diff --git a/libc/calls/access.c b/libc/calls/access.c
index 1c0dabc74..5feb8cc04 100644
--- a/libc/calls/access.c
+++ b/libc/calls/access.c
@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@
 /**
  * Checks if effective user can access path in particular ways.
  *
+ * This is equivalent to saying:
+ *
+ *     faccessat(AT_FDCWD, path, mode, 0);
+ *
  * @param path is a filename or directory
  * @param mode can be R_OK, W_OK, X_OK, F_OK
- * @return 0 if ok, or -1 and sets errno
+ * @return 0 if ok, or -1 w/ errno
+ * @see faccessat() for further documentation
  * @asyncsignalsafe
  */
 int access(const char *path, int mode) {
diff --git a/libc/calls/close.c b/libc/calls/close.c
index 4008aa78a..4aa2dbca8 100644
--- a/libc/calls/close.c
+++ b/libc/calls/close.c
@@ -32,17 +32,25 @@
 /**
  * Closes file descriptor.
  *
- * This function may be used for file descriptors returned by functions
- * like open, socket, accept, epoll_create, and landlock_create_ruleset.
+ * This function releases resources returned by functions such as:
  *
- * This function should never be called twice for the same file
- * descriptor, regardless of whether or not an error happened. However
- * that doesn't mean the error should be ignored.
+ * - openat()
+ * - socket()
+ * - accept()
+ * - epoll_create()
+ * - landlock_create_ruleset()
+ *
+ * This function should never be reattempted if an error is returned;
+ * however, that doesn't mean the error should be ignored. This goes
+ * against the conventional wisdom of looping on `EINTR`.
  *
  * @return 0 on success, or -1 w/ errno
- * @error EINTR means a signal was received while closing in which case
- *     close() does not need to be called again, since the fd will close
- *     in the background
+ * @raise EINTR if signal was delivered; do *not* retry
+ * @raise EBADF if `fd` is negative or not open; however, an exception
+ *     is made by Cosmopolitan Libc for `close(-1)` which returns zero
+ *     and does nothing, in order to assist with code that may wish to
+ *     close the same resource multiple times without dirtying `errno`
+ * @raise EIO if a low-level i/o error occurred
  * @asyncsignalsafe
  * @vforksafe
  */
@@ -51,7 +59,7 @@ int close(int fd) {
   if (fd == -1) {
     rc = 0;
   } else if (fd < 0) {
-    rc = einval();
+    rc = ebadf();
   } else {
     // for performance reasons we want to avoid holding __fds_lock()
     // while sys_close() is happening. this leaves the kernel / libc
diff --git a/libc/calls/copy_file_range.c b/libc/calls/copy_file_range.c
index 708df3977..b5ce0ff76 100644
--- a/libc/calls/copy_file_range.c
+++ b/libc/calls/copy_file_range.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 │ PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.                                                │
 ╚─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
 #include "libc/calls/calls.h"
+#include "libc/calls/internal.h"
 #include "libc/calls/struct/sigset.h"
 #include "libc/calls/struct/sigset.internal.h"
 #include "libc/calls/syscall-sysv.internal.h"
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ static void copy_file_range_init(void) {
  * @raise EXDEV if source and destination are on different filesystems
  * @raise EBADF if `infd` or `outfd` aren't open files or append-only
  * @raise EPERM if `fdout` refers to an immutable file on Linux
+ * @raise ENOTSUP if `infd` or `outfd` is a zip file descriptor
  * @raise EINVAL if ranges overlap or `flags` is non-zero
  * @raise EFBIG if `setrlimit(RLIMIT_FSIZE)` is exceeded
  * @raise EFAULT if one of the pointers memory is bad
@@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ ssize_t copy_file_range(int infd, int64_t *opt_in_out_inoffset, int outfd,
                           (opt_in_out_outoffset &&
                            !__asan_is_valid(opt_in_out_outoffset, 8)))) {
     rc = efault();
+  } else if (__isfdkind(infd, kFdZip) || __isfdkind(outfd, kFdZip)) {
+    rc = enotsup();
   } else {
     rc = sys_copy_file_range(infd, opt_in_out_inoffset, outfd,
                              opt_in_out_outoffset, uptobytes, flags);
diff --git a/libc/calls/creat.c b/libc/calls/creat.c
index 46a3d7442..e6a8b4ab8 100644
--- a/libc/calls/creat.c
+++ b/libc/calls/creat.c
@@ -21,20 +21,21 @@
 #include "libc/sysv/consts/o.h"
 
 /**
- * Creates new file, returning open()'d file descriptor.
+ * Creates file.
  *
- * This function is shorthand for:
+ * This is equivalent to saying:
  *
- *     open(file, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, mode)
+ *     int fd = openat(AT_FDCWD, file, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, mode);
  *
- * @param file is a UTF-8 string, which is truncated if it exists
- * @param mode is an octal user/group/other permission, e.g. 0755
- * @return a number registered with the system to track the open file,
- *     which must be stored using a 64-bit type in order to support both
- *     System V and Windows, and must be closed later on using close()
- * @see open(), touch()
+ * @param file specifies filesystem path to create
+ * @param mode is octal bits, e.g. 0644 usually
+ * @return file descriptor, or -1 w/ errno
+ * @see openat() for further documentation
  * @asyncsignalsafe
+ * @restartable
+ * @threadsafe
+ * @vforksafe
  */
-dontdiscard int creat(const char *file, uint32_t mode) {
+int creat(const char *file, uint32_t mode) {
   return openat(AT_FDCWD, file, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, mode);
 }
diff --git a/libc/calls/dup.c b/libc/calls/dup.c
index fa85500a9..c56f4c9b2 100644
--- a/libc/calls/dup.c
+++ b/libc/calls/dup.c
@@ -32,15 +32,16 @@
  *
  * @param fd remains open afterwards
  * @return some arbitrary new number for fd
- * @raise EOPNOTSUPP if zipos file
- * @raise EBADF if fd isn't open
+ * @raise EPERM if pledge() is in play without stdio
+ * @raise ENOTSUP if `fd` is a zip file descriptor
+ * @raise EBADF if `fd` is negative or not open
  * @asyncsignalsafe
  * @vforksafe
  */
 int dup(int fd) {
   int rc;
   if (__isfdkind(fd, kFdZip)) {
-    rc = eopnotsupp();
+    rc = enotsup();
   } else if (!IsWindows()) {
     rc = sys_dup(fd);
   } else {
diff --git a/libc/calls/dup2.c b/libc/calls/dup2.c
index 636ab6be3..a2496f710 100644
--- a/libc/calls/dup2.c
+++ b/libc/calls/dup2.c
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 ╚─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
 #include "libc/calls/calls.h"
 #include "libc/calls/internal.h"
-#include "libc/intrin/strace.internal.h"
 #include "libc/calls/syscall-nt.internal.h"
 #include "libc/calls/syscall-sysv.internal.h"
 #include "libc/dce.h"
+#include "libc/intrin/strace.internal.h"
 #include "libc/sysv/errfuns.h"
 
 /**
@@ -38,16 +38,19 @@
  * @param newfd if already assigned, is silently closed beforehand;
  *     unless it's equal to oldfd, in which case dup2() is a no-op
  * @return new file descriptor, or -1 w/ errno
- * @raise EBADF is oldfd isn't open
- * @raise EBADF is newfd negative or too big
+ * @raise EPERM if pledge() is in play without stdio
+ * @raise EMFILE if `RLIMIT_NOFILE` has been reached
+ * @raise ENOTSUP if `oldfd` is on zip file system
  * @raise EINTR if a signal handler was called
+ * @raise EBADF is `newfd` negative or too big
+ * @raise EBADF is `oldfd` isn't open
  * @asyncsignalsafe
  * @vforksafe
  */
 int dup2(int oldfd, int newfd) {
   int rc;
   if (__isfdkind(oldfd, kFdZip)) {
-    rc = eopnotsupp();
+    rc = enotsup();
   } else if (!IsWindows()) {
     rc = sys_dup2(oldfd, newfd);
   } else if (newfd < 0) {
diff --git a/libc/calls/dup3.c b/libc/calls/dup3.c
index c06b175d7..a4d9413e0 100644
--- a/libc/calls/dup3.c
+++ b/libc/calls/dup3.c
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@
  * @param flags may have O_CLOEXEC which is needed to preserve the
  *     close-on-execve() state after file descriptor duplication
  * @return newfd on success, or -1 w/ errno
- * @raise EINVAL if flags has unsupported bits
- * @raise EINVAL if newfd equals oldfd
- * @raise EBADF is oldfd isn't open
- * @raise EBADF is newfd negative or too big
+ * @raise ENOTSUP if `oldfd` is a zip file descriptor
+ * @raise EPERM if pledge() is in play without stdio
+ * @raise EINVAL if `flags` has unsupported bits
  * @raise EINTR if a signal handler was called
+ * @raise EBADF is `newfd` negative or too big
+ * @raise EINVAL if `newfd` equals oldfd
+ * @raise EBADF is `oldfd` isn't open
  * @see dup(), dup2()
  */
 int dup3(int oldfd, int newfd, int flags) {
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ int dup3(int oldfd, int newfd, int flags) {
   } else if (oldfd < 0 || newfd < 0) {
     rc = ebadf();
   } else if (__isfdkind(oldfd, kFdZip)) {
-    rc = eopnotsupp();
+    rc = enotsup();
   } else if (!IsWindows()) {
     rc = sys_dup3(oldfd, newfd, flags);
   } else {
diff --git a/libc/calls/faccessat.c b/libc/calls/faccessat.c
index 5b0ff4599..2f8d0d9c7 100644
--- a/libc/calls/faccessat.c
+++ b/libc/calls/faccessat.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 │ PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.                                                │
 ╚─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
 #include "libc/calls/calls.h"
+#include "libc/calls/internal.h"
 #include "libc/calls/syscall-nt.internal.h"
 #include "libc/calls/syscall-sysv.internal.h"
 #include "libc/dce.h"
@@ -35,33 +36,42 @@
  * @param dirfd is normally AT_FDCWD but if it's an open directory and
  *     file is a relative path, then file is opened relative to dirfd
  * @param path is a filename or directory
- * @param mode can be R_OK, W_OK, X_OK, F_OK
- * @param flags can have AT_EACCESS, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW
- * @note on Linux flags is only supported on Linux 5.8+
+ * @param amode can be `R_OK`, `W_OK`, `X_OK`, or `F_OK`
+ * @param flags can have `AT_EACCESS` and/or `AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW`
  * @return 0 if ok, or -1 and sets errno
+ * @raise EINVAL if `mode` has bad value
+ * @raise EPERM if pledge() is in play without rpath promise
+ * @raise EACCES if access for requested `mode` would be denied
+ * @raise ENOTDIR if a directory component in `path` exists as non-directory
+ * @raise ENOENT if component of `path` doesn't exist or `path` is empty
+ * @raise ENOTSUP if `path` is a zip file and `dirfd` isn't `AT_FDCWD`
+ * @note on Linux `flags` is only supported on Linux 5.8+
  * @asyncsignalsafe
  */
-int faccessat(int dirfd, const char *path, int mode, uint32_t flags) {
+int faccessat(int dirfd, const char *path, int amode, uint32_t flags) {
   int e, rc;
-  if (IsAsan() && !__asan_is_valid(path, 1)) {
+  struct ZiposUri zipname;
+  if (!path || (IsAsan() && !__asan_is_valid(path, 1))) {
     rc = efault();
-  } else if (_weaken(__zipos_notat) &&
-             _weaken(__zipos_notat)(dirfd, path) == -1) {
-    rc = -1; /* TODO(jart): implement me */
+  } else if (__isfdkind(dirfd, kFdZip)) {
+    rc = enotsup();
+  } else if (_weaken(__zipos_open) &&
+             _weaken(__zipos_parseuri)(path, &zipname) != -1) {
+    rc = _weaken(__zipos_access)(&zipname, amode);
   } else if (!IsWindows()) {
     e = errno;
     if (!flags) goto NoFlags;
-    if ((rc = sys_faccessat2(dirfd, path, mode, flags)) == -1) {
+    if ((rc = sys_faccessat2(dirfd, path, amode, flags)) == -1) {
       if (errno == ENOSYS) {
         errno = e;
       NoFlags:
-        rc = sys_faccessat(dirfd, path, mode, flags);
+        rc = sys_faccessat(dirfd, path, amode, flags);
       }
     }
   } else {
-    rc = sys_faccessat_nt(dirfd, path, mode, flags);
+    rc = sys_faccessat_nt(dirfd, path, amode, flags);
   }
   STRACE("faccessat(%s, %#s, %#o, %#x) → %d% m", DescribeDirfd(dirfd), path,
-         mode, flags, rc);
+         amode, flags, rc);
   return rc;
 }
diff --git a/libc/calls/fchmodat.c b/libc/calls/fchmodat.c
index a9effc2d2..f02fd76c1 100644
--- a/libc/calls/fchmodat.c
+++ b/libc/calls/fchmodat.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  * @param path must exist
  * @param mode contains octal flags (base 8)
  * @param flags can have `AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW`
+ * @raise ENOTSUP if `dirfd` or `path` use zip file system
  * @errors ENOENT, ENOTDIR, ENOSYS
  * @asyncsignalsafe
  * @see fchmod()
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ int fchmodat(int dirfd, const char *path, uint32_t mode, int flags) {
     rc = efault();
   } else if (_weaken(__zipos_notat) &&
              (rc = __zipos_notat(dirfd, path)) == -1) {
-    rc = eopnotsupp();
+    rc = enotsup();
   } else if (!IsWindows()) {
     rc = sys_fchmodat(dirfd, path, mode, flags);
   } else {
diff --git a/libc/calls/fchownat.c b/libc/calls/fchownat.c
index 26eb892c4..e56c05c7c 100644
--- a/libc/calls/fchownat.c
+++ b/libc/calls/fchownat.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
  * @param gid is group id, or -1 to not change
  * @param flags can have AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW, etc.
  * @return 0 on success, or -1 w/ errno
+ * @raise ENOTSUP if `dirfd` or `path` use zip file system
  * @see chown(), lchown() for shorthand notation
  * @see /etc/passwd for user ids
  * @see /etc/group for group ids
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ int fchownat(int dirfd, const char *path, uint32_t uid, uint32_t gid,
     rc = efault();
   } else if (_weaken(__zipos_notat) &&
              (rc = __zipos_notat(dirfd, path)) == -1) {
-    STRACE("zipos fchownat not supported yet");
+    rc = enotsup();
   } else {
     rc = sys_fchownat(dirfd, path, uid, gid, flags);
   }
diff --git a/libc/calls/getsetpriority-nt.c b/libc/calls/getsetpriority-nt.c
index 5b4d81d9b..188394cf9 100644
--- a/libc/calls/getsetpriority-nt.c
+++ b/libc/calls/getsetpriority-nt.c
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
 textwindows int sys_getsetpriority_nt(int which, unsigned who, int value,
                                       int (*impl)(int)) {
   if (which != PRIO_PROCESS && which != PRIO_PGRP) return einval();
-  if (who && who != getpid() && who != gettid()) return eopnotsupp();
+  if (who && who != getpid() && who != gettid()) return esrch();
   return impl(value);
 }
diff --git a/libc/calls/open.c b/libc/calls/open.c
index 670946cd0..48262b7d8 100644
--- a/libc/calls/open.c
+++ b/libc/calls/open.c
@@ -22,16 +22,17 @@
 /**
  * Opens file.
  *
- * @param file is a UTF-8 string, preferably relative w/ forward slashes
- * @param flags should be O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, or O_RDWR, and can be or'd
- *     with O_CREAT, O_TRUNC, O_APPEND, O_EXCL, O_CLOEXEC, O_TMPFILE
- * @param mode is an octal user/group/other permission signifier, that's
- *     ignored if O_CREAT or O_TMPFILE weren't passed
- * @return number needing close(), or -1 w/ errno
- * @asyncsignalsafe (zip files may have issues)
- * @vforksafe (raises error if zip file)
+ * This is equivalent to saying:
+ *
+ *     int fd = openat(AT_FDCWD, file, flags, ...);
+ *
+ * @param file specifies filesystem path to open
+ * @return file descriptor, or -1 w/ errno
+ * @see openat() for further documentation
+ * @asyncsignalsafe
  * @restartable
  * @threadsafe
+ * @vforksafe
  */
 int open(const char *file, int flags, ...) {
   va_list va;
diff --git a/libc/calls/openat.c b/libc/calls/openat.c
index aef4d2b02..3637da916 100644
--- a/libc/calls/openat.c
+++ b/libc/calls/openat.c
@@ -36,17 +36,113 @@
 /**
  * Opens file.
  *
- * @param dirfd is normally AT_FDCWD but if it's an open directory and
- *     file is a relative path, then file is opened relative to dirfd
- * @param file is a UTF-8 string, preferably relative w/ forward slashes
- * @param flags should be O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, or O_RDWR, and can be or'd
- *     with O_CREAT, O_TRUNC, O_APPEND, O_EXCL, O_CLOEXEC, O_TMPFILE
- * @param mode is an octal user/group/other permission signifier, that's
- *     ignored if O_CREAT or O_TMPFILE weren't passed
- * @return number needing close(), or -1 w/ errno
- * @asyncsignalsafe (zip files may have issues)
- * @vforksafe (raises error if zip file)
+ * Here's an example of how a file can be created:
+ *
+ *     int fd = openat(AT_FDCWD, "hi.txt", O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0644);
+ *     write(fd, "hello\n", 6);
+ *     close(fd);
+ *
+ * Here's an example of how that file could read back into memory:
+ *
+ *     char data[513] = {0};
+ *     int fd = openat(AT_FDCWD, "hi.txt", O_RDONLY);
+ *     read(fd, data, 512);
+ *     close(fd);
+ *     assert(!strcmp(data, "hello\n"));
+ *
+ * If your main() source file has this statement:
+ *
+ *     STATIC_YOINK("zip_uri_support");
+ *
+ * Then you can read zip assets by adding a `"/zip/..."` prefix to `file`, e.g.
+ *
+ *     // run `zip program.com hi.txt` beforehand
+ *     openat(AT_FDCWD, "/zip/hi.txt", O_RDONLY);
+ *
+ * @param dirfd is normally `AT_FDCWD` but if it's an open directory and
+ *     `file` names a relative path then it's opened relative to `dirfd`
+ * @param file is a UTF-8 string naming filesystem entity, e.g. `foo/bar.txt`,
+ *     which on Windows is bludgeoned into a WIN32 path automatically, e.g.
+ *     - `foo/bar.txt` becomes `foo\bar.txt`
+ *     - `/tmp/...` becomes whatever GetTempPath() is
+ *     - `\\...` or `//...` is passed through to WIN32 unchanged
+ *     - `/c/foo` or `\c\foo` becomes `\\?\c:\foo`
+ *     - `c:/foo` or `c:\foo` becomes `\\?\c:\foo`
+ *     - `/D` becomes `\\?\D:\`
+ * @param flags must have one of the following under the `O_ACCMODE` bits:
+ *     - `O_RDONLY`     to open `file` for reading only
+ *     - `O_WRONLY`     to open `file` for writing
+ *     - `O_RDWR`       to open `file` for reading and writing
+ *     The following may optionally be bitwise or'd into `flags`:
+ *     - `O_CREAT`      create file if it doesn't exist
+ *     - `O_TRUNC`      automatic `ftruncate(fd,0)` if exists
+ *     - `O_CLOEXEC`    automatic close() upon execve()
+ *     - `O_EXCL`       exclusive access (see below)
+ *     - `O_APPEND`     open file for appending only
+ *     - `O_EXEC`       open file for execution only; see fexecve()
+ *     - `O_NOCTTY`     prevents `file` possibly becoming controlling terminal
+ *     - `O_NONBLOCK`   asks read/write to fail with `EAGAIN` rather than block
+ *     - `O_DIRECT`     it's complicated (not supported on Apple and OpenBSD)
+ *     - `O_DIRECTORY`  useful for stat'ing (hint on UNIX but required on NT)
+ *     - `O_NOFOLLOW`   fail if it's a symlink (zero on Windows)
+ *     - `O_DSYNC`      it's complicated (zero on non-Linux/Apple)
+ *     - `O_RSYNC`      it's complicated (zero on non-Linux/Apple)
+ *     - `O_VERIFY`     it's complicated (zero on non-FreeBSD)
+ *     - `O_SHLOCK`     it's complicated (zero on non-BSD)
+ *     - `O_EXLOCK`     it's complicated (zero on non-BSD)
+ *     - `O_PATH`       open only for metadata (Linux 2.6.39+ otherwise zero)
+ *     - `O_NOATIME`    don't record access time (zero on non-Linux)
+ *     - `O_RANDOM`     hint random access intent (zero on non-Windows)
+ *     - `O_SEQUENTIAL` hint sequential access intent (zero on non-Windows)
+ *     - `O_COMPRESSED` ask fs to abstract compression (zero on non-Windows)
+ *     - `O_INDEXED`    turns on that slow performance (zero on non-Windows)
+ *     - `O_TMPFILE`    should not be used; use tmpfd() or tmpfile() instead
+ *     There are three regular combinations for the above flags:
+ *     - `O_RDONLY`: Opens existing file for reading. If it doesn't
+ *       exist then nil is returned and errno will be `ENOENT` (or in
+ *       some other cases `ENOTDIR`).
+ *     - `O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC`: Creates file. If it already
+ *       exists, then the existing copy is destroyed and the opened
+ *       file will start off with a length of zero. This is the
+ *       behavior of the traditional creat() system call.
+ *     - `O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL`: Create file only if doesn't exist
+ *       already. If it does exist then `nil` is returned along with
+ *       `errno` set to `EEXIST`.
+ * @param mode is an octal user/group/other permission signifier that's
+ *     ignored if `O_CREAT` isn't passed in `flags`; when creating files
+ *     you'll usually want `mode` to be `0644` which enables global read
+ *     and only permits the owner to write; or when creating executables
+ *     you'll usually want `mode` to be `0755` which is the same, except
+ *     the executable bit is set thrice too
+ * @return file descriptor (which needs to be close()'d), or -1 w/ errno
+ * @raise EPERM if pledge() is in play w/o appropriate rpath/wpath/cpath
+ * @raise EACCES if unveil() is in play and didn't unveil your `file` path
+ * @raise EACCES if we don't have permission to search a component of `file`
+ * @raise EACCES if file exists but requested `flags & O_ACCMODE` was denied
+ * @raise EACCES if file doesn't exist and parent dir lacks write permissions
+ * @raise EACCES if `O_TRUNC` was specified in `flags` but writing was denied
+ * @raise ENOTSUP if `file` is on zip file system and `dirfd` isn't `AT_FDCWD`
+ * @raise ENOTDIR if a directory component in `file` exists as non-directory
+ * @raise ENOTDIR if `file` is relative and `dirfd` isn't an open directory
+ * @raise EROFS when writing is requested w/ `file` on read-only filesystem
+ * @raise ENAMETOOLONG if symlink-resolved `file` length exceeds `PATH_MAX`
+ * @raise ENAMETOOLONG if component in `file` exists longer than `NAME_MAX`
+ * @raise ENOTSUP if `file` is on zip file system and process is vfork()'d
+ * @raise ENOSPC if file system is full when `file` would be `O_CREAT`ed
+ * @raise EINTR if we needed to block and a signal was delivered instead
+ * @raise ENOENT if `file` doesn't exist when `O_CREAT` isn't in `flags`
+ * @raise ENOENT if `file` points to a string that's empty
+ * @raise ENOMEM if insufficient memory was available
+ * @raise EMFILE if `RLIMIT_NOFILE` has been reached
+ * @raise EOPNOTSUPP if `file` names a named socket
+ * @raise ETXTBSY if writing is requested on `file` that's being executed
+ * @raise ELOOP if `flags` had `O_NOFOLLOW` and `file` is a symbolic link
+ * @raise ELOOP if a loop was detected resolving components of `file`
+ * @raise EISDIR if writing is requested and `file` names a directory
+ * @asyncsignalsafe
+ * @restartable
  * @threadsafe
+ * @vforksafe
  */
 int openat(int dirfd, const char *file, int flags, ...) {
   int rc;
@@ -63,7 +159,7 @@ int openat(int dirfd, const char *file, int flags, ...) {
         if (!__vforked && dirfd == AT_FDCWD) {
           rc = _weaken(__zipos_open)(&zipname, flags, mode);
         } else {
-          rc = eopnotsupp(); /* TODO */
+          rc = enotsup(); /* TODO */
         }
       } else if (!IsWindows() && !IsMetal()) {
         rc = sys_openat(dirfd, file, flags, mode);
@@ -73,7 +169,7 @@ int openat(int dirfd, const char *file, int flags, ...) {
         rc = sys_open_nt(dirfd, file, flags, mode);
       }
     } else {
-      rc = eopnotsupp(); /* TODO */
+      rc = enotsup(); /* TODO */
     }
   } else {
     rc = efault();
diff --git a/libc/calls/splice.c b/libc/calls/splice.c
index 4f7d6a39a..244d44230 100644
--- a/libc/calls/splice.c
+++ b/libc/calls/splice.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 │ PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.                                                │
 ╚─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
 #include "libc/calls/calls.h"
+#include "libc/calls/internal.h"
 #include "libc/calls/syscall-sysv.internal.h"
 #include "libc/dce.h"
 #include "libc/errno.h"
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ static void splice_init(void) {
  *     used as both an input and output parameter for pwrite() behavior
  * @return number of bytes transferred, 0 on input end, or -1 w/ errno
  * @raise EBADF if `infd` or `outfd` aren't open files or append-only
+ * @raise ENOTSUP if `infd` or `outfd` is a zip file descriptor
  * @raise ESPIPE if an offset arg was specified for a pipe fd
  * @raise EINVAL if offset was given for non-seekable device
  * @raise EINVAL if file system doesn't support splice()
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ ssize_t splice(int infd, int64_t *opt_in_out_inoffset, int outfd,
                           (opt_in_out_outoffset &&
                            !__asan_is_valid(opt_in_out_outoffset, 8)))) {
     rc = efault();
+  } else if (__isfdkind(infd, kFdZip) || __isfdkind(outfd, kFdZip)) {
+    rc = enotsup();
   } else {
     rc = sys_splice(infd, opt_in_out_inoffset, outfd, opt_in_out_outoffset,
                     uptobytes, flags);
diff --git a/libc/zipos/access.c b/libc/zipos/access.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0e5bab5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/zipos/access.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*-*- mode:c;indent-tabs-mode:nil;c-basic-offset:2;tab-width:8;coding:utf-8 -*-│
+│vi: set net ft=c ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 fenc=utf-8                                :vi│
+╞══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
+│ Copyright 2022 Justine Alexandra Roberts Tunney                              │
+│                                                                              │
+│ Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for         │
+│ any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the         │
+│ above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.      │
+│                                                                              │
+│ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL                │
+│ WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED                │
+│ WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE             │
+│ AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL         │
+│ DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR        │
+│ PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER               │
+│ TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR             │
+│ PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.                                                │
+╚─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/
+#include "libc/calls/calls.h"
+#include "libc/calls/struct/stat.h"
+#include "libc/sysv/consts/ok.h"
+#include "libc/sysv/errfuns.h"
+#include "libc/zip.h"
+#include "libc/zipos/zipos.internal.h"
+
+// TODO: this should check parent directory components
+
+/**
+ * Checks access metadata in αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε object store.
+ *
+ * @param uri is obtained via __zipos_parseuri()
+ * @asyncsignalsafe
+ */
+int __zipos_access(const struct ZiposUri *name, int amode) {
+  ssize_t cf;
+  int rc, mode;
+  struct Zipos *z;
+  if ((z = __zipos_get()) && (cf = __zipos_find(z, name)) != -1) {
+    mode = GetZipCfileMode(z->map + cf);
+    if (amode == F_OK) {
+      rc = 0;
+    } else if (amode == R_OK) {
+      if (mode & 0444) {
+        rc = 0;
+      } else {
+        rc = eacces();
+      }
+    } else if (amode == W_OK) {
+      if (mode & 0222) {
+        rc = 0;
+      } else {
+        rc = eacces();
+      }
+    } else if (amode == X_OK) {
+      if (mode & 0111) {
+        rc = 0;
+      } else {
+        rc = eacces();
+      }
+    } else {
+      rc = einval();
+    }
+  } else {
+    rc = enoent();
+  }
+  return rc;
+}
diff --git a/libc/zipos/zipos.S b/libc/zipos/zipos.S
index 5103002d9..acb603e11 100644
--- a/libc/zipos/zipos.S
+++ b/libc/zipos/zipos.S
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 	.yoink	__zipos_close
 	.yoink	__zipos_fcntl
 	.yoink	__zipos_fstat
+	.yoink	__zipos_access
 	.yoink	__zipos_lseek
 	.yoink	__zipos_open
 	.yoink	__zipos_parseuri
diff --git a/libc/zipos/zipos.h b/libc/zipos/zipos.h
deleted file mode 100755
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/libc/zipos/zipos.internal.h b/libc/zipos/zipos.internal.h
index 764916634..ef7bd7ebe 100644
--- a/libc/zipos/zipos.internal.h
+++ b/libc/zipos/zipos.internal.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ void __zipos_free(struct Zipos *, struct ZiposHandle *) hidden;
 ssize_t __zipos_parseuri(const char *, struct ZiposUri *) hidden;
 ssize_t __zipos_find(struct Zipos *, const struct ZiposUri *);
 int __zipos_open(const struct ZiposUri *, unsigned, int) hidden;
+int __zipos_access(const struct ZiposUri *, int) hidden;
 int __zipos_stat(const struct ZiposUri *, struct stat *) hidden;
 int __zipos_fstat(const struct ZiposHandle *, struct stat *) hidden;
 int __zipos_stat_impl(struct Zipos *, size_t, struct stat *) hidden;