   # permission to the path.
   writeFileWithPrivilegeEscalationSync: (filePath, text) ->
     try
-      contents = iconv.encode text, @getEncoding()
-      fs.writeFileSync filePath, contents
+      fs.writeFileSync(filePath, iconv.encode(text, @getEncoding()))
     catch error
       if error.code is 'EACCES' and process.platform is 'darwin'
         runas ?= require 'runas'

    if not @exists()
      @cachedContents = null
    else if not @cachedContents? or flushCache
      contents = fs.readFileSync @getPath()
      @cachedContents = iconv.decode contents, @getEncoding()

    @setDigest(@cachedContents)
    @cachedContents

      promise = deferred.promise
      content = []
      bytesRead = 0
      readStream = fs.createReadStream(@getPath())
      readStream = readStream.pipe(iconv.decodeStream(@getEncoding()))
      readStream.on 'data', (chunk) ->
        content.push(chunk)
        bytesRead += chunk.length
