public function write($path, $contents, $blocking = false)
	{
		$flockFlags = $blocking ? LOCK_EX : LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB;

		$file = fopen($path, 'c');

		if (!flock($file, $flockFlags)) {
			fclose($file);
			throw new IOException("Could not aquire file lock for file: $path");
		}

		ftruncate($file, 0);
		fwrite($file, $contents);
		fflush($file);
		flock($file, LOCK_UN | LOCK_NB);
		fclose($file);
	}