2 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/Jellyfin.Extensions/FileHelper.cs b/src/Jellyfin.Extensions/FileHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1ccf8d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Jellyfin.Extensions/FileHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Extensions;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides helper functions for <see cref="File" />.
+/// </summary>
+public static class FileHelper
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates, or truncates a file in the specified path.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="path">The path and name of the file to create.</param>
+    public static void CreateEmpty(string path)
+    {
+        using (File.OpenHandle(path, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None))
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Jellyfin.Extensions/StringExtensions.cs b/src/Jellyfin.Extensions/StringExtensions.cs
index 715cbf220..60df47113 100644
--- a/src/Jellyfin.Extensions/StringExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Jellyfin.Extensions/StringExtensions.cs
@@ -135,5 +135,18 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Extensions
         {
             return values.Select(i => (i ?? string.Empty).Trim());
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Truncates a string at the first null character ('\0').
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="text">The input string.</param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// The substring up to (but not including) the first null character,
+        /// or the original string if no null character is present.
+        /// </returns>
+        public static string TruncateAtNull(this string text)
+        {
+            return string.IsNullOrEmpty(text) ? text : text.AsSpan().LeftPart('\0').ToString();
+        }
     }
 }