, string::FromUtf8Error,
+};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
@@ -8,6 +10,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     Slice(TryFromSliceError),
     InvalidChecksum,
     MissingData,
+    NulError,
     UnexpectedData,
     UnknownFileType,
     Other(String),
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             Self::Io(e) => write!(f, "{e}"),
             Self::InvalidChecksum => write!(f, "invalid checksum"),
             Self::MissingData => write!(f, "missing data"),
+            Self::NulError => write!(f, "nul error"),
             Self::UnexpectedData => write!(f, "unexpected data"),
             Self::UnknownFileType => write!(f, "unknown file type"),
             Self::Other(s) => write!(f, "{s}"),
@@ -64,3 +68,9 @@ impl From<TryFromSliceError> for Error {
         Self::Slice(value)
     }
 }
+
+impl From<NulError> for Error {
+    fn from(_value: NulError) -> Self {
+        Self::NulError
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2b48b0e..a82b7fb 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mod checksum;
 mod error;
 mod file;
 mod filetype;
+pub mod nix;
 mod node;
 mod special;
 mod stream;
diff --git a/src/nix/mod.rs b/src/nix/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d18627f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nix/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#![allow(clippy::must_use_candidate)]
+use {
+    crate::Error,
+    std::{ffi::CString, io},
+};
+
+pub fn geteuid() -> u32 {
+    unsafe { libc::geteuid() }
+}
+
+pub fn chown(path: &str, uid: u32, gid: u32) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let ret = unsafe { libc::chown(CString::new(path)?.as_ptr(), uid, gid) };
+    if ret == 0 {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(Error::Io(io::Error::last_os_error()))
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn mkfifo(path: &str, mode: u32) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let ret = unsafe { libc::mkfifo(CString::new(path)?.as_ptr(), mode.try_into()?) };
+    if ret == 0 {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(Error::Io(io::Error::last_os_error()))
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn mknod(path: &str, mode: u32, major: u32, minor: u32) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let dev = libc::makedev(major, minor);
+    let res = unsafe { libc::mknod(CString::new(path)?.as_ptr(), mode.try_into()?, dev) };
+    if res == 0 {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(Error::Io(io::Error::last_os_error()))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/node.rs b/src/node.rs
index edb99ca..8fc2374 100644
--- a/src/node.rs
+++ b/src/node.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use {
-    crate::{Checksum, Error, File, FileType, Special},
+    crate::{nix, Checksum, Error, File, FileType, Special},
     md5::{Digest, Md5},
     sha1::Sha1,
     sha2::Sha256,
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ use {
         collections::HashMap,
         fs,
         io::{BufReader, Read, Write},
-        os::unix::fs::MetadataExt,
+        os::unix::fs::{symlink, DirBuilderExt, MetadataExt},
+        path::{Path, PathBuf},
         sync::Mutex,
     },
 };
@@ -208,6 +209,56 @@ impl Node {
     }
 
     pub fn extract(&self, prefix: Option<&str>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let euid = nix::geteuid();
+        let path = 'blk: {
+            if let Some(prefix) = prefix {
+                if self.name.starts_with('/') {
+                    break 'blk format!("{prefix}{}", self.name);
+                }
+            }
+            self.name.clone()
+        };
+        match self.filetype {
+            FileType::Eof => {}
+            FileType::Fifo => {
+                nix::mkfifo(&path, self.mode)?;
+                if euid == 0 {
+                    nix::chown(&path, self.uid, self.gid)?;
+                }
+            },
+            FileType::Block(ref b) => todo!(),
+            FileType::Character(ref c) => todo!(),
+            FileType::Normal(ref n) => todo!(),
+            FileType::HardLink(ref t) => {
+                let target = if let Some(prefix) = prefix {
+                    format!("{prefix}/{t}")
+                } else {
+                    t.to_string()
+                };
+                fs::hard_link(&target, &path)?;
+            },
+            FileType::SoftLink(ref t) => {
+                symlink(&self.name, t)?;
+            }
+            FileType::Directory => {
+                self.mkdir(&PathBuf::from(&path))?;
+            }
+        }
         todo!()
     }
+
+    fn mkdir(&self, dir: &Path) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        if let Some(p) = dir.parent() {
+            if !p.exists() {
+                self.mkdir(&p)?;
+            }
+        }
+        if !dir.exists () {
+            fs::DirBuilder::new().mode(self.mode).create(dir)?;
+        }
+        if nix::geteuid() == 0 {
+            nix::chown(dir.to_str().ok_or(Error::NulError)?, self.uid, self.gid)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }