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+.anymap.writetoanymap:{[filepath;data] (hsym filepath) 1: data; :(::)}
+.anymap.deriveanymapfiles:{[filepath] `$string[filepath],/:("";"#";"##")}
+.anymap.util.copyanymap:{[fromfilepath; destfilepath] fromfilepaths:.anymap.deriveanymapfiles[fromfilepath]; .os.cpy[;destfilepath] each fromfilepaths}
+.anymap.util.removeanymap:{[filepath] filepaths:.anymap.deriveanymapfiles[filepath]; .os.del each filepaths}
+.anymap.util.moveanymap:{[fromfilepath; destfilepath] fromfilepaths:.anymap.deriveanymapfiles[fromfilepath]; .os.ren[;destfilepath] each fromfilepaths}