diff --git a/bmap.go b/bmap.go
index ee6459e..e25ead4 100644
--- a/bmap.go
+++ b/bmap.go
@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/frostschutz/go-fibmap"
+	//"github.com/uli-go/xz/lzma"
+	"code.google.com/p/lzma"
 )
 
 const defaultBMAPHash = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ type BlockRange struct {
 type Range struct {
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"Range"`
 	Range   string   `xml:",chardata"`
-	Hash    string   `xml:"sha1,attr"`
+	Hash    string   `xml:"sha1,attr,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // MarshalXML is used to convert BlockRange to a Range object for XML output
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ type BMap struct {
 }
 
 // NewBMap creates a new BMap representation by reading an image file
-func NewBMap(filename string) (BMap, error) {
+func NewBMap(filename string, addChecksum bool) (BMap, error) {
 	stat := syscall.Stat_t{}
 	syscall.Stat(filename, &stat)
 	blockSize := stat.Blksize
@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@ func NewBMap(filename string) (BMap, error) {
 		return BMap{}, err
 	}
 
-	blockMap, total := getBlockMap(fd, blockSize)
+	blockMap, total := getBlockMap(fd, blockSize, addChecksum)
 	return BMap{Version: "1.3", ImageSize: stat.Size, BlockSize: blockSize, BlocksCount: stat.Size / blockSize, MappedBlocksCount: total, BmapFileSHA1: defaultBMAPHash, BlockMap: BlockMap{blockMap}}, nil
 }
 
@@ -157,8 +161,8 @@ func (b *BMap) Write(outputFilename string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// Load reads and converts a bmap file to a BMap object
-func Load(filename string) (BMap, error) {
+// LoadFromFile reads and converts a bmap file to a BMap object
+func LoadFromFile(filename string, verify bool) (BMap, error) {
 	b := BMap{}
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -170,30 +174,126 @@ func Load(filename string) (BMap, error) {
 		return b, err
 	}
 
-	// Verify SHA Hash
+	if verify {
+		// Verify SHA Hash
 
-	bmapHash := b.BmapFileSHA1
+		bmapHash := b.BmapFileSHA1
 
-	b.BmapFileSHA1 = defaultBMAPHash
-	output, err := b.XMLOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		//fmt.Printf("error: %v\n", err)
-		return b, err
+		b.BmapFileSHA1 = defaultBMAPHash
+		output, err := b.XMLOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			//fmt.Printf("error: %v\n", err)
+			return b, err
+		}
+
+		if bmapHash != getSHA1Hash(bytes.NewBuffer(output)) {
+			return b, errors.New("XML SHA Signature does not match")
+		}
+
+		b.BmapFileSHA1 = bmapHash
 	}
 
-	if bmapHash != getSHA1Hash(bytes.NewBuffer(output)) {
-		return b, errors.New("XML SHA Signature does not match")
-	}
-
-	b.BmapFileSHA1 = bmapHash
-
 	return b, err
 }
 
-// Copy copies an input file and uses the BMap data to create a new image file
-func (b *BMap) Copy(input string, output string) error {
+// LoadFromReader reads and converts a bmap in an io.Reader to a BMap object
+func LoadFromReader(r io.Reader, verify bool) (BMap, error) {
+	b := BMap{}
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return b, err
+	}
+
+	err = xml.Unmarshal(data, &b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return b, err
+	}
+
+	if verify {
+		// Verify SHA Hash
+
+		bmapHash := b.BmapFileSHA1
+
+		b.BmapFileSHA1 = defaultBMAPHash
+		output, err := b.XMLOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			//fmt.Printf("error: %v\n", err)
+			return b, err
+		}
+
+		if bmapHash != getSHA1Hash(bytes.NewBuffer(output)) {
+			return b, errors.New("XML SHA Signature does not match")
+		}
+
+		b.BmapFileSHA1 = bmapHash
+	}
+
+	return b, err
+}
+
+// loadInput is designed to handle loading local and remote files
+func loadInput(input string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	var reader io.ReadCloser
+
 	inFile, err := os.Open(input)
-	defer inFile.Close()
+	//defer inFile.Close()
+	reader = inFile
+	if err != nil { // Not local file. Try to grab remote file
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(input, "http"):
+			//fmt.Println("Get URL", input)
+			resp, err := http.Get(input)
+			if err != nil {
+				return reader, errors.New("Unable to download image from " + input)
+			}
+			reader = resp.Body
+			//fmt.Println("Retrieved", resp.ContentLength, "bytes")
+
+		}
+		//return reader, err
+	}
+
+	return reader, nil
+}
+
+// decompressInput "unwraps" - aka decompresses and unarchives image files
+func decompressInput(input string, r io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
+	var reader io.Reader
+	var err error
+
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasSuffix(input, ".tar.gz"), strings.HasSuffix(input, ".tgz"):
+
+		reader, err = getTarGZReader(r)
+
+	case strings.HasSuffix(input, ".gz"), strings.HasSuffix(input, ".gzip"):
+
+		reader, err = getGZReader(r)
+
+	case strings.HasSuffix(input, ".xz"), strings.HasSuffix(input, ".lzma"):
+
+		reader, err = getLZMAReader(r)
+
+	default:
+		reader = r
+
+	}
+
+	return reader, err
+}
+
+// Copy copies an input file and uses the BMap data to create a new image file
+func (b *BMap) Copy(input string, output string, verify bool) error {
+
+	var reader io.Reader
+
+	r, err := loadInput(input)
+	defer r.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	reader, err = decompressInput(input, r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -203,46 +303,93 @@ func (b *BMap) Copy(input string, output string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	err = outFile.Truncate(b.ImageSize)
+
+	block, err := isBlockDevice(outFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	var reader io.ReadSeeker
-
-	switch {
-	case strings.HasSuffix(input, ".gz"):
-
-		reader, err = getGZReader(inFile)
+	if !block { // Can't truncate block devices
+		err = outFile.Truncate(b.ImageSize)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
-	default:
-		reader = inFile
 	}
 
+	place := int64(0)
 	for _, block := range b.BlockMap.Range {
-		reader.Seek(block.Start*b.BlockSize, 0)
-		outFile.Seek(block.Start*b.BlockSize, 0)
-		length := (block.End - block.Start + 1) * b.BlockSize
-		written, err := io.CopyN(outFile, reader, length)
+
+		diff := block.Start*b.BlockSize - place
+		place = block.Start * b.BlockSize
+
+		_, err := moveReaderForward(reader, diff)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
-
 		}
-		if written != length {
-			return errors.New("Unable to copy")
+		_, err = outFile.Seek(diff, os.SEEK_CUR)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		length := (block.End - block.Start + 1) * b.BlockSize
+		place += length
+		if len(block.Hash) != 0 && verify {
+			//println("checking hash")
+			// Verify hash sum
+			//var checksumReader bytes.Buffer
+			checksumReader := io.TeeReader(reader, outFile)
+			h := sha1.New()
+			io.CopyN(h, checksumReader, length)
+			if block.Hash != hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil)) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Checksum mismatch for blockrange %d-%d", block.Start, block.End)
+			}
+		} else {
+			written, err := io.CopyN(outFile, reader, length)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
 
+			}
+			if written != length {
+				return errors.New("Unable to copy")
+
+			}
 		}
 
 	}
 
+	outFile.Sync()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Copy is used to copy images to a destination when a bmap file is unavailable
+func Copy(input string, output string) error {
+
+	reader, err := loadInput(input)
+	defer reader.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	seeker, err := decompressInput(input, reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	outFile, err := os.Create(output)
+	defer outFile.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	io.Copy(outFile, seeker)
+
+	outFile.Sync()
+
 	return nil
 }
 
 func getTarReader(reader io.Reader) (io.ReadSeeker, error) {
 	tarReader := tar.NewReader(reader)
+	tarReader.Next()
 
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(tarReader)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -252,45 +399,56 @@ func getTarReader(reader io.Reader) (io.ReadSeeker, error) {
 
 }
 
-func getTarGZReader(reader io.Reader) (io.ReadSeeker, error) {
+func getTarGZReader(reader io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
 	gzReader, err := gzip.NewReader(reader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	tarReader := tar.NewReader(gzReader)
+	tarReader.Next()
 
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(tarReader)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return bytes.NewReader(data), nil
+	return tarReader, nil
 
 }
 
-func getGZReader(reader io.Reader) (io.ReadSeeker, error) {
-	gzReader, err := gzip.NewReader(reader)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(gzReader)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return bytes.NewReader(data), nil
+func getGZReader(reader io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
+	return gzip.NewReader(reader)
 }
 
-func getBZReader(reader io.Reader) (io.ReadSeeker, error) {
+func getTarBZReader(reader io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
 	bzReader := bzip2.NewReader(reader)
 
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(bzReader)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return bytes.NewReader(data), nil
+	tarReader := tar.NewReader(bzReader)
+	tarReader.Next()
+
+	return tarReader, nil
+
+}
+
+func getBZReader(reader io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
+	bzReader := bzip2.NewReader(reader)
+
+	return bzReader, nil
+}
+
+func getLZMAReader(reader io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
+
+	/*
+		return lzma.NewReader(reader)
+
+	*/
+	xzReader := lzma.NewReader(reader)
+
+	return xzReader, nil
+}
+
+func getXZReader(reader io.Reader) (io.ReadSeeker, error) {
+	//return xz.NewSeekReader(reader)
+	return nil, nil
 }
 
 // getBlockMap finds all of the ranges of written blocks in a file/image
-func getBlockMap(fd *os.File, blockSize int64) ([]BlockRange, int64) {
+func getBlockMap(fd *os.File, blockSize int64, addChecksum bool) ([]BlockRange, int64) {
 	//fd, _ := os.Open(filename)
 	f := fibmap.NewFibmapFile(fd)
 
@@ -305,10 +463,12 @@ func getBlockMap(fd *os.File, blockSize int64) ([]BlockRange, int64) {
 			length := v / blockSize
 			currentBlockRange.End = currentBlockRange.Start + length - 1
 
-			h := sha1.New()
-			fd.Seek(currentBlockRange.Start*blockSize, 0)
-			io.CopyN(h, fd, v)
-			currentBlockRange.Hash = hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
+			if addChecksum {
+				h := sha1.New()
+				fd.Seek(currentBlockRange.Start*blockSize, 0)
+				io.CopyN(h, fd, v)
+				currentBlockRange.Hash = hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
+			}
 
 			blockMap[i/2] = currentBlockRange
 			mappedBlocks += length
@@ -323,3 +483,43 @@ func getSHA1Hash(r io.Reader) string {
 	io.Copy(h, r)
 	return hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
 }
+
+// moveReaderForward provides seek capabilities for an io.Reader, even ones that aren't an io.Seeker
+func moveReaderForward(r io.Reader, count int64) (int64, error) {
+
+	seeker, ok := r.(io.Seeker)
+	if ok {
+		return seeker.Seek(count, os.SEEK_CUR)
+	} else {
+		return io.CopyN(ioutil.Discard, r, count)
+	}
+
+}
+
+// isBlockDevice checks if a file descriptor is a block device
+func isBlockDevice(fd *os.File) (bool, error) {
+	block := false
+	s, err := fd.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return block, err
+	}
+	block = (s.Mode() & os.ModeDevice) != 0
+	return block, nil
+}
+
+// CleanBMap cleans spaces out of bmaptools bmap file and updates SHA Hash
+func CleanBMap(input string) error {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`>\s*([\d\w-]+)\s*<`)
+	fixed := re.ReplaceAllString(string(data), ">${1}<")
+	b, err := LoadFromReader(bytes.NewReader([]byte(fixed)), false)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	b.BmapFileSHA1 = defaultBMAPHash
+	return b.Write(input)
+
+}
diff --git a/tool/bmap.go b/tool/bmap.go
index 9e99df4..a9b2fd8 100644
--- a/tool/bmap.go
+++ b/tool/bmap.go
@@ -1,27 +1,124 @@
 package main
 
-import "dev.justinjudd.org/justin/bmap"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path"
+	"strings"
 
-const imageInputFilename = "/tmp/file.img"
-const GZCompressedImageInputFilename = "/tmp/file.gz"
-const bmapOutputFilename = "/tmp/test.bmap"
-const imageOutputFilename = "/tmp/test.img"
+	"dev.justinjudd.org/justin/bmap"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
 
 func main() {
 
-	/*
-		b := bmap.NewBMap(imageInputFilename)
-		b.Write("/tmp/test.bmap")
-	*/
-
-	b, err := bmap.Load(bmapOutputFilename)
-	if err != nil {
-		println(err.Error())
+	var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "bmap",
+		Short: "Create block map (bmap) files and copy files.",
+		Long:  "Create block map (bmap) files and copy files.",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			cmd.Help()
+		},
 	}
-	//fmt.Printf("%#v\n", b)
-	//err = b.Copy(imageInputFilename, imageOutputFilename)
-	err = b.Copy(GZCompressedImageInputFilename, imageOutputFilename)
+
+	var output string
+	var noChecksum bool
+
+	var createCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "create image",
+		Short: "Create block map (bmap) file.",
+		Long:  "Create block map (bmap) file.",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			if len(args) != 1 {
+				fmt.Println("Must supply image file")
+				return
+			}
+			create(args[0], output, !noChecksum)
+		},
+	}
+
+	createCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&output, "output", "o", "", "output file name")
+	createCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&noChecksum, "no-checksum", false, "don't generate block sum for block ranges")
+
+	var bmapFile string
+	var nobmap bool
+	var noVerify bool
+
+	var copyCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "copy image dest",
+		Short: "Write an image using bmap .",
+		Long:  "Write an image using bmap.",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			if len(args) != 2 {
+				fmt.Println("Must supply image file and destination file")
+				return
+			}
+			copy(args[0], args[1], bmapFile, nobmap, !noVerify)
+		},
+	}
+
+	copyCmd.Flags().StringVar(&bmapFile, "bmap", "", "block map file for the image")
+	copyCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&nobmap, "nobmap", false, "allow copying withut a bmap")
+	copyCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&noVerify, "no-verify", false, "do not verify the checksum of data before writing.")
+
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(createCmd, copyCmd)
+
+	var cleanCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "clean input",
+		Short: "clean a bmap file.",
+		Long:  "clean a bmap file.",
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			if len(args) != 1 {
+				fmt.Println("Must supply bmap file")
+				return
+			}
+			clean(args[0])
+		},
+	}
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(cleanCmd)
+
+	rootCmd.Execute()
+
+}
+
+func create(image string, output string, noChecksum bool) {
+	b, err := bmap.NewBMap(image, noChecksum)
 	if err != nil {
-		println(err.Error())
+		println("Error reading image file:", err.Error())
+	}
+	err = b.Write(output)
+	if err != nil {
+		println("Error writing bmap file", err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+func copy(image string, dest string, bmapFile string, nobmap bool, noVerify bool) {
+	if !nobmap {
+		if len(bmapFile) == 0 {
+			bmapFile = strings.TrimSuffix(image, path.Ext(image)) + ".bmap"
+		}
+		b, err := bmap.LoadFromFile(bmapFile, !noVerify)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Unable to read bmap file: ", bmapFile)
+			return
+		}
+		err = b.Copy(image, dest, noVerify)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Error copying image: ", err.Error())
+			return
+		}
+	} else {
+		err := bmap.Copy(image, dest)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Error copying image: ", err.Error())
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+func clean(input string) {
+	err := bmap.CleanBMap(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err.Error())
 	}
 }