diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10dd602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use Module::Build;
+my $build = Module::Build->new
+    (
+	module_name 	=> 'Simba',
+	license		=> 'perl',
+	requires	=> {
+			   },
+	script_files	=> [
+				'da',
+			   ],
+    );
+$build->create_build_script;
diff --git a/lib/Simba/DA.pm b/lib/Simba/DA.pm
index 5fd7bed..b43f52b 100644
--- a/lib/Simba/DA.pm
+++ b/lib/Simba/DA.pm
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ sub list {
                         $fn = quote($fn);
                         print $fn;
 
+                        print metastr($fn, $st);
+
                         print "\n";
                     },
             no_chdir => 1,
@@ -178,6 +180,8 @@ sub metastr {
     $s .= " " . 'setgid=1' if $mode & 02000;
     $s .= " " . 'sticky=1' if $mode & 01000;
     $s .= " " . 'rdev=' . $st->rdev if ($mode & 0120000) == 0020000;
+
+    return $s;
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/t/00_da.t b/t/00_da.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72a3184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/00_da.t
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+use Test::More 'no_plan';
+
+BEGIN { use_ok( 'Simba::DA' ); }
+
+my $da = Simba::DA->new();
+ok($da, 'new DA');
+my $list;
+open(my $fh, '>', \$list);
+select $fh;
+$da->list('list', 't/root');
+ok($list);
+cmp_ok($list, '=~', qr{t/root .* t=d }, 'root is a directory');
+cmp_ok($list, '=~', qr{t/root/test.txt .* t=f s=14 }, 'text file found');
+cmp_ok($list, '=~', qr{t/root/test.bin .* t=f s=1024 }, 'binary file found');
+
+my $content;
+open($fh, '>', \$content);
+select $fh;
+$da->get('get', 't/root/test.txt');
+my ($header, $trailer);
+($header, $content, $trailer)
+    = $content =~ /\A ([^\n]*) \n (.*) \n ([^\n]*) \n \Z/xs;
+
+ok($header, 'header found');
+cmp_ok($header, '=~', qr{t/root/test.txt .* t=f s=14 }, 'text file found');
+
+ok($content, 'content found');
+cmp_ok($header, '==', 14, 'text file is 14 bytes long');
+
+ok($trailer, 'trailer found');
+is($trailer, 'chk sha1 e3b9312f5f7afbe0bfff5c49ab5e9a160b2b04f4', 'trailer contains correct checksum');
+
+$content="";
+$da->get('get', 't/root/test.txt');
+($header, $content, $trailer)
+    = $content =~ /\A ([^\n]*) \n (.*) \n ([^\n]*) \n \Z/xs;
+
+ok($header, 'header found');
+cmp_ok($header, '=~', qr{t/root/test.bin .* t=f s=1024 }, 'binary file found');
+
+ok($content, 'content found');
+cmp_ok($header, '==', 1024, 'binary file is 1024 bytes long');
+
+ok($trailer, 'trailer found');
+is($trailer, 'chk sha1 97253f25fc3945cd6293e3dfad2a322041b14164', 'trailer contains correct checksum');
diff --git a/t/root/test.bin b/t/root/test.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c81b942
Binary files /dev/null and b/t/root/test.bin differ
diff --git a/t/root/test.txt b/t/root/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30896fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/root/test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+test
+123
+test