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+#The Nerv IO Package#
+Part of the [Nerv](../README.md) toolkit.
+
+##Description##
+There are four classes in to deal with chunk data, which are __nerv.ChunkFile__, __nerv.ChunkFileHandle__, __nerv.ChunkInfo__, __nerv.ChunkData__. Below is the underlying C structs.
+```
+typedef struct ChunkFileHandle {
+ FILE *fp;
+} ChunkFileHandle;
+
+typedef struct ChunkInfo {
+ off_t offset, length;
+} ChunkInfo;
+
+typedef struct ChunkData {
+ FILE *fp;
+ char *data;
+} ChunkData;
+```
+
+##Methods##
+* __ChunkFileHandle ChunkFile.\_\_init(string mode, string fn)__
+`mode` can be `r` or `w`, for reading or writing a file.