diff --git a/extra/forestdb/paths/authors.txt b/extra/forestdb/paths/authors.txt
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+Doug Coleman
diff --git a/extra/forestdb/paths/paths-tests.factor b/extra/forestdb/paths/paths-tests.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2014 Doug Coleman.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: forestdb.paths kernel tools.test ;
+IN: forestdb.paths.tests
+
+{ "1.fq.0" } [ "0.fq.0" next-vnode-name ] unit-test
+{ "1.fq.0" } [ "0.fq.1" next-vnode-name ] unit-test
+{ "100.fq.0" } [ "99.fq.0" next-vnode-name ] unit-test
+{ "100.fq.0" } [ "99.fq.1" next-vnode-name ] unit-test
+{ "100.fq.0" } [ "99.fq.20" next-vnode-name ] unit-test
+{ "100.fq.0" } [ "099.fq.20" next-vnode-name ] unit-test
+{ "0100.fq.0" } [ "0099.fq.20" next-vnode-name ] unit-test
+
+{ "00001.fq.0" } [ "00000.fq.0" next-vnode-name ] unit-test
+{ "001.fq.0" } [ "000.fq.1" next-vnode-name ] unit-test
+{ "000100.fq.0" } [ "000099.fq.0" next-vnode-name ] unit-test
+{ "00100.fq.0" } [ "00099.fq.1" next-vnode-name ] unit-test
+{ "00000000100.fq.0" } [ "00000000099.fq.20" next-vnode-name ] unit-test
+
+{ "0.fq.0" } [ "00.fq.00" canonical-fdb-name ] unit-test
+{ "1.fq.0" } [ "01.fq.00" canonical-fdb-name ] unit-test
+{ "0.fq.1" } [ "00.fq.01" canonical-fdb-name ] unit-test
+{ "100.fq.10" } [ "000100.fq.010" canonical-fdb-name ] unit-test
+
+{ "0.fq.1" } [ "0.fq.0" next-vnode-version-name ] unit-test
+{ "0.fq.2" } [ "0.fq.1" next-vnode-version-name ] unit-test
+{ "99.fq.1" } [ "99.fq.0" next-vnode-version-name ] unit-test
+{ "99.fq.2" } [ "99.fq.1" next-vnode-version-name ] unit-test
+{ "99.fq.21" } [ "99.fq.20" next-vnode-version-name ] unit-test
+
+[ "fq" ensure-fdb-filename drop ] [ not-an-fdb-filename? ] must-fail-with
+[ "0.fq" ensure-fdb-filename drop ] [ not-an-fdb-filename? ] must-fail-with
+[ "0.fq." ensure-fdb-filename drop ] [ not-an-fdb-filename? ] must-fail-with
+[ ".fq.0" ensure-fdb-filename drop ] [ not-an-fdb-filename? ] must-fail-with
+[ "1fq.0" ensure-fdb-filename drop ] [ not-an-fdb-filename? ] must-fail-with
+[ "1fq0" ensure-fdb-filename drop ] [ not-an-fdb-filename? ] must-fail-with
+[ "1.fq0" ensure-fdb-filename drop ] [ not-an-fdb-filename? ] must-fail-with
+[ "1.fq.0.0" ensure-fdb-filename drop ] [ not-an-fdb-filename? ] must-fail-with
+[ "1.fq.00." ensure-fdb-filename drop ] [ not-an-fdb-filename? ] must-fail-with
diff --git a/extra/forestdb/paths/paths.factor b/extra/forestdb/paths/paths.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2014 Doug Coleman.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: arrays combinators.short-circuit combinators.smart
+io.directories io.pathnames kernel math math.parser sequences
+sorting sorting.human splitting ;
+QUALIFIED: sets
+IN: forestdb.paths
+
+CONSTANT: fdb-filename-base "fq"
+
+: fdb-filename? ( path -- ? )
+    "." split {
+        [ length 3 = ]
+        [ second fdb-filename-base = ]
+        [ first string>number ]
+        [ third string>number ]
+    } 1&& ;
+
+ERROR: not-an-fdb-filename string ;
+
+: ensure-fdb-filename ( string -- string )
+    dup fdb-filename? [ not-an-fdb-filename ] unless ;
+
+ERROR: not-a-string-number string ;
+
+: ?string>number ( string -- n )
+    dup string>number dup [ nip ] [ not-a-string-number ] if ;
+
+: change-string-number ( string quot -- string' )
+    [ [ string>number ] dip call number>string ] 2keep drop
+    length CHAR: 0 pad-head ; inline
+
+: next-vnode-name ( string -- string' )
+    [
+        "." split
+        first [ 1 + ] change-string-number
+        "." fdb-filename-base ".0"
+    ] "" append-outputs-as ;
+
+: trim-head-zeros ( string -- string' )
+    [ CHAR: 0 = ] trim-head 1 CHAR: 0 pad-head ;
+
+: canonical-fdb-name ( string -- string' )
+    ensure-fdb-filename
+    "." split first3
+    [ trim-head-zeros ]
+    [ ]
+    [ trim-head-zeros ] tri* 3array "." join ;
+
+: next-vnode-version-name ( string -- string' )
+    "." split
+    [ but-last "." join ]
+    [ last [ 1 + ] change-string-number ] bi "." glue ;
+
+: path>next-vnode-path ( path -- path' )
+    dup directory-files
+    [ fdb-filename? ] filter
+    [ human<=> ] sort [
+        fdb-filename-base "0." ".0" surround append-path
+    ] [
+        last "." split first [ 1 + ] change-string-number
+        ".fq.0" append append-path
+    ] if-empty ;
+
+: path-has-fdb? ( path -- ? )
+    directory-files [ fdb-filename? ] filter length 0 > ;
+
+: path-only-fdb? ( path -- ? )
+    directory-files
+    [ length ]
+    [ [ fdb-filename? ] filter length ] bi = ;
+
+: path-fdb-duplicates ( path -- seq )
+    directory-files [ canonical-fdb-name ] map sets:members ;
+
+: ensure-fdb-directory ( filename -- filename )
+    [ make-directories ] keep ;
+
+: ensure-fdb-filename-directory ( filename -- filename )
+    [ parent-directory make-directories ] keep ;
+
+! : path>next-vnode-version-name ( path -- path' )
+    ! [ file-name ] 
+