diff --git a/src/decompress.zig b/src/decompress.zig
index 962afb6..253cd44 100644
--- a/src/decompress.zig
+++ b/src/decompress.zig
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub const CompressionType = enum(u16) {
     lz4,
     zstd,
 
-    pub fn Decompress(self: CompressionType, alloc: std.mem.Allocator, rdr: std.io.AnyReader) ![]u8 {
+    pub fn decompress(self: CompressionType, alloc: std.mem.Allocator, rdr: std.io.AnyReader) ![]u8 {
         var out = std.ArrayList(u8).init(alloc);
         defer out.deinit();
         switch (self) {
diff --git a/src/directory.zig b/src/directory.zig
index fa767fe..de41ff9 100644
--- a/src/directory.zig
+++ b/src/directory.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
+const CompressionType = @import("decompress.zig").CompressionType;
+
 const DirHeader = packed struct {
     count: u32,
     inode_block_start: u32,
@@ -43,3 +45,33 @@ pub const DirEntry = struct {
     }
 };
 
+const MetadataHeader = @import("metadata_reader.zig").MetadataHeader;
+
+pub fn readDirEntries(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, comp: CompressionType, rdr: std.io.AnyReader, size: u32) ![]DirEntry {
+    var total_size: u32 = 3;
+    var meta_hdr: MetadataHeader = undefined;
+    var dir_hdr: DirHeader = undefined;
+    var buf: []u8 = undefined;
+    var buf_rdr: std.io.FixedBufferStream(u8) = undefined;
+    var i = 0;
+    var entries: std.ArrayList(DirEntry) = .init(alloc);
+    defer alloc.free(buf);
+    while (total_size < size) {
+        meta_hdr = try rdr.readStruct(MetadataHeader);
+        if (meta_hdr.not_compressed) {
+            buf = try alloc.realloc(buf, meta_hdr.size);
+            _ = try rdr.readAll(rdr);
+        } else {
+            alloc.free(buf);
+            buf = try comp.Decompress(alloc, std.io.limitedReader(rdr, meta_hdr.size));
+        }
+        buf_rdr = std.io.fixedBufferStream(buf);
+        dir_hdr = try buf_rdr.reader().readStruct(DirHeader);
+        total_size += 12;
+        i = 0;
+        while (i < dir_hdr.count) : (i += 1) {
+            entries.append(try .init(try .init(buf_rdr, alloc), dir_hdr));
+        }
+    }
+    return try entries.toOwnedSlice();
+}
diff --git a/src/file.zig b/src/file.zig
index 2f09441..149f71b 100644
--- a/src/file.zig
+++ b/src/file.zig
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
 const inode = @import("inode.zig");
 const Reader = @import("squashfs.zig").Reader;
 const MetadataReader = @import("metadata_reader.zig").MetadataReader;
 const FileOffsetReader = @import("file_offset_reader.zig").FileOffsetReader;
+const DirEntry = @import("directory.zig").DirEntry;
+
+const FileOpenError = error{
+    NotFound,
+    NotDirectory,
+};
 
 pub const File = struct {
     rdr: *Reader,
     inode: inode.Inode,
     name: []const u8,
-    dir_entries: []const void = undefined, //TODO
+    dir_entries: []DirEntry = undefined,
 
-    pub fn fromRef(ref: inode.InodeRef, name: []const u8, rdr: *Reader) !File {
+    pub fn fromRef(rdr: *Reader, ref: inode.InodeRef, name: []const u8) !File {
         var offset_rdr: FileOffsetReader = .init(rdr.file, rdr.super.inode_table + ref.block_start);
         var meta_rdr: MetadataReader = .init(rdr.super.comp, offset_rdr.any(), rdr.alloc.allocator());
         try meta_rdr.skip(ref.offset);
@@ -20,4 +28,35 @@ pub const File = struct {
             .name = name,
         };
     }
+
+    pub fn fromDirEntry(rdr: *Reader, ent: DirEntry) !File {
+        var offset_rdr: FileOffsetReader = .init(rdr.file, rdr.super.inode_table + ent.inode_block_start);
+        var meta_rdr: MetadataReader = .init(
+            rdr.super.comp,
+            offset_rdr.any(),
+            rdr.alloc,
+        );
+        try meta_rdr.skip(ent.inode_offset);
+        const in = try inode.readInode(meta_rdr, rdr.super.block_size, rdr.alloc.allocator());
+        return .{
+            .rdr = rdr,
+            .inode = in,
+            .name = ent.name,
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn open(self: File, path: []const u8) (anyerror || FileOpenError)!File {
+        switch (self.inode.header.inode_type) {
+            .dir, .ext_dir => {},
+            else => return FileOpenError.NotDirectory,
+        }
+        const clean_path: []const u8 = if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, path, "/")) {
+            return path[1..];
+        } else {
+            return path;
+        };
+        const path_split = std.mem.splitAny(u8, clean_path, "/");
+    }
+
+    fn readDirEntries(self: *File) (anyerror || FileOpenError)!File {}
 };
diff --git a/src/metadata_reader.zig b/src/metadata_reader.zig
index ccf897d..8a5f105 100644
--- a/src/metadata_reader.zig
+++ b/src/metadata_reader.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const io = std.io;
 
 const CompressionType = @import("decompress.zig").CompressionType;
 
-const MetadataHeader = packed struct {
+pub const MetadataHeader = packed struct {
     size: u15,
     not_compressed: bool,
 };
diff --git a/src/root.zig b/src/root.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e4b986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/root.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub const Reader = @import("squashfs.zig").Reader;
+
+pub const File = @import("file.zig").File;