diff --git a/network_file_system/__init__.py b/network_file_system/__init__.py
index c3e52eb..39fb1e1 100644
--- a/network_file_system/__init__.py
+++ b/network_file_system/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 import errno
+import tempfile
+import builtins
 
 
 def copy(src, dst):
@@ -95,3 +97,56 @@ def read(path, mode="rt"):
     with open(path, mode) as f:
         content = f.read()
     return content
+
+
+def open(file, mode, tmp_dir=None):
+    if "r" in str.lower(mode):
+        return builtins.open(file=file, mode=mode)
+    elif "w" in str.lower(mode):
+        return NfsFileWriter(file=file, mode=mode, tmp_dir=tmp_dir)
+    else:
+        AttributeError("'mode' must either be 'r' or 'w'.")
+
+
+class NfsFileWriter:
+    """
+    Write to tmp-dir first and move to final destination after closeing.
+    This guarantees that when the output 'file' exists, the file is also
+    complete.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, file, mode, tmp_dir=None):
+        """
+        tmp_dir : str (default: None)
+            Path to the emporary-directory where the file is initially written
+            to. Make sure this is a fast drive.
+        """
+        self.file = file
+        self.mode = mode
+        self.tmp_dir = tmp_dir
+        self.ready = False
+        self.closed = False
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.rc = self.f.close()
+        move(src=self.tmp_file, dst=self.file)
+        self.tmp.cleanup()
+        self.closed = True
+        return self.rc
+
+    def write(self, payload):
+        if not self.ready:
+            self.__enter__()
+        return self.f.write(payload)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.tmp = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=self.tmp_dir)
+        self.tmp_file = os.path.join(
+            self.tmp.name, os.path.basename(self.file)
+        )
+        self.f = builtins.open(file=self.tmp_file, mode=self.mode)
+        self.ready = True
+        return self.f
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb):
+        return self.close()
diff --git a/network_file_system/tests/test_open.py b/network_file_system/tests/test_open.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d0d0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network_file_system/tests/test_open.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import network_file_system as nfs
+import tempfile
+import os
+
+
+def test_open_manually():
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+        file = os.path.join(tmp, "123.txt")
+        assert not os.path.exists(file)
+        f = nfs.open(file, "wt")
+        assert not os.path.exists(file)
+        f.write("omg\n")
+        assert not os.path.exists(file)
+        f.close()
+        assert os.path.exists(file)
+
+
+def test_open_context():
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+        file = os.path.join(tmp, "123.txt")
+
+        with nfs.open(file, "wt") as f:
+            f.write("ralerale")
+
+        with nfs.open(file, "rt") as f:
+            assert f.read() == "ralerale"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f357ff9..238a363 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="network_file_system_sebastian-achim-mueller",
-    version="0.0.1",
+    version="0.0.2",
     description="Safe copy, move, and write on remote drives",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",