--- Zend/Cache/Backend/File.php	2008-03-21 18:05:19.000000000 +0000
+++ Zend/Cache/Backend/File.php	2008-06-26 00:34:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
             if (!$metadatas) {
                 return false;
             }
-            $this->_setMetadatas($id, $metadatas);
+            $this->_setMetadatas($id, $metadatas, false);
             return $metadatas;
         }
     }
@@ -318,19 +318,22 @@
     /**
      * Set a metadatas record
      * 
-     * @param  string $id        Cache id
-     * @param  array  $metadatas Associative array of metadatas
+     * @param  string  $id        Cache id
+     * @param  array   $metadatas Associative array of metadatas
+     * @param  boolean $save      optional pass false to disable saving to file
      * @return boolean True if no problem
      */
-    private function _setMetadatas($id, $metadatas)
+    private function _setMetadatas($id, $metadatas, $save = true)
     {
         if (count($this->_metadatasArray) >= $this->_options['metadatas_array_max_size']) {
             $n = (int) ($this->_options['metadatas_array_max_size'] / 10);
             $this->_metadatasArray = array_slice($this->_metadatasArray, $n);
         }
-        $result = $this->_saveMetadatas($id, $metadatas);
-        if (!$result) {
-            return false;
+        if ($save) {
+            $result = $this->_saveMetadatas($id, $metadatas);
+            if (!$result) {
+                return false;
+            }
         }
         $this->_metadatasArray[$id] = $metadatas;
         return true;
@@ -661,13 +664,7 @@
         $f = @fopen($file, 'rb');
         if ($f) {
             if ($this->_options['file_locking']) @flock($f, LOCK_SH);
-            $fsize = @filesize($file);
-            if ($fsize == 0) {
-                $result = '';
-            } else {
-                $result = fread($f, $fsize);
-            }
-            if ($this->_options['file_locking']) @flock($f, LOCK_UN);
+            $result = stream_get_contents($f);
             @fclose($f);
         }
         set_magic_quotes_runtime($mqr);
@@ -684,14 +681,15 @@
     private function _filePutContents($file, $string)
     {
         $result = false;   
-        $f = @fopen($file, 'wb');
+        $f = @fopen($file, 'ab+');
         if ($f) {
             if ($this->_options['file_locking']) @flock($f, LOCK_EX);
+            fseek($f, 0);
+            ftruncate($f, 0);
             $tmp = @fwrite($f, $string);
             if (!($tmp === FALSE)) {
                 $result = true;
             }    
-            if ($this->_options['file_locking']) @flock($f, LOCK_UN);
             @fclose($f);
         }
         @chmod($file, $this->_options['cache_file_umask']);