diff --git a/FileManip.cabal b/FileManip.cabal
index 407be2a..9904cd9 100644
--- a/FileManip.cabal
+++ b/FileManip.cabal
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ Build-Depends:	base, filepath, mtl, unix
 GHC-Options:    -Wall
 Exposed-Modules:
 	System.FilePath.Find,
-	System.FilePath.GlobPattern
+	System.FilePath.GlobPattern,
+	System.FilePath.Manip
diff --git a/System/FilePath/Manip.hs b/System/FilePath/Manip.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0883be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/System/FilePath/Manip.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+module System.FilePath.Manip (
+      renameWith
+    , modifyWith
+    , modifyWithBackup
+    , modifyInPlace
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Exception (bracket, bracket_, handle, throwIO)
+import Control.Monad (liftM)
+import Data.Bits ((.&.))
+import System.Directory (removeFile)
+import System.IO (IOMode(..), hClose, openFile)
+import System.Posix.Files (fileMode, getFileStatus, rename, setFileMode)
+import System.Posix.Temp (mkstemp)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as L
+
+renameWith :: (FilePath -> FilePath) -> FilePath -> IO ()
+
+renameWith f path = rename path (f path)
+
+modifyWith :: (FilePath -> FilePath -> IO ())
+           -> (L.ByteString -> L.ByteString)
+           -> FilePath
+           -> IO ()
+
+modifyWith after transform path =
+    bracket (openFile path ReadMode) hClose $ \ih -> do
+        (tmpPath, oh) <- mkstemp (path ++ "XXXXXX")
+        let ignore = return ()
+            nukeTmp = handle (const ignore) (removeFile tmpPath)
+        handle (\e -> nukeTmp >> throwIO e) $ do
+            bracket_ ignore (hClose oh) $
+                transform `liftM` L.hGetContents ih >>= L.hPut oh
+            handle (const nukeTmp) $ do
+                mode <- fileMode `liftM` getFileStatus path
+                setFileMode tmpPath (mode .&. 0777)
+                after path tmpPath
+
+modifyInPlace :: (L.ByteString -> L.ByteString) -> FilePath -> IO ()
+
+modifyInPlace = modifyWith (flip rename)
+
+modifyWithBackup :: (FilePath -> FilePath)
+                 -> (L.ByteString -> L.ByteString)
+                 -> FilePath
+                 -> IO ()
+
+modifyWithBackup f = modifyWith backup
+    where backup path tmpPath = renameWith f path >> rename tmpPath path