diff --git a/hacking/ChangeLog b/hacking/ChangeLog
index bd63fbe..f2281a3 100644
--- a/hacking/ChangeLog
+++ b/hacking/ChangeLog
@@ -186,3 +186,6 @@
 	 address (Stuart).
 20070611 man/fuse-utils.1: mention tape2wav (Stuart).
 20070611 .: ignore tape2wav.
+20070727 listbasic.c,rzxcheck.c,rzxdump.c,rzxtool.c,snap2tzx.c,snapconv.c,
+         tape2wav.c,tapeconv.c,tzxlist.c,utils.[ch]: remove use of mmap():
+	 added complexity for no real benefit.
diff --git a/listbasic.c b/listbasic.c
index abedcfa..47ed951 100644
--- a/listbasic.c
+++ b/listbasic.c
@@ -75,44 +75,39 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
   error = init_libspectrum(); if( error ) return error;
 
-  error = mmap_file( argv[1], &buffer, &length ); if( error ) return error;
+  error = read_file( argv[1], &buffer, &length ); if( error ) return error;
 
   error = libspectrum_identify_file_with_class( &type, &class, argv[1], buffer,
 						length );
-  if( error ) { munmap( buffer, length ); return error; }
+  if( error ) { free( buffer ); return error; }
 
   switch( class ) {
 
   case LIBSPECTRUM_CLASS_SNAPSHOT:
     error = parse_snapshot_file( buffer, length, type );
-    if( error ) { munmap( buffer, length ); return error; }
+    if( error ) { free( buffer ); return error; }
     break;
 
   case LIBSPECTRUM_CLASS_TAPE:
     error = parse_tape_file( buffer, length, type );
-    if( error ) { munmap( buffer, length ); return error; }
+    if( error ) { free( buffer ); return error; }
     break;
 
   case LIBSPECTRUM_CLASS_UNKNOWN:
     fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't identify the file type of `%s'\n",
 	     progname, argv[1] );
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 1;
 
   default:
     fprintf( stderr, "%s: `%s' is an unsupported file type\n",
 	     progname, argv[1] );
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 1;
 
   }
 
-  error = munmap( buffer, length );
-  if( error ) {
-    fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't munmap `%s': %s\n", progname, argv[1],
-	     strerror( errno ) );
-    return 1;
-  }
+  free( buffer );
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/rzxcheck.c b/rzxcheck.c
index 55548a6..824ac8f 100644
--- a/rzxcheck.c
+++ b/rzxcheck.c
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 
   if( libspectrum_rzx_alloc( &rzx ) ) return 16;
 
-  if( mmap_file( rzxfile, &buffer, &length ) ) return 16;
+  if( read_file( rzxfile, &buffer, &length ) ) return 16;
 
   if( libspectrum_rzx_read( rzx, buffer, length ) ) {
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 16;
   }
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
   if( !keyid ) {
     printf( "%s: no key ID found in '%s'\n", progname, rzxfile );
     libspectrum_rzx_free( rzx );
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 16;
   }
 
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
     printf( "%s: don't know anything about key ID %08x\n", progname,
 	    keyid );
     libspectrum_rzx_free( rzx );
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 16;
   }
 
   error = libspectrum_rzx_get_signature( rzx, &signature );
   if( error ) {
     libspectrum_rzx_free( rzx );
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 16;
   }
 
@@ -103,17 +103,11 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
   if( error && error != LIBSPECTRUM_ERROR_SIGNATURE ) {
     libspectrum_signature_free( &signature );
     libspectrum_rzx_free( rzx );
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 16;
   }
 
-  if( munmap( buffer, length ) == -1 ) {
-    fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't munmap `%s': %s\n", progname, rzxfile,
-	     strerror( errno ) );
-    libspectrum_signature_free( &signature );
-    libspectrum_rzx_free( rzx );
-    return 16;
-  }
+  free( buffer );
 
   libspectrum_rzx_free( rzx ); free( rzx );
   libspectrum_signature_free( &signature );
diff --git a/rzxdump.c b/rzxdump.c
index 25f1141..530e933 100644
--- a/rzxdump.c
+++ b/rzxdump.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ do_file( const char *filename )
 
   printf( "Examining file %s\n", filename );
 
-  error = mmap_file( filename, &buffer, &length ); if( error ) return error;
+  error = read_file( filename, &buffer, &length ); if( error ) return error;
 
   ptr = buffer; end = buffer + length;
 
@@ -118,14 +118,14 @@ do_file( const char *filename )
     fprintf( stderr,
 	     "%s: Not enough bytes for RZX header (%ld bytes)\n",
 	     progname, (unsigned long)strlen( rzx_signature ) + 6 );
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 1;
   }
 
   if( memcmp( ptr, rzx_signature, strlen( rzx_signature ) ) ) {
     fprintf( stderr, "%s: Wrong signature: expected `%s'\n", progname,
 	     rzx_signature );
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 1;
   }
 
@@ -152,19 +152,15 @@ do_file( const char *filename )
 
     default:
       fprintf( stderr, "%s: Unknown block type 0x%02x\n", progname, id );
-      munmap( buffer, length );
+      free( buffer );
       return 1;
 
     }
 
-    if( error ) { munmap( buffer, length ); return 1; }
+    if( error ) { free( buffer ); return 1; }
   }
 
-  if( munmap( buffer, length ) == -1 ) {
-    fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't munmap `%s': %s\n", progname, filename,
-	     strerror( errno ) );
-    return 1;
-  }
+  free( buffer );
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/rzxtool.c b/rzxtool.c
index 2a134fa..abb64a8 100644
--- a/rzxtool.c
+++ b/rzxtool.c
@@ -89,18 +89,14 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 
   if( libspectrum_rzx_alloc( &rzx ) ) return 1;
 
-  if( mmap_file( options.rzxfile, &buffer, &length ) ) return 1;
+  if( read_file( options.rzxfile, &buffer, &length ) ) return 1;
 
   if( libspectrum_rzx_read( rzx, buffer, length ) ) {
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 1;
   }
 
-  if( munmap( buffer, length ) == -1 ) {
-    fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't munmap `%s': %s\n", progname,
-	     options.rzxfile, strerror( errno ) );
-    return 1;
-  }
+  free( buffer );
 
   if( options.extract ) {
 
diff --git a/snap2tzx.c b/snap2tzx.c
index f2ad4f6..825b2f8 100644
--- a/snap2tzx.c
+++ b/snap2tzx.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ load_snap( libspectrum_snap **snap, const char *filename )
 
   error = libspectrum_snap_alloc( snap ); if( error ) return error;
 
-  if( mmap_file( filename, &buffer, &length ) ) {
+  if( read_file( filename, &buffer, &length ) ) {
     libspectrum_snap_free( *snap );
     return 1;
   }
@@ -491,16 +491,11 @@ load_snap( libspectrum_snap **snap, const char *filename )
   error = libspectrum_snap_read( *snap, buffer, length, LIBSPECTRUM_ID_UNKNOWN,
 				 filename );
   if( error ) {
-    libspectrum_snap_free( *snap ); munmap( buffer, length );
+    libspectrum_snap_free( *snap ); free( buffer );
     return error;
   }
 
-  if( munmap( buffer, length ) == -1 ) {
-    fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't munmap '%s': %s\n", progname, filename,
-	     strerror( errno ) );
-    libspectrum_snap_free( *snap );
-    return 1;
-  }
+  free( buffer );
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/snapconv.c b/snapconv.c
index beef2f3..70da67d 100644
--- a/snapconv.c
+++ b/snapconv.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
 
   error = libspectrum_snap_alloc( &snap ); if( error ) return error;
 
-  if( mmap_file( argv[0], &buffer, &length ) ) {
+  if( read_file( argv[0], &buffer, &length ) ) {
     libspectrum_snap_free( snap );
     return 1;
   }
@@ -88,16 +88,11 @@ main( int argc, char **argv )
   error = libspectrum_snap_read( snap, buffer, length, LIBSPECTRUM_ID_UNKNOWN,
 				 argv[0] );
   if( error ) {
-    libspectrum_snap_free( snap ); munmap( buffer, length );
+    libspectrum_snap_free( snap ); free( buffer );
     return error;
   }
 
-  if( munmap( buffer, length ) == -1 ) {
-    fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't munmap '%s': %s\n", progname, argv[1],
-	     strerror( errno ) );
-    libspectrum_snap_free( snap );
-    return 1;
-  }
+  free( buffer );
 
   error = libspectrum_identify_file_with_class( &type, &class, argv[1], NULL,
                                                 0 );
diff --git a/tape2wav.c b/tape2wav.c
index c0c5176..98210a3 100644
--- a/tape2wav.c
+++ b/tape2wav.c
@@ -91,25 +91,20 @@ read_tape( char *filename, libspectrum_tape **tape )
 {
   libspectrum_byte *buffer; size_t length;
 
-  if( mmap_file( filename, &buffer, &length ) ) return 1;
+  if( read_file( filename, &buffer, &length ) ) return 1;
 
   if( libspectrum_tape_alloc( tape ) ) {
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 1;
   }
 
   if( libspectrum_tape_read( *tape, buffer, length, LIBSPECTRUM_ID_UNKNOWN,
                              filename ) ) {
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 1;
   }
 
-  if( munmap( buffer, length ) == -1 ) {
-    fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't munmap `%s': %s\n", progname, filename,
-	     strerror( errno ) );
-    libspectrum_tape_free( *tape );
-    return 1;
-  }
+  free( buffer );
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tapeconv.c b/tapeconv.c
index ff2218d..b386200 100644
--- a/tapeconv.c
+++ b/tapeconv.c
@@ -94,25 +94,20 @@ read_tape( char *filename, libspectrum_tape **tape )
 {
   libspectrum_byte *buffer; size_t length;
 
-  if( mmap_file( filename, &buffer, &length ) ) return 1;
+  if( read_file( filename, &buffer, &length ) ) return 1;
 
   if( libspectrum_tape_alloc( tape ) ) {
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 1;
   }
 
   if( libspectrum_tape_read( *tape, buffer, length, LIBSPECTRUM_ID_UNKNOWN,
                              filename ) ) {
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 1;
   }
 
-  if( munmap( buffer, length ) == -1 ) {
-    fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't munmap `%s': %s\n", progname, filename,
-	     strerror( errno ) );
-    libspectrum_tape_free( *tape );
-    return 1;
-  }
+  free( buffer );
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tzxlist.c b/tzxlist.c
index a902cb2..60bebbe 100644
--- a/tzxlist.c
+++ b/tzxlist.c
@@ -130,26 +130,22 @@ process_tape( char *filename )
 
   size_t i;
 
-  error = mmap_file( filename, &buffer, &length ); if( error ) return error;
+  error = read_file( filename, &buffer, &length ); if( error ) return error;
 
   error = libspectrum_tape_alloc( &tape );
   if( error != LIBSPECTRUM_ERROR_NONE ) {
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return 1;
   }
 
   error = libspectrum_tape_read( tape, buffer, length, LIBSPECTRUM_ID_UNKNOWN,
                                  filename );
   if( error != LIBSPECTRUM_ERROR_NONE ) {
-    munmap( buffer, length );
+    free( buffer );
     return error;
   }
 
-  if( munmap( buffer, length ) == -1 ) {
-    fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't munmap `%s': %s\n", progname, filename,
-	     strerror( errno ) );
-    return 1;
-  }
+  free( buffer );
 
   printf("Listing of `%s':\n\n", filename );
 
@@ -322,10 +318,7 @@ process_tape( char *filename )
   }
 
   error = libspectrum_tape_free( tape );
-  if( error != LIBSPECTRUM_ERROR_NONE ) {
-    munmap( buffer, length );
-    return error;
-  }
+  if( error != LIBSPECTRUM_ERROR_NONE ) return error;
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index c2f4492..f73f3e9 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ get_creator( libspectrum_creator **creator, const char *program )
 }
 
 int
-mmap_file( const char *filename, unsigned char **buffer, size_t *length )
+read_file( const char *filename, unsigned char **buffer, size_t *length )
 {
   int fd; struct stat file_info;
+  ssize_t bytes;
   
   if( ( fd = open( filename, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY ) ) == -1 ) {
     fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't open `%s': %s\n", progname, filename,
@@ -134,20 +135,35 @@ mmap_file( const char *filename, unsigned char **buffer, size_t *length )
     return 1;
   }
 
-  (*length) = file_info.st_size;
+  *length = file_info.st_size;
 
-  (*buffer) = mmap( 0, *length, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0 );
-  if( (*buffer) == (void*)-1 ) {
-    fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't mmap `%s': %s\n", progname, filename,
-	     strerror( errno ) );
+  *buffer = malloc( *length );
+  if( !*buffer ) {
+    fprintf( stderr, "%s: out of memory allocating %lu bytes\n", progname,
+             (unsigned long)*length );
     close(fd);
     return 1;
   }
 
+  bytes = read( fd, *buffer, *length );
+  if( bytes == -1 ) {
+    fprintf( stderr, "%s: error reading from `%s': %s\n", progname, filename,
+             strerror( errno ) );
+    free( *buffer );
+    close(fd);
+    return 1;
+  } else if( bytes < *length ) {
+    fprintf( stderr, "%s: could read only %lu out of %lu bytes from `%s'\n",
+             progname, (unsigned long)bytes, (unsigned long)*length, filename );
+    free( *buffer );
+    close(fd);
+    return 1;
+  }
+    
   if( close(fd) ) {
     fprintf( stderr, "%s: couldn't close `%s': %s\n", progname, filename,
 	     strerror( errno ) );
-    munmap( *buffer, *length );
+    free( *buffer );
     return 1;
   }
   
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index c6babf0..36a8c51 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 int init_libspectrum( void );
 int get_creator( libspectrum_creator **creator, const char *program );
-int mmap_file( const char *filename, unsigned char **buffer, size_t *length );
+int read_file( const char *filename, unsigned char **buffer, size_t *length );
 
 struct rzx_key {
   libspectrum_dword id;