diff --git a/src/lib9pclient/close.c b/src/lib9pclient/close.c
index 98c6cfb..9303b17 100644
--- a/src/lib9pclient/close.c
+++ b/src/lib9pclient/close.c
@@ -27,3 +27,16 @@
 	/* maybe someday there will be a ref count */
 	fidclunk(fid);
 }
+
+int
+fsfremove(CFid *fid)
+{
+	int n;
+	Fcall tx, rx;
+	
+	tx.type = Tremove;
+	tx.fid = fid->fid;
+	n = _fsrpc(fid->fs, &tx, &rx, 0);
+	_fsputfid(fid);
+	return n;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib9pclient/create.c b/src/lib9pclient/create.c
index cbb4a3a..934655a 100644
--- a/src/lib9pclient/create.c
+++ b/src/lib9pclient/create.c
@@ -9,17 +9,37 @@
 {
 	CFid *fid;
 	Fcall tx, rx;
+	char *p, *dir, *elem;
+	
+	p = strrchr(name, '/');
+	if(p == nil){
+		dir = "";
+		elem = name;
+	}else{
+		dir = name;
+		*p = 0;
+		elem = p+1;
+	}
 
-	if((fid = _fswalk(fs->root, name)) == nil)
+fprint(2, "create %s %s\n", dir, elem);
+	if((fid = _fswalk(fs->root, dir)) == nil){
+		if(p)
+			*p = '/';
 		return nil;
+	}
 	tx.type = Tcreate;
+	tx.name = elem;
 	tx.fid = fid->fid;
 	tx.mode = mode;
 	tx.perm = perm;
 	if(_fsrpc(fs, &tx, &rx, 0) < 0){
+		if(p)
+			*p = '/';
 		fsclose(fid);
 		return nil;
 	}
+	if(p)
+		*p = '/';
 	fid->mode = mode;
 	return fid;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib9pclient/mkfile b/src/lib9pclient/mkfile
index cbba953..5f1eb78 100644
--- a/src/lib9pclient/mkfile
+++ b/src/lib9pclient/mkfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	open.$O\
 	openfd.$O\
 	read.$O\
+	remove.$O\
 	seek.$O\
 	stat.$O\
 	walk.$O\
diff --git a/src/lib9pclient/remove.c b/src/lib9pclient/remove.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eb77cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib9pclient/remove.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2003 Russ Cox, Massachusetts Institute of Technology */
+/* See COPYRIGHT */
+
+#include <u.h>
+#include <libc.h>
+#include <fcall.h>
+#include <9pclient.h>
+#include "fsimpl.h"
+
+int
+fsremove(CFsys *fs, char *name)
+{
+	CFid *fid;
+
+	if((fid = _fswalk(fs->root, name)) == nil)
+		return -1;
+	return fsfremove(fid);
+}
+