diff --git a/src/fileutils.py b/src/fileutils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0274540d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fileutils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+"""Common file operations."""
+
+import io
+import os
+import sys
+
+import controlflow
+import display
+from var import GM_Globals
+from var import GM_SYS_ENCODING
+from var import UTF8_SIG
+
+
+def _open_file(filename, mode, encoding=None, newline=None):
+  """Opens a file with no error handling."""
+  # Determine which encoding to use
+  if 'b' in mode:
+    encoding = None
+  elif not encoding:
+    encoding = GM_Globals[GM_SYS_ENCODING]
+  elif 'r' in mode and encoding.lower().replace('-', '') == 'utf8':
+    encoding = UTF8_SIG
+
+  return open(
+      os.path.expanduser(filename), mode, newline=newline, encoding=encoding)
+
+
+def open_file(filename,
+              mode='r',
+              encoding=None,
+              newline=None,
+              strip_utf_bom=False):
+  """Opens a file.
+
+  Args:
+    filename: String, the name of the file to open, or '-' to use stdin/stdout,
+      to read/write, depending on the mode param, respectively.
+    mode: String, the common file mode to open the file with. Default is read.
+    encoding: String, the name of the encoding used to decode or encode the
+      file. This should only be used in text mode.
+    newline: See param description in
+        https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/functions.html#open
+    strip_utf_bom: Boolean, True if the file being opened should seek past the
+      UTF Byte Order Mark before being returned.
+        See more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8#Byte_order_mark
+
+  Returns:
+    The opened file.
+  """
+  try:
+    if filename == '-':
+      # Read from stdin, rather than a file
+      if 'r' in mode:
+        return io.StringIO(str(sys.stdin.read()))
+      return sys.stdout
+
+    # Open a file on disk
+    f = _open_file(filename, mode, newline=newline, encoding=encoding)
+    if strip_utf_bom:
+      utf_bom = u'\ufeff'
+      has_bom = False
+
+      if 'b' in mode:
+        has_bom = f.read(3).decode('UTF-8') == utf_bom
+      elif f.encoding and not f.encoding.lower().startswith('utf'):
+        # Convert UTF BOM into ISO-8859-1 via Bytes
+        utf8_bom_bytes = utf_bom.encode('UTF-8')
+        iso_8859_1_bom = utf8_bom_bytes.decode('iso-8859-1').encode(
+            'iso-8859-1')
+        has_bom = f.read(3).encode('iso-8859-1', 'replace') == iso_8859_1_bom
+      else:
+        has_bom = f.read(1) == utf_bom
+
+      if not has_bom:
+        f.seek(0)
+
+    return f
+
+  except IOError as e:
+    controlflow.system_error_exit(6, e)
+
+
+def close_file(f):
+  """Closes a file.
+
+  Args:
+    f: The file to close
+
+  Returns:
+    Boolean, True if the file was successfully closed. False if an error
+        was encountered while closing.
+  """
+  try:
+    f.close()
+    return True
+  except IOError as e:
+    display.print_error(e)
+    return False
+
+
+def read_file(filename,
+              mode='r',
+              encoding=None,
+              newline=None,
+              continue_on_error=False,
+              display_errors=True):
+  """Reads a file from disk.
+
+  Args:
+    filename: String, the path of the file to open from disk, or "-" to read
+      from stdin.
+    mode: String, the mode in which to open the file.
+    encoding: String, the name of the encoding used to decode or encode the
+      file. This should only be used in text mode.
+    newline: See param description in
+        https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/functions.html#open
+    continue_on_error: Boolean, If True, suppresses any IO errors and returns to
+      the caller without any externalities.
+    display_errors: Boolean, If True, prints error messages when errors are
+      encountered and continue_on_error is True.
+
+  Returns:
+    The contents of the file, or stdin if filename == "-". Returns None if
+    an error is encountered and continue_on_errors is True.
+  """
+  try:
+    if filename == '-':
+      # Read from stdin, rather than a file.
+      return str(sys.stdin.read())
+
+    with _open_file(filename, mode, newline=newline, encoding=encoding) as f:
+      return f.read()
+
+  except IOError as e:
+    if continue_on_error:
+      if display_errors:
+        display.print_warning(e)
+      return None
+    controlflow.system_error_exit(6, e)
+  except (LookupError, UnicodeDecodeError, UnicodeError) as e:
+    controlflow.system_error_exit(2, str(e))
+
+
+def write_file(filename,
+               data,
+               mode='w',
+               continue_on_error=False,
+               display_errors=True):
+  """Writes data to a file.
+
+  Args:
+    filename: String, the path of the file to write to disk.
+    data: Serializable data to write to the file.
+    mode: String, the mode in which to open the file and write to it.
+    continue_on_error: Boolean, If True, suppresses any IO errors and returns to
+      the caller without any externalities.
+    display_errors: Boolean, If True, prints error messages when errors are
+      encountered and continue_on_error is True.
+
+  Returns:
+    Boolean, True if the write operation succeeded, or False if not.
+  """
+  try:
+    with _open_file(filename, mode) as f:
+      f.write(data)
+    return True
+
+  except IOError as e:
+    if continue_on_error:
+      if display_errors:
+        display.print_error(e)
+      return False
+    else:
+      controlflow.system_error_exit(6, e)
diff --git a/src/fileutils_test.py b/src/fileutils_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5493071b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fileutils_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+"""Tests for fileutils."""
+
+import io
+import os
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import fileutils
+
+
+class FileutilsTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+  def setUp(self):
+    self.fake_path = '/some/path/to/file'
+    super(FileutilsTest, self).setUp()
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils.sys, 'stdin')
+  def test_open_file_stdin(self, mock_stdin):
+    mock_stdin.read.return_value = 'some stdin content'
+    f = fileutils.open_file('-', mode='r')
+    self.assertIsInstance(f, fileutils.io.StringIO)
+    self.assertEqual(f.getvalue(), mock_stdin.read.return_value)
+
+  def test_open_file_stdout(self):
+    f = fileutils.open_file('-', mode='w')
+    self.assertEqual(fileutils.sys.stdout, f)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, 'open', new_callable=unittest.mock.mock_open)
+  def test_open_file_opens_correct_path(self, mock_open):
+    f = fileutils.open_file(self.fake_path)
+    self.assertEqual(self.fake_path, mock_open.call_args[0][0])
+    self.assertEqual(mock_open.return_value, f)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, 'open', new_callable=unittest.mock.mock_open)
+  def test_open_file_expands_user_file_path(self, mock_open):
+    file_path = '~/some/path/containing/tilde/shortcut/to/home'
+    fileutils.open_file(file_path)
+    opened_path = mock_open.call_args[0][0]
+    home_path = os.environ.get('HOME')
+    self.assertIsNotNone(home_path)
+    self.assertIn(home_path, opened_path)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, 'open', new_callable=unittest.mock.mock_open)
+  def test_open_file_opens_correct_mode(self, mock_open):
+    fileutils.open_file(self.fake_path)
+    self.assertEqual('r', mock_open.call_args[0][1])
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, 'open', new_callable=unittest.mock.mock_open)
+  def test_open_file_encoding_for_binary(self, mock_open):
+    fileutils.open_file(self.fake_path, mode='b')
+    self.assertIsNone(mock_open.call_args[1]['encoding'])
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, 'open', new_callable=unittest.mock.mock_open)
+  def test_open_file_default_system_encoding(self, mock_open):
+    fileutils.open_file(self.fake_path)
+    self.assertEqual(fileutils.GM_Globals[fileutils.GM_SYS_ENCODING],
+                     mock_open.call_args[1]['encoding'])
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, 'open', new_callable=unittest.mock.mock_open)
+  def test_open_file_utf8_encoding_specified(self, mock_open):
+    fileutils.open_file(self.fake_path, encoding='UTF-8')
+    self.assertEqual(fileutils.UTF8_SIG, mock_open.call_args[1]['encoding'])
+
+  def test_open_file_strips_utf_bom_in_utf(self):
+    bom_prefixed_data = u'\ufefffoobar'
+    fake_file = io.StringIO(bom_prefixed_data)
+    mock_open = MagicMock(spec=open, return_value=fake_file)
+    with patch.object(fileutils, 'open', mock_open):
+      f = fileutils.open_file(self.fake_path, strip_utf_bom=True)
+      self.assertEqual('foobar', f.read())
+
+  def test_open_file_strips_utf_bom_in_non_utf(self):
+    bom_prefixed_data = b'\xef\xbb\xbffoobar'.decode('iso-8859-1')
+
+    # We need to trick the method under test into believing that a StringIO
+    # instance is a file with an encoding. Since StringIO does not usually have,
+    # an encoding, we'll mock it and add our own encoding, but send the other
+    # methods in use (read and seek) back to the real StringIO object.
+    real_stringio = io.StringIO(bom_prefixed_data)
+    mock_file = MagicMock(spec=io.StringIO)
+    mock_file.read.side_effect = real_stringio.read
+    mock_file.seek.side_effect = real_stringio.seek
+    mock_file.encoding = 'iso-8859-1'
+
+    mock_open = MagicMock(spec=open, return_value=mock_file)
+    with patch.object(fileutils, 'open', mock_open):
+      f = fileutils.open_file(self.fake_path, strip_utf_bom=True)
+      self.assertEqual('foobar', f.read())
+
+  def test_open_file_strips_utf_bom_in_binary(self):
+    bom_prefixed_data = u'\ufefffoobar'.encode('UTF-8')
+    fake_file = io.BytesIO(bom_prefixed_data)
+    mock_open = MagicMock(spec=open, return_value=fake_file)
+    with patch.object(fileutils, 'open', mock_open):
+      f = fileutils.open_file(self.fake_path, mode='rb', strip_utf_bom=True)
+      self.assertEqual(b'foobar', f.read())
+
+  def test_open_file_strip_utf_bom_when_no_bom_in_data(self):
+    no_bom_data = 'This data has no BOM'
+    fake_file = io.StringIO(no_bom_data)
+    mock_open = MagicMock(spec=open, return_value=fake_file)
+
+    with patch.object(fileutils, 'open', mock_open):
+      f = fileutils.open_file(self.fake_path, strip_utf_bom=True)
+      # Since there was no opening BOM, we should be back at the beginning of
+      # the file.
+      self.assertEqual(fake_file.tell(), 0)
+      self.assertEqual(f.read(), no_bom_data)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, 'open', new_callable=unittest.mock.mock_open)
+  def test_open_file_exits_on_io_error(self, mock_open):
+    mock_open.side_effect = IOError('Fake IOError')
+    with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as context:
+      fileutils.open_file(self.fake_path)
+    self.assertEqual(context.exception.code, 6)
+
+  def test_close_file_closes_file_successfully(self):
+    mock_file = MagicMock()
+    self.assertTrue(fileutils.close_file(mock_file))
+    self.assertEqual(mock_file.close.call_count, 1)
+
+  def test_close_file_with_error(self):
+    mock_file = MagicMock()
+    mock_file.close.side_effect = IOError()
+    self.assertFalse(fileutils.close_file(mock_file))
+    self.assertEqual(mock_file.close.call_count, 1)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils.sys, 'stdin')
+  def test_read_file_from_stdin(self, mock_stdin):
+    mock_stdin.read.return_value = 'some stdin content'
+    self.assertEqual(fileutils.read_file('-'), mock_stdin.read.return_value)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, '_open_file')
+  def test_read_file_default_params(self, mock_open_file):
+    fake_content = 'some fake content'
+    mock_open_file.return_value.__enter__().read.return_value = fake_content
+    self.assertEqual(fileutils.read_file(self.fake_path), fake_content)
+    self.assertEqual(mock_open_file.call_args[0][0], self.fake_path)
+    self.assertEqual(mock_open_file.call_args[0][1], 'r')
+    self.assertIsNone(mock_open_file.call_args[1]['newline'])
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils.display, 'print_warning')
+  @patch.object(fileutils, '_open_file')
+  def test_read_file_continues_on_errors_without_displaying(
+      self, mock_open_file, mock_print_warning):
+    mock_open_file.side_effect = IOError()
+    contents = fileutils.read_file(
+        self.fake_path, continue_on_error=True, display_errors=False)
+    self.assertIsNone(contents)
+    self.assertFalse(mock_print_warning.called)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils.display, 'print_warning')
+  @patch.object(fileutils, '_open_file')
+  def test_read_file_displays_errors(self, mock_open_file, mock_print_warning):
+    mock_open_file.side_effect = IOError()
+    fileutils.read_file(
+        self.fake_path, continue_on_error=True, display_errors=True)
+    self.assertTrue(mock_print_warning.called)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, '_open_file')
+  def test_read_file_exits_code_6_when_continue_on_error_is_false(
+      self, mock_open_file):
+    mock_open_file.side_effect = IOError()
+    with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as context:
+      fileutils.read_file(self.fake_path, continue_on_error=False)
+    self.assertEqual(context.exception.code, 6)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, '_open_file')
+  def test_read_file_exits_code_2_on_lookuperror(self, mock_open_file):
+    mock_open_file.return_value.__enter__().read.side_effect = LookupError()
+    with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as context:
+      fileutils.read_file(self.fake_path)
+    self.assertEqual(context.exception.code, 2)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, '_open_file')
+  def test_read_file_exits_code_2_on_unicodeerror(self, mock_open_file):
+    mock_open_file.return_value.__enter__().read.side_effect = UnicodeError()
+    with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as context:
+      fileutils.read_file(self.fake_path)
+    self.assertEqual(context.exception.code, 2)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, '_open_file')
+  def test_read_file_exits_code_2_on_unicodedecodeerror(self, mock_open_file):
+    fake_decode_error = UnicodeDecodeError('fake-encoding', b'fakebytes', 0, 1,
+                                           'testing only')
+    mock_open_file.return_value.__enter__().read.side_effect = fake_decode_error
+    with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as context:
+      fileutils.read_file(self.fake_path)
+    self.assertEqual(context.exception.code, 2)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, '_open_file')
+  def test_write_file_writes_data_to_file(self, mock_open_file):
+    fake_data = 'some fake data'
+    fileutils.write_file(self.fake_path, fake_data)
+    self.assertEqual(mock_open_file.call_args[0][0], self.fake_path)
+    self.assertEqual(mock_open_file.call_args[0][1], 'w')
+
+    opened_file = mock_open_file.return_value.__enter__()
+    self.assertTrue(opened_file.write.called)
+    self.assertEqual(opened_file.write.call_args[0][0], fake_data)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils.display, 'print_error')
+  @patch.object(fileutils, '_open_file')
+  def test_write_file_continues_on_errors_without_displaying(
+      self, mock_open_file, mock_print_error):
+    mock_open_file.side_effect = IOError()
+    status = fileutils.write_file(
+        self.fake_path,
+        'foo data',
+        continue_on_error=True,
+        display_errors=False)
+    self.assertFalse(status)
+    self.assertFalse(mock_print_error.called)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils.display, 'print_error')
+  @patch.object(fileutils, '_open_file')
+  def test_write_file_displays_errors(self, mock_open_file, mock_print_error):
+    mock_open_file.side_effect = IOError()
+    fileutils.write_file(
+        self.fake_path, 'foo data', continue_on_error=True, display_errors=True)
+    self.assertTrue(mock_print_error.called)
+
+  @patch.object(fileutils, '_open_file')
+  def test_write_file_exits_code_6_when_continue_on_error_is_false(
+      self, mock_open_file):
+    mock_open_file.side_effect = IOError()
+    with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as context:
+      fileutils.write_file(self.fake_path, 'foo data', continue_on_error=False)
+    self.assertEqual(context.exception.code, 6)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  unittest.main()
diff --git a/src/gam.py b/src/gam.py
index 4257b7d8..44c26dd2 100755
--- a/src/gam.py
+++ b/src/gam.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ from cryptography.x509.oid import NameOID
 
 import controlflow
 import display
+import fileutils
 import gapi.errors
 import gapi
 import utils
@@ -459,83 +460,6 @@ def normalizeStudentGuardianEmailAddressOrUID(emailAddressOrUID):
     return emailAddressOrUID
   return normalizeEmailAddressOrUID(emailAddressOrUID)
 #
-# Set file encoding to handle UTF8 BOM
-#
-def setEncoding(mode, encoding):
-  if 'b' in mode:
-    return {}
-  if not encoding:
-    encoding = GM_Globals[GM_SYS_ENCODING]
-  if 'r' in mode and encoding.lower().replace('-', '') == 'utf8':
-    encoding = UTF8_SIG
-  return {'encoding': encoding}
-#
-# Open a file
-#
-def openFile(filename, mode='r', encoding=None, newline=None,
-             stripUTFBOM=False):
-  try:
-    if filename != '-':
-      kwargs = setEncoding(mode, encoding)
-      f = open(os.path.expanduser(filename), mode, newline=newline, **kwargs)
-      if stripUTFBOM:
-        if 'b' in mode or not kwargs['encoding'].lower().startswith('utf'):
-          if f.read(3).encode('iso-8859-1', 'replace') != b'\xef\xbb\xbf':
-            f.seek(0)
-        else:
-          if f.read(1) != '\ufeff':
-            f.seek(0)
-      return f
-    if 'r' in mode:
-      return io.StringIO(str(sys.stdin.read()))
-    return sys.stdout
-  except IOError as e:
-    controlflow.system_error_exit(6, e)
-#
-# Close a file
-#
-def closeFile(f):
-  try:
-    f.close()
-    return True
-  except IOError as e:
-    display.print_error(e)
-    return False
-#
-# Read a file
-#
-def readFile(filename, mode='r', encoding=None, newline=None,
-             continueOnError=False, displayError=True):
-  try:
-    if filename != '-':
-      kwargs = setEncoding(mode, encoding)
-      with open(os.path.expanduser(filename), mode, newline=newline, **kwargs) as f:
-        return f.read()
-    return str(sys.stdin.read())
-  except IOError as e:
-    if continueOnError:
-      if displayError:
-        display.print_warning(e)
-      return None
-    controlflow.system_error_exit(6, e)
-  except (LookupError, UnicodeDecodeError, UnicodeError) as e:
-    controlflow.system_error_exit(2, str(e))
-#
-# Write a file
-#
-def writeFile(filename, data, mode='w', continueOnError=False, displayError=True):
-  try:
-    kwargs = setEncoding(mode, None)
-    with open(os.path.expanduser(filename), mode, **kwargs) as f:
-      f.write(data)
-    return True
-  except IOError as e:
-    if continueOnError:
-      if displayError:
-        display.print_error(e)
-      return False
-    controlflow.system_error_exit(6, e)
-#
 # Set global variables
 # Check for GAM updates based on status of noupdatecheck.txt
 #
@@ -752,7 +676,7 @@ def doGAMCheckForUpdates(forceCheck=False):
   if forceCheck:
     check_url = GAM_ALL_RELEASES # includes pre-releases
   else:
-    last_check_time_str = readFile(GM_Globals[GM_LAST_UPDATE_CHECK_TXT], continueOnError=True, displayError=False)
+    last_check_time_str = fileutils.read_file(GM_Globals[GM_LAST_UPDATE_CHECK_TXT], continue_on_error=True, display_errors=False)
     last_check_time = int(last_check_time_str) if last_check_time_str and last_check_time_str.isdigit() else 0
     if last_check_time > now_time-604800:
       return
@@ -777,7 +701,7 @@ def doGAMCheckForUpdates(forceCheck=False):
     if forceCheck or (latest_version > current_version):
       print('Version Check:\n Current: {0}\n Latest: {1}'.format(current_version, latest_version))
     if latest_version <= current_version:
-      writeFile(GM_Globals[GM_LAST_UPDATE_CHECK_TXT], str(now_time), continueOnError=True, displayError=forceCheck)
+      fileutils.write_file(GM_Globals[GM_LAST_UPDATE_CHECK_TXT], str(now_time), continue_on_error=True, display_errors=forceCheck)
       return
     announcement = release_data.get('body_text', 'No details about this release')
     sys.stderr.write('\nGAM %s release notes:\n\n' % latest_version)
@@ -789,7 +713,7 @@ def doGAMCheckForUpdates(forceCheck=False):
       webbrowser.open(release_data['html_url'])
       printLine(MESSAGE_GAM_EXITING_FOR_UPDATE)
       sys.exit(0)
-    writeFile(GM_Globals[GM_LAST_UPDATE_CHECK_TXT], str(now_time), continueOnError=True, displayError=forceCheck)
+    fileutils.write_file(GM_Globals[GM_LAST_UPDATE_CHECK_TXT], str(now_time), continue_on_error=True, display_errors=forceCheck)
     return
   except (httplib2.HttpLib2Error, httplib2.ServerNotFoundError, RuntimeError, socket.timeout):
     return
@@ -879,7 +803,7 @@ def _getServerTLSUsed(location):
 
 def _getSvcAcctData():
   if not GM_Globals[GM_OAUTH2SERVICE_JSON_DATA]:
-    json_string = readFile(GC_Values[GC_OAUTH2SERVICE_JSON], continueOnError=True, displayError=True)
+    json_string = fileutils.read_file(GC_Values[GC_OAUTH2SERVICE_JSON], continueOnError=True, displayError=True)
     if not json_string:
       printLine(MESSAGE_INSTRUCTIONS_OAUTH2SERVICE_JSON)
       controlflow.system_error_exit(6, None)
@@ -914,9 +838,9 @@ def readDiscoveryFile(api_version):
   else:
     pyinstaller_disc_file = None
   if os.path.isfile(disc_file):
-    json_string = readFile(disc_file)
+    json_string = fileutils.read_file(disc_file)
   elif pyinstaller_disc_file:
-    json_string = readFile(pyinstaller_disc_file)
+    json_string = fileutils.read_file(pyinstaller_disc_file)
   else:
     controlflow.system_error_exit(11, MESSAGE_NO_DISCOVERY_INFORMATION.format(disc_file))
   try:
@@ -926,7 +850,7 @@ def readDiscoveryFile(api_version):
     controlflow.invalid_json_exit(disc_file)
 
 def getOauth2TxtStorageCredentials():
-  oauth_string = readFile(GC_Values[GC_OAUTH2_TXT], continueOnError=True, displayError=False)
+  oauth_string = fileutils.read_file(GC_Values[GC_OAUTH2_TXT], continue_on_error=True, display_errors=False)
   if not oauth_string:
     return
   oauth_data = json.loads(oauth_string)
@@ -2918,11 +2842,11 @@ def changeCalendarAttendees(users):
     else:
       controlflow.system_error_exit(2, '%s is not a valid argument for "gam <users> update calattendees"' % sys.argv[i])
   attendee_map = {}
-  f = openFile(csv_file)
+  f = fileutils.open_file(csv_file)
   csvFile = csv.reader(f)
   for row in csvFile:
     attendee_map[row[0].lower()] = row[1].lower()
-  closeFile(f)
+  fileutils.close_file(f)
   for user in users:
     sys.stdout.write('Checking user %s\n' % user)
     user, cal = buildCalendarGAPIObject(user)
@@ -3283,7 +3207,7 @@ def doPrintJobFetch():
       jobid = job['id']
       fileName = os.path.join(targetFolder, '{0}-{1}'.format(''.join(c if c in FILENAME_SAFE_CHARS else '_' for c in job['title']), jobid))
       _, content = cp._http.request(uri=fileUrl, method='GET')
-      if writeFile(fileName, content, mode='wb', continueOnError=True):
+      if fileutils.write_file(fileName, content, mode='wb', continue_on_error=True):
 #        ticket = gapi.call(cp.jobs(), u'getticket', jobid=jobid, use_cjt=True)
         result = gapi.call(cp.jobs(), 'update', jobid=jobid, semantic_state_diff=ssd)
         checkCloudPrintResult(result)
@@ -3425,7 +3349,7 @@ def doPrintJobSubmit():
     mimetype = mimetypes.guess_type(filepath)[0]
     if mimetype is None:
       mimetype = 'application/octet-stream'
-    filecontent = readFile(filepath, mode='rb')
+    filecontent = fileutils.read_file(filepath, mode='rb')
     form_files['content'] = {'filename': content, 'content': filecontent, 'mimetype': mimetype}
   #result = gapi.call(cp.printers(), u'submit', body=body)
   body, headers = encode_multipart(form_fields, form_files)
@@ -3849,7 +3773,7 @@ def doPhoto(users):
         print(e)
         continue
     else:
-      image_data = readFile(filename, mode='rb', continueOnError=True, displayError=True)
+      image_data = fileutils.read_file(filename, mode='rb', continue_on_error=True, display_errors=True)
       if image_data is None:
         continue
     body = {'photoData': base64.urlsafe_b64encode(image_data).decode(UTF8)}
@@ -3897,7 +3821,7 @@ def getPhoto(users):
       print(' no photo for %s' % user)
       continue
     decoded_photo_data = base64.urlsafe_b64decode(photo_data)
-    writeFile(filename, decoded_photo_data, mode='wb', continueOnError=True)
+    fileutils.write_file(filename, decoded_photo_data, mode='wb', continue_on_error=True)
 
 def deletePhoto(users):
   cd = buildGAPIObject('directory')
@@ -4935,7 +4859,7 @@ def downloadDriveFile(users):
             if targetStdout and content[-1] != '\n':
               fh.write('\n')
           if not targetStdout:
-            closeFile(fh)
+            fileutils.close_file(fh)
           fileDownloaded = True
           break
         except (IOError, httplib2.HttpLib2Error) as e:
@@ -4952,7 +4876,7 @@ def downloadDriveFile(users):
           fileDownloadFailed = True
           break
         if fh and not targetStdout:
-          closeFile(fh)
+          fileutils.close_file(fh)
           os.remove(filename)
       if not fileDownloaded and not fileDownloadFailed and not csvSheetNotFound:
         display.print_error('Format ({0}) not available'.format(','.join(exportFormatChoices)))
@@ -5150,7 +5074,7 @@ def sendOrDropEmail(users, method='send'):
     elif myarg == 'file':
       filename = sys.argv[i+1]
       i, encoding = getCharSet(i+2)
-      body = readFile(filename, encoding=encoding)
+      body = fileutils.read_file(filename, encoding=encoding)
     elif myarg == 'subject':
       subject = sys.argv[i+1]
       i += 2
@@ -5459,7 +5383,7 @@ def addUpdateSendAs(users, i, addCmd):
       if signature.lower() == 'file':
         filename = sys.argv[i]
         i, encoding = getCharSet(i+1)
-        signature = readFile(filename, encoding=encoding)
+        signature = fileutils.read_file(filename, encoding=encoding)
     elif myarg == 'html':
       html = True
       i += 1
@@ -5730,7 +5654,7 @@ def addSmime(users):
     myarg = sys.argv[i].lower()
     if myarg == 'file':
       smimefile = sys.argv[i+1]
-      smimeData = readFile(smimefile, mode='rb')
+      smimeData = fileutils.read_file(smimefile, mode='rb')
       body['pkcs12'] = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(smimeData).decode(UTF8)
       i += 2
     elif myarg == 'password':
@@ -6595,7 +6519,7 @@ def doSignature(users):
   if sys.argv[i].lower() == 'file':
     filename = sys.argv[i+1]
     i, encoding = getCharSet(i+2)
-    signature = readFile(filename, encoding=encoding)
+    signature = fileutils.read_file(filename, encoding=encoding)
   else:
     signature = getString(i, 'String', minLen=0)
     i += 1
@@ -6663,7 +6587,7 @@ def doVacation(users):
       elif myarg == 'file':
         filename = sys.argv[i+1]
         i, encoding = getCharSet(i+2)
-        message = readFile(filename, encoding=encoding)
+        message = fileutils.read_file(filename, encoding=encoding)
       elif myarg == 'replace':
         matchTag = getString(i+1, 'Tag')
         matchReplacement = getString(i+2, 'String', minLen=0)
@@ -7224,7 +7148,7 @@ def getUserAttributes(i, cd, updateCmd):
       if sys.argv[i].lower() == 'file':
         filename = sys.argv[i+1]
         i, encoding = getCharSet(i+2)
-        note['value'] = readFile(filename, encoding=encoding)
+        note['value'] = fileutils.read_file(filename, encoding=encoding)
       else:
         note['value'] = sys.argv[i].replace('\\n', '\n')
         i += 1
@@ -7584,7 +7508,7 @@ def _createClientSecretsOauth2service(httpObj, projectId):
                  name=service_account['name'], body={'privateKeyType': 'TYPE_GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_FILE', 'keyAlgorithm': 'KEY_ALG_RSA_2048'})
   _grantSARotateRights(iam, service_account['name'].rsplit('/', 1)[-1])
   oauth2service_data = base64.b64decode(key['privateKeyData']).decode(UTF8)
-  writeFile(GC_Values[GC_OAUTH2SERVICE_JSON], oauth2service_data, continueOnError=False)
+  fileutils.write_file(GC_Values[GC_OAUTH2SERVICE_JSON], oauth2service_data, continue_on_error=False)
   console_credentials_url = 'https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials/consent/edit?createClient&newAppInternalUser=true&project=%s' % projectId
   while True:
     print('''Please go to:
@@ -7623,7 +7547,7 @@ def _createClientSecretsOauth2service(httpObj, projectId):
         "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token"
     }
 }''' % (client_id, client_secret, projectId)
-  writeFile(GC_Values[GC_CLIENT_SECRETS_JSON], cs_data, continueOnError=False)
+  fileutils.write_file(GC_Values[GC_CLIENT_SECRETS_JSON], cs_data, continue_on_error=False)
   print('That\'s it! Your GAM Project is created and ready to use.')
 
 VALIDEMAIL_PATTERN = re.compile(r'^[^@]+@[^@]+\.[^@]+$')
@@ -7640,7 +7564,7 @@ def _getValidateLoginHint(login_hint=None):
     login_hint = None
 
 def _getCurrentProjectID():
-  cs_data = readFile(GC_Values[GC_CLIENT_SECRETS_JSON], continueOnError=True, displayError=True)
+  cs_data = fileutils.read_file(GC_Values[GC_CLIENT_SECRETS_JSON], continue_on_error=True, display_errors=True)
   if not cs_data:
     controlflow.system_error_exit(14, 'Your client secrets file:\n\n%s\n\nis missing. Please recreate the file.' % GC_Values[GC_CLIENT_SECRETS_JSON])
   try:
@@ -7875,7 +7799,7 @@ def doUpdateProjects():
                                         http=httpObj, cache_discovery=False,
                                         discoveryServiceUrl=googleapiclient.discovery.V2_DISCOVERY_URI)
     _getSvcAcctData() # needed to read in GM_OAUTH2SERVICE_JSON_DATA
-    sa_email = GM_Globals[GM_OAUTH2SERVICE_JSON_DATA]['client_email'] 
+    sa_email = GM_Globals[GM_OAUTH2SERVICE_JSON_DATA]['client_email']
     _grantSARotateRights(iam, sa_email)
 
 def _generatePrivateKeyAndPublicCert(client_id, key_size):
@@ -7984,7 +7908,7 @@ def rotateServiceAccountKeys():
     result = gapi.call(iam.projects().serviceAccounts().keys(), 'create', name=name, body=body)
     oauth2service_data = base64.b64decode(result['privateKeyData']).decode(UTF8)
     private_key_id = result.get('name').rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
-  writeFile(GC_Values[GC_OAUTH2SERVICE_JSON], oauth2service_data, continueOnError=False)
+  fileutils.write_file(GC_Values[GC_OAUTH2SERVICE_JSON], oauth2service_data, continueOnError=False)
   print(' Wrote new private key {0} to {1}'.format(private_key_id, GC_Values[GC_OAUTH2SERVICE_JSON]))
   if delete_existing:
     for akey in keys.get('keys'):
@@ -8391,7 +8315,7 @@ def _getCloudStorageObject(s, bucket, object_, local_file=None, expectedMd5=None
   file_path = os.path.dirname(local_file)
   if not os.path.exists(file_path):
     os.makedirs(file_path)
-  f = openFile(local_file, 'wb')
+  f = fileutils.open_file(local_file, 'wb')
   downloader = googleapiclient.http.MediaIoBaseDownload(f, request)
   done = False
   while not done:
@@ -8403,17 +8327,17 @@ def _getCloudStorageObject(s, bucket, object_, local_file=None, expectedMd5=None
   # https://stackoverflow.com/a/13762137/1503886
   f.flush()
   os.fsync(f.fileno())
-  closeFile(f)
+  fileutils.close_file(f)
   if expectedMd5:
-    f = openFile(local_file, 'rb')
+    f = fileutils.open_file(local_file, 'rb')
     sys.stdout.write(' Verifying file hash is %s...' % expectedMd5)
     sys.stdout.flush()
     md5MatchesFile(local_file, expectedMd5, True)
     print('VERIFIED')
-    closeFile(f)
+    fileutils.close_file(f)
 
 def md5MatchesFile(local_file, expected_md5, exitOnError):
-  f = openFile(local_file, 'rb')
+  f = fileutils.open_file(local_file, 'rb')
   hash_md5 = hashlib.md5()
   for chunk in iter(lambda: f.read(4096), b""):
     hash_md5.update(chunk)
@@ -8471,7 +8395,7 @@ def doDownloadVaultExport():
     filename = os.path.join(targetFolder, s_object.replace('/', '-'))
     print('saving to %s' % filename)
     request = s.objects().get_media(bucket=bucket, object=s_object)
-    f = openFile(filename, 'wb')
+    f = fileutils.open_file(filename, 'wb')
     downloader = googleapiclient.http.MediaIoBaseDownload(f, request)
     done = False
     while not done:
@@ -8483,7 +8407,7 @@ def doDownloadVaultExport():
     # https://stackoverflow.com/a/13762137/1503886
     f.flush()
     os.fsync(f.fileno())
-    closeFile(f)
+    fileutils.close_file(f)
     if verifyFiles:
       expected_hash = s_file['md5Hash']
       sys.stdout.write(' Verifying file hash is %s...' % expected_hash)
@@ -10475,7 +10399,7 @@ def doGetCrosInfo():
           if deviceFile:
             downloadfilename = os.path.join(targetFolder, 'cros-logs-{0}-{1}.zip'.format(deviceId, deviceFile['createTime']))
             _, content = cd._http.request(deviceFile['downloadUrl'])
-            writeFile(downloadfilename, content, mode='wb', continueOnError=True)
+            fileutils.write_file(downloadfilename, content, mode='wb', continue_on_error=True)
             print('Downloaded: {0}'.format(downloadfilename))
         elif downloadfile:
           print('ERROR: no files to download.')
@@ -10562,7 +10486,7 @@ def doSiteVerifyShow():
   webserver_file_record = gapi.call(verif.webResource(), 'getToken', body={'site':{'type':'SITE', 'identifier':'http://%s/' % a_domain}, 'verificationMethod':'FILE'})
   webserver_file_token = webserver_file_record['token']
   print('Saving web server verification file to: %s' % webserver_file_token)
-  writeFile(webserver_file_token, 'google-site-verification: {0}'.format(webserver_file_token), continueOnError=True)
+  fileutils.write_file(webserver_file_token, 'google-site-verification: {0}'.format(webserver_file_token), continue_on_error=True)
   print('Verification File URL: http://%s/%s' % (a_domain, webserver_file_token))
   print()
   webserver_meta_record = gapi.call(verif.webResource(), 'getToken', body={'site':{'type':'SITE', 'identifier':'http://%s/' % a_domain}, 'verificationMethod':'META'})
@@ -13042,12 +12966,12 @@ def getUsersToModify(entity_type=None, entity=None, silent=False, member_type=No
     users = doPrintLicenses(returnFields='userId', skus=entity.split(','))
   elif entity_type in ['file', 'crosfile']:
     users = []
-    f = openFile(entity, stripUTFBOM=True)
+    f = fileutils.open_file(entity, strip_utf_bom=True)
     for row in f:
       user = row.strip()
       if user:
         users.append(user)
-    closeFile(f)
+    fileutils.close_file(f)
     if entity_type == 'crosfile':
       entity = 'cros'
   elif entity_type in ['csv', 'csvfile', 'croscsv', 'croscsvfile']:
@@ -13055,7 +12979,7 @@ def getUsersToModify(entity_type=None, entity=None, silent=False, member_type=No
     if filenameColumn.find(':') == -1:
       controlflow.system_error_exit(2, 'Expected {0} FileName:FieldName'.format(entity_type))
     (filename, column) = filenameColumn.split(':')
-    f = openFile(drive+filename)
+    f = fileutils.open_file(drive+filename)
     input_file = csv.DictReader(f, restval='')
     if column not in input_file.fieldnames:
       controlflow.csv_field_error_exit(column, input_file.fieldnames)
@@ -13064,7 +12988,7 @@ def getUsersToModify(entity_type=None, entity=None, silent=False, member_type=No
       user = row[column].strip()
       if user:
         users.append(user)
-    closeFile(f)
+    fileutils.close_file(f)
     if entity_type in ['croscsv', 'croscsvfile']:
       entity = 'cros'
   elif entity_type in ['courseparticipants', 'teachers', 'students']:
@@ -13241,7 +13165,7 @@ def writeCredentials(creds):
     controlflow.system_error_exit(13, 'Wrong OAuth 2.0 credentials issuer. Got %s, expected one of %s' % (_getValueFromOAuth('iss', creds), ', '.join(expected_iss)))
   creds_data['decoded_id_token'] = GC_Values[GC_DECODED_ID_TOKEN]
   data = json.dumps(creds_data, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
-  writeFile(GC_Values[GC_OAUTH2_TXT], data)
+  fileutils.write_file(GC_Values[GC_OAUTH2_TXT], data)
 
 def doRequestOAuth(login_hint=None):
   credentials = getOauth2TxtStorageCredentials()
@@ -13265,7 +13189,7 @@ def getOAuthClientIDAndSecret():
 gam create project
 '''
   filename = GC_Values[GC_CLIENT_SECRETS_JSON]
-  cs_data = readFile(filename, continueOnError=True, displayError=True)
+  cs_data = fileutils.read_file(filename, continue_on_error=True, display_errors=True)
   if not cs_data:
     controlflow.system_error_exit(14, MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE)
   try:
@@ -13958,7 +13882,7 @@ def ProcessGAMCommand(args):
       i = 2
       filename = sys.argv[i]
       i, encoding = getCharSet(i+1)
-      f = openFile(filename, encoding=encoding, stripUTFBOM=True)
+      f = fileutils.open_file(filename, encoding=encoding, strip_utf_bom=True)
       items = []
       errors = 0
       for line in f:
@@ -13981,7 +13905,7 @@ def ProcessGAMCommand(args):
             sys.stderr.write(utils.convertUTF8('Command: >>>{0}<<<\n'.format(line.strip())))
             sys.stderr.write('{0}Invalid: Expected <gam|commit-batch>\n'.format(ERROR_PREFIX))
             errors += 1
-      closeFile(f)
+      fileutils.close_file(f)
       if errors == 0:
         run_batch(items)
         sys.exit(0)
@@ -13993,7 +13917,7 @@ def ProcessGAMCommand(args):
       i = 2
       filename = sys.argv[i]
       i, encoding = getCharSet(i+1)
-      f = openFile(filename, encoding=encoding)
+      f = fileutils.open_file(filename, encoding=encoding)
       csvFile = csv.DictReader(f)
       if (i == len(sys.argv)) or (sys.argv[i].lower() != 'gam') or (i+1 == len(sys.argv)):
         controlflow.system_error_exit(3, '"gam csv <filename>" must be followed by a full GAM command...')
@@ -14002,7 +13926,7 @@ def ProcessGAMCommand(args):
       items = []
       for row in csvFile:
         items.append(['gam']+processSubFields(GAM_argv, row, subFields))
-      closeFile(f)
+      fileutils.close_file(f)
       run_batch(items)
       sys.exit(0)
     elif command == 'version':