diff --git a/src/bin/backup-client.rs b/src/bin/backup-client.rs
index adab220e..e676f432 100644
--- a/src/bin/backup-client.rs
+++ b/src/bin/backup-client.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ extern crate apitest;
 use failure::*;
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Read;
+use std::io::ErrorKind;
+use std::io::prelude::*;
+use std::iter::Iterator;
 
 use apitest::cli::command::*;
 use apitest::api::schema::*;
@@ -13,10 +18,92 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use apitest::config::datastore;
 
+fn required_string_param<'a>(param: &'a Value, name: &str) -> &'a str {
+    param[name].as_str().expect(&format!("missing parameter '{}'", name))
+}
+
+
+fn file_chunker<C>(
+    mut file: File,
+    chunk_cb: C
+) -> Result<(), Error>
+    where C: Fn(usize, &[u8]) -> Result<bool, Error>
+{
+
+    let chunk_size = 64*1024;
+
+    let mut buf = vec![0u8; 4*1024*1024];
+
+    let mut pos = 0;
+    let mut file_pos = 0;
+    loop {
+        let mut eof = false;
+        let mut tmp = &mut buf[..];
+       // try to read large portions, at least chunk_size
+        while pos < chunk_size {
+            match file.read(tmp) {
+                Ok(0) => { eof = true; break; },
+                Ok(n) => {
+                    pos += n;
+                    if pos > chunk_size { break; }
+                    tmp = &mut tmp[n..];
+                }
+                Err(ref e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::Interrupted => { /* try again */ }
+                Err(e) => bail!("read error - {}", e.to_string()),
+            }
+        }
+        println!("READ {} {}", pos, eof);
+
+        let mut start = 0;
+        while start + chunk_size <= pos {
+            if !(chunk_cb)(file_pos, &buf[start..start+chunk_size])? { break; }
+            file_pos += chunk_size;
+            start += chunk_size;
+        }
+        if eof {
+            if start < pos {
+                (chunk_cb)(file_pos, &buf[start..pos])?;
+                //file_pos += pos - start;
+            }
+            break;
+        } else {
+            let rest = pos - start;
+            if rest > 0 {
+                let ptr = buf.as_mut_ptr();
+                unsafe { std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(ptr.add(start), ptr, rest); }
+                pos = rest;
+            } else {
+                pos = 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+
+}
+
 fn backup_file(param: Value, _info: &ApiMethod) -> Result<Value, Error> {
 
-    println!("Backup file '{}'", param["filename"].as_str().unwrap());
-    
+    let filename = required_string_param(&param, "filename");
+    let store = required_string_param(&param, "store");
+
+    let config = datastore::config()?;
+    let (_, store_config) = config.sections.get(store)
+        .ok_or(format_err!("no such datastore '{}'", store))?;
+
+    let path = store_config["path"].as_str().unwrap();
+
+    let _store = ChunkStore::open(path)?;
+
+    println!("Backup file '{}' to '{}'", filename, store);
+
+    let file = std::fs::File::open(filename)?;
+
+    file_chunker(file, |pos, chunk| {
+        println!("CHUNK {} {}", pos, chunk.len());
+        Ok(true)
+    })?;
+
     Ok(Value::Null)
 }
 
@@ -31,7 +118,7 @@ fn main() {
                 .required("store", StringSchema::new("Datastore name."))
         ))
         .arg_param(vec!["filename"]);
-        
+
     if let Err(err) = run_cli_command(&cmd_def.into()) {
         eprintln!("Error: {}", err);
         print_cli_usage();