diff --git a/apps/files/ajax/upload.php b/apps/files/ajax/upload.php
index c50f6233a4..ca64f58e14 100755
--- a/apps/files/ajax/upload.php
+++ b/apps/files/ajax/upload.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ $result=array();
 if(strpos($dir,'..') === false){
 	$fileCount=count($files['name']);
 	for($i=0;$i<$fileCount;$i++){
-        $target = OCP\Util::buildNotExistingFileName(stripslashes($dir), $files['name'][$i]);
+        $target = OCP\Files::buildNotExistingFileName(stripslashes($dir), $files['name'][$i]);
 		if(is_uploaded_file($files['tmp_name'][$i]) and OC_Filesystem::fromTmpFile($files['tmp_name'][$i],$target)){
 			$meta=OC_FileCache::getCached($target);
 			$result[]=array( "status" => "success", 'mime'=>$meta['mimetype'],'size'=>$meta['size'],'name'=>basename($target));
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/lib/storage.php b/apps/files_archive/lib/storage.php
index 7a4ae33962..086a338db2 100755
--- a/apps/files_archive/lib/storage.php
+++ b/apps/files_archive/lib/storage.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class OC_Filestorage_Archive extends OC_Filestorage_Common{
 	}
 	public function touch($path, $mtime=null){
 		if(is_null($mtime)){
-			$tmpFile=OCP\Util::tmpFile();
+			$tmpFile=OCP\Files::tmpFile();
 			$this->archive->extractFile($path,$tmpFile);
 			$this->archive->addfile($path,$tmpFile);
 		}else{
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/lib/tar.php b/apps/files_archive/lib/tar.php
index 3a07a28906..2cb8dc2a8a 100755
--- a/apps/files_archive/lib/tar.php
+++ b/apps/files_archive/lib/tar.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class OC_Archive_TAR extends OC_Archive{
 	 */
 	function rename($source,$dest){
 		//no proper way to delete, rename entire archive, rename file and remake archive
-		$tmp=OCP\Util::tmpFolder();
+		$tmp=OCP\Files::tmpFolder();
 		$this->tar->extract($tmp);
 		rename($tmp.$source,$tmp.$dest);
 		$this->tar=null;
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class OC_Archive_TAR extends OC_Archive{
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	function extractFile($path,$dest){
-		$tmp=OCP\Util::tmpFolder();
+		$tmp=OCP\Files::tmpFolder();
 		if(!$this->fileExists($path)){
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class OC_Archive_TAR extends OC_Archive{
 		if($success){
 			rename($tmp.$path,$dest);
 		}
-		OCP\Util::rmdirr($tmp);
+		OCP\Files::rmdirr($tmp);
 		return $success;
 	}
 	/**
@@ -216,9 +216,9 @@ class OC_Archive_TAR extends OC_Archive{
 			return false;
 		}
 		//no proper way to delete, extract entire archive, delete file and remake archive
-		$tmp=OCP\Util::tmpFolder();
+		$tmp=OCP\Files::tmpFolder();
 		$this->tar->extract($tmp);
-		OCP\Util::rmdirr($tmp.$path);
+		OCP\Files::rmdirr($tmp.$path);
 		$this->tar=null;
 		unlink($this->path);
 		$this->reopen();
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class OC_Archive_TAR extends OC_Archive{
 		}else{
 			$ext='';
 		}
-		$tmpFile=OCP\Util::tmpFile($ext);
+		$tmpFile=OCP\Files::tmpFile($ext);
 		if($this->fileExists($path)){
 			$this->extractFile($path,$tmpFile);
 		}elseif($mode=='r' or $mode=='rb'){
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/lib/zip.php b/apps/files_archive/lib/zip.php
index 16f722a734..22ab48937e 100755
--- a/apps/files_archive/lib/zip.php
+++ b/apps/files_archive/lib/zip.php
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class OC_Archive_ZIP extends OC_Archive{
 			}else{
 				$ext='';
 			}
-			$tmpFile=OCP\Util::tmpFile($ext);
+			$tmpFile=OCP\Files::tmpFile($ext);
 			OC_CloseStreamWrapper::$callBacks[$tmpFile]=array($this,'writeBack');
 			if($this->fileExists($path)){
 				$this->extractFile($path,$tmpFile);
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/tests/archive.php b/apps/files_archive/tests/archive.php
index 512afe9e91..1779127c93 100755
--- a/apps/files_archive/tests/archive.php
+++ b/apps/files_archive/tests/archive.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ abstract class Test_Archive extends UnitTestCase {
 		$textFile=$dir.'/lorem.txt';
 		$this->assertEqual(file_get_contents($textFile),$this->instance->getFile('lorem.txt'));
 		
-		$tmpFile=OCP\Util::tmpFile('.txt');
+		$tmpFile=OCP\Files::tmpFile('.txt');
 		$this->instance->extractFile('lorem.txt',$tmpFile);
 		$this->assertEqual(file_get_contents($textFile),file_get_contents($tmpFile));
 	}
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ abstract class Test_Archive extends UnitTestCase {
 		$this->instance=$this->getNew();
 		$fh=$this->instance->getStream('lorem.txt','w');
 		$source=fopen($dir.'/lorem.txt','r');
-		OCP\Util::streamCopy($source,$fh);
+		OCP\Files::streamCopy($source,$fh);
 		fclose($source);
 		fclose($fh);
 		$this->assertTrue($this->instance->fileExists('lorem.txt'));
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ abstract class Test_Archive extends UnitTestCase {
 	public function testExtract(){
 		$dir=OC::$SERVERROOT.'/apps/files_archive/tests/data';
 		$this->instance=$this->getExisting();
-		$tmpDir=OCP\Util::tmpFolder();
+		$tmpDir=OCP\Files::tmpFolder();
 		$this->instance->extract($tmpDir);
 		$this->assertEqual(true,file_exists($tmpDir.'lorem.txt'));
 		$this->assertEqual(true,file_exists($tmpDir.'dir/lorem.txt'));
 		$this->assertEqual(true,file_exists($tmpDir.'logo-wide.png'));
 		$this->assertEqual(file_get_contents($dir.'/lorem.txt'),file_get_contents($tmpDir.'lorem.txt'));
-		OCP\Util::rmdirr($tmpDir);
+		OCP\Files::rmdirr($tmpDir);
 	}
 	public function testMoveRemove(){
 		$dir=OC::$SERVERROOT.'/apps/files_archive/tests/data';
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/tests/storage.php b/apps/files_archive/tests/storage.php
index 52d6a4296e..7ebcce4ac6 100755
--- a/apps/files_archive/tests/storage.php
+++ b/apps/files_archive/tests/storage.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Test_Filestorage_Archive_Zip extends Test_FileStorage {
 	private $tmpFile;
 	
 	public function setUp(){
-		$this->tmpFile=OCP\Util::tmpFile('.zip');
+		$this->tmpFile=OCP\Files::tmpFile('.zip');
 		$this->instance=new OC_Filestorage_Archive(array('archive'=>$this->tmpFile));
 	}
 
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/tests/tar.php b/apps/files_archive/tests/tar.php
index c543c226be..c138a51a65 100755
--- a/apps/files_archive/tests/tar.php
+++ b/apps/files_archive/tests/tar.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if(is_dir(OC::$SERVERROOT.'/apps/files_archive/tests/data')){
 		}
 
 		protected function getNew(){
-			return new OC_Archive_TAR(OCP\Util::tmpFile('.tar.gz'));
+			return new OC_Archive_TAR(OCP\Files::tmpFile('.tar.gz'));
 		}
 	}
 }else{
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/tests/zip.php b/apps/files_archive/tests/zip.php
index b22ea3b79e..615c9e3c7e 100755
--- a/apps/files_archive/tests/zip.php
+++ b/apps/files_archive/tests/zip.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if(is_dir(OC::$SERVERROOT.'/apps/files_archive/tests/data')){
 		}
 
 		protected function getNew(){
-			return new OC_Archive_ZIP(OCP\Util::tmpFile('.zip'));
+			return new OC_Archive_ZIP(OCP\Files::tmpFile('.zip'));
 		}
 	}
 }else{
diff --git a/apps/files_encryption/lib/proxy.php b/apps/files_encryption/lib/proxy.php
index cbe88adb5e..ba357f2350 100755
--- a/apps/files_encryption/lib/proxy.php
+++ b/apps/files_encryption/lib/proxy.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class OC_FileProxy_Encryption extends OC_FileProxy{
 				//first encrypt the target file so we don't end up with a half encrypted file
 				OCP\Util::writeLog('files_encryption','Decrypting '.$path.' before writing',OCP\Util::DEBUG);
 				$tmp=fopen('php://temp');
-				OCP\Util::streamCopy($result,$tmp);
+				OCP\Files::streamCopy($result,$tmp);
 				fclose($result);
 				OC_Filesystem::file_put_contents($path,$tmp);
 				fclose($tmp);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class OC_FileProxy_Encryption extends OC_FileProxy{
 
 	public function postGetMimeType($path,$mime){
 		if(self::isEncrypted($path)){
-			$mime=OCP\Util::getMimeType('crypt://'.$path,'w');
+			$mime=OCP\Files::getMimeType('crypt://'.$path,'w');
 		}
 		return $mime;
 	}
diff --git a/apps/files_encryption/tests/encryption.php b/apps/files_encryption/tests/encryption.php
index 24b3bbcaf4..00466cc671 100755
--- a/apps/files_encryption/tests/encryption.php
+++ b/apps/files_encryption/tests/encryption.php
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ class Test_Encryption extends UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertNotEqual($encrypted,$source);
 		$this->assertEqual($decrypted,$source);
 
-		$tmpFileEncrypted=OCP\Util::tmpFile();
+		$tmpFileEncrypted=OCP\Files::tmpFile();
 		OC_Crypt::encryptfile($file,$tmpFileEncrypted,$key);
 		$encrypted=file_get_contents($tmpFileEncrypted);
 		$decrypted=OC_Crypt::blockDecrypt($encrypted,$key);
 		$this->assertNotEqual($encrypted,$source);
 		$this->assertEqual($decrypted,$source);
 
-		$tmpFileDecrypted=OCP\Util::tmpFile();
+		$tmpFileDecrypted=OCP\Files::tmpFile();
 		OC_Crypt::decryptfile($tmpFileEncrypted,$tmpFileDecrypted,$key);
 		$decrypted=file_get_contents($tmpFileDecrypted);
 		$this->assertEqual($decrypted,$source);
diff --git a/apps/files_encryption/tests/stream.php b/apps/files_encryption/tests/stream.php
index 225e82c99e..b23805d60b 100755
--- a/apps/files_encryption/tests/stream.php
+++ b/apps/files_encryption/tests/stream.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Test_CryptStream extends UnitTestCase {
 		$file=OC::$SERVERROOT.'/3rdparty/MDB2.php';
 		$source=fopen($file,'r');
 		$target=$this->getStream('test2','w');
-		OCP\Util::streamCopy($source,$target);
+		OCP\Files::streamCopy($source,$target);
 		fclose($target);
 		fclose($source);
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Test_CryptStream extends UnitTestCase {
 			$id=uniqid();
 		}
 		if(!isset($this->tmpFiles[$id])){
-			$file=OCP\Util::tmpFile();
+			$file=OCP\Files::tmpFile();
 			$this->tmpFiles[$id]=$file;
 		}else{
 			$file=$this->tmpFiles[$id];
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/ftp.php b/apps/files_external/lib/ftp.php
index 1618a22ba8..981eeab58b 100755
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/ftp.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/ftp.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class OC_FileStorage_FTP extends OC_Filestorage_Common{
 				}else{
 					$ext='';
 				}
-				$tmpFile=OCP\Util::tmpFile($ext);
+				$tmpFile=OCP\Files::tmpFile($ext);
 				OC_CloseStreamWrapper::$callBacks[$tmpFile]=array($this,'writeBack');
 				if($this->file_exists($path)){
 					$this->getFile($path,$tmpFile);
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/google.php b/apps/files_external/lib/google.php
index 24a9d6c3d5..a133d35e73 100755
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/google.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/google.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class OC_Filestorage_Google extends OC_Filestorage_Common {
 				curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
 		}
 		if ($isDownload) {
-			$tmpFile = OCP\Util::tmpFile();
+			$tmpFile = OCP\Files::tmpFile();
 			$fp = fopen($tmpFile, 'w');
 			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
 			curl_exec($curl);
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/swift.php b/apps/files_external/lib/swift.php
index aaba79d9b7..e3ba9c240c 100755
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/swift.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/swift.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class OC_FileStorage_SWIFT extends OC_Filestorage_Common{
 	 * @return array
 	 */
 	private function getSubContainers($container){
-		$tmpFile=OCP\Util::tmpFile();
+		$tmpFile=OCP\Files::tmpFile();
 		$obj=$this->getSubContainerFile($container);
 		try{
 			$obj->save_to_filename($tmpFile);
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class OC_FileStorage_SWIFT extends OC_Filestorage_Common{
 		if(!$name){
 			return false;
 		}
-		$tmpFile=OCP\Util::tmpFile();
+		$tmpFile=OCP\Files::tmpFile();
 		$obj=$this->getSubContainerFile($container);
 		try{
 			$obj->save_to_filename($tmpFile);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class OC_FileStorage_SWIFT extends OC_Filestorage_Common{
 		if(!$name){
 			return false;
 		}
-		$tmpFile=OCP\Util::tmpFile();
+		$tmpFile=OCP\Files::tmpFile();
 		$obj=$this->getSubContainerFile($container);
 		try{
 			$obj->save_to_filename($tmpFile);
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ class OC_FileStorage_SWIFT extends OC_Filestorage_Common{
 	private function getTmpFile($path){
 		$obj=$this->getObject($path);
 		if(!is_null($obj)){
-			$tmpFile=OCP\Util::tmpFile();
+			$tmpFile=OCP\Files::tmpFile();
 			$obj->save_to_filename($tmpFile);
 			return $tmpFile;
 		}else{
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/webdav.php b/apps/files_external/lib/webdav.php
index 75e5f80d21..07c90d4878 100755
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/webdav.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/webdav.php
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class OC_FileStorage_DAV extends OC_Filestorage_Common{
 				}else{
 					$ext='';
 				}
-				$tmpFile=OCP\Util::tmpFile($ext);
+				$tmpFile=OCP\Files::tmpFile($ext);
 				OC_CloseStreamWrapper::$callBacks[$tmpFile]=array($this,'writeBack');
 				if($this->file_exists($path)){
 					$this->getFile($path,$tmpFile);
diff --git a/apps/files_external/tests/ftp.php b/apps/files_external/tests/ftp.php
index d2d3622fa7..68481b4e66 100755
--- a/apps/files_external/tests/ftp.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/tests/ftp.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if(!is_array($config) or !isset($config['ftp']) or !$config['ftp']['run']){
 		}
 
 		public function tearDown(){
-			OCP\Util::rmdirr($this->instance->constructUrl(''));
+			OCP\Files::rmdirr($this->instance->constructUrl(''));
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/public/files.php b/lib/public/files.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2153f33b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/public/files.php
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+<?php
+/**
+* ownCloud
+*
+* @author Frank Karlitschek
+* @copyright 2010 Frank Karlitschek karlitschek@kde.org
+*
+* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+* modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+* version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+*
+* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
+* License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+ * Public interface of ownCloud for apps to use.
+ * Files Class
+ *
+ */
+
+// use OCP namespace for all classes that are considered public. 
+// This means that they should be used by apps instead of the internal ownCloud classes
+namespace OCP;
+
+class Files {
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Recusive deletion of folders
+	 * @param string $dir path to the folder
+	 *
+	 */
+	static function rmdirr($dir) {
+		\OC_Helper::rmdirr( $dir );
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * get the mimetype form a local file
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return string
+	 * does NOT work for ownClouds filesystem, use OC_FileSystem::getMimeType instead
+	 */
+	static function getMimeType($path){
+		return(\OC_Helper::getMimeType( $path ));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * copy the contents of one stream to another
+	 * @param resource source
+	 * @param resource target
+	 * @return int the number of bytes copied
+	 */
+	public static function streamCopy($source,$target){
+		return(\OC_Helper::streamCopy($source,$target));
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * create a temporary file with an unique filename
+	 * @param string postfix
+	 * @return string
+	 *
+	 * temporary files are automatically cleaned up after the script is finished
+	 */
+	public static function tmpFile($postfix=''){
+		return(\OC_Helper::tmpFile($postfix));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * create a temporary folder with an unique filename
+	 * @return string
+	 *
+	 * temporary files are automatically cleaned up after the script is finished
+	 */
+	public static function tmpFolder(){
+		return(\OC_Helper::tmpFolder());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds a suffix to the name in case the file exists
+	 *
+	 * @param $path
+	 * @param $filename
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public static function buildNotExistingFileName($path, $filename){
+		return(\OC_Helper::buildNotExistingFileName($path, $filename));
+	}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/lib/public/util.php b/lib/public/util.php
index 05be41a2a0..a65b9aa262 100644
--- a/lib/public/util.php
+++ b/lib/public/util.php
@@ -193,80 +193,6 @@ class Util {
 
 
 
-	/**
-	 * @brief Recusive deletion of folders
-	 * @param string $dir path to the folder
-	 *
-	 */
-	static function rmdirr($dir) {
-		\OC_Helper::rmdirr( $dir );
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * get the mimetype form a local file
-	 * @param string path
-	 * @return string
-	 * does NOT work for ownClouds filesystem, use OC_FileSystem::getMimeType instead
-	 */
-	static function getMimeType($path){
-		return(\OC_Helper::getMimeType( $path ));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * copy the contents of one stream to another
-	 * @param resource source
-	 * @param resource target
-	 * @return int the number of bytes copied
-	 */
-	public static function streamCopy($source,$target){
-		return(\OC_Helper::streamCopy($source,$target));
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * create a temporary file with an unique filename
-	 * @param string postfix
-	 * @return string
-	 *
-	 * temporary files are automatically cleaned up after the script is finished
-	 */
-	public static function tmpFile($postfix=''){
-		return(\OC_Helper::tmpFile($postfix));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * create a temporary folder with an unique filename
-	 * @return string
-	 *
-	 * temporary files are automatically cleaned up after the script is finished
-	 */
-	public static function tmpFolder(){
-		return(\OC_Helper::tmpFolder());
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Adds a suffix to the name in case the file exists
-	 *
-	 * @param $path
-	 * @param $filename
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public static function buildNotExistingFileName($path, $filename){
-		return(\OC_Helper::buildNotExistingFileName($path, $filename));
-	}
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
 
 }