diff --git a/lladd/pageHandle.h b/lladd/pageHandle.h
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+#include <lladd/bufferPool.h>
+#include <lladd/io/handle.h>
+/**
+ * Write page to disk, including correct LSN.  Doing so may require a
+ * call to logSync().  There is not much that can be done to avoid
+ * this call right now.  In the future, it might make sense to check
+ * to see if some other page can be kicked, in order to avoid the log
+ * flush.  
+ *
+ * This funciton is automatically called immediately before a page is
+ * evicted from cache.  Operation implementors, and normal users
+ * should never have to call this routine.
+ *
+ * @see bufferManager.c for the implementation of pageWrite
+ *
+ * @param dat  The page to be flushed to disk.  No concurrent calls
+ * may have the same value of dat.
+ */
+extern void (*pageWrite)(Page * dat); 
+
+extern int pageFile_isDurable;
+
+/**
+   Read a page from disk. This bypassess the cache, and should only be
+   called by bufferManager and blobManager.  To retrieve a page under
+   normal circumstances, use loadPage() instead.
+
+   Operation implementors and normal users should never need to call
+   this routine.
+
+   @param ret A page struct, with id set correctly.  The rest of this
+   struct will be overwritten by pageMap.  This method assumes that no
+   concurrent calls will be passed the same value of ret.
+   
+   @see bufferManager.c for the implementation of pageRead.
+
+   @todo pageRead and pageWrite should be static, but pageCache needs
+   to call them.
+*/
+extern void (*pageRead)(Page * ret);
+/**
+   Force the page file to disk.  Pages that have had pageWrite()
+   called on them are guaranteed to be on disk after this returns.
+
+   (Note that bufferManager implementations typically call pageWrite()
+   automatically, so in general, other pages could be written back 
+   as well...)
+*/
+extern void (*forcePageFile)();
+/**
+   Force the page file to disk, then close it.
+*/
+extern void (*closePageFile)();
+
+void pageHandleOpen(stasis_handle_t * handle);
diff --git a/src/lladd/pageHandle.c b/src/lladd/pageHandle.c
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+#include <assert.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <lladd/io/handle.h>
+#include <lladd/pageHandle.h>
+#include <lladd/bufferPool.h>
+#include <lladd/logger/logger2.h>
+#include <lladd/truncation.h>
+void (*pageWrite)(Page * dat); 
+void (*pageRead)(Page * ret);
+void (*forcePageFile)();
+void (*closePageFile)();
+
+int printedForceWarning = 0;
+
+static stasis_handle_t * h;
+/** 
+    @todo Make sure this doesn't need to be atomic.  (It isn't!) Can
+    we get in trouble by setting the page clean after it's written
+    out, or forcing the log too early? 
+*/
+static void phWrite(Page * ret) { 
+  assert(ret->LSN == pageReadLSN(ret));
+  if(!ret->dirty) { return; }
+  LogForce(ret->LSN);
+  int err = h->write(h, PAGE_SIZE * ret->id, ret->memAddr, PAGE_SIZE);
+  if(err) {
+    printf("Couldn't write to page file: %s\n", strerror(err));
+    fflush(stdout);
+    abort();
+  }
+  dirtyPages_remove(ret);
+}
+
+static void phRead(Page * ret) { 
+  int err = h->read(h, PAGE_SIZE * ret->id, ret->memAddr, PAGE_SIZE);
+  if(err) {
+    if(err == EDOM) { 
+      // tried to read off end of file...
+      memset(ret->memAddr, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+    } else { 
+      printf("Couldn't read from page file: %s\n", strerror(err));
+      fflush(stdout);
+      abort();
+    }
+  }
+  ret->dirty = 0;
+  ret->LSN = *lsn_ptr(ret);
+}
+static void phForce() { 
+  if(!printedForceWarning) { 
+    printf("Warning!  pageHandle can't force the page file yet!\n");
+    fflush(stdout);
+  }
+}
+static void phClose() { 
+  int err = h->close(h);
+  if(err) {
+    printf("Couldn't close page file: %s\n", strerror(err));
+    fflush(stdout);
+    abort();
+  }  
+}
+
+void pageHandleOpen(stasis_handle_t * handle) { 
+  pageWrite = phWrite;
+  pageRead  = phRead;
+  forcePageFile = phForce;
+  closePageFile = phClose;
+  h = handle;
+}