Virtual File System (VFS)

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf software abstraction layer
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Virtual_Filesystem_Switch
gptkbp:component gptkb:operating_system
Unix-like operating systems
gptkbp:enables file system management
file system operations
file system integration
file system mounting
file system security
file system unmounting
file system abstraction
file system hierarchy
file system drivers
file system permissions
transparent file access
access to multiple file system types
mounting of file systems
file system caching
file system compatibility
file system extensibility
file system metadata management
file system portability
file system transparency
file system virtualization
plug-in file system modules
gptkbp:example gptkb:FUSE
gptkb:procfs
gptkb:ext4
gptkb:NFS
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Virtual File System (VFS)
gptkbp:introducedIn gptkb:SunOS_2.0
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Unix
gptkbp:provides file system API abstraction
gptkbp:purpose provides uniform interface to different file systems
gptkbp:standardizedBy gptkb:POSIX
gptkbp:supports network file systems
local file systems
virtual file systems
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Windows
gptkb:Unix
gptkb:Linux
operating systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:System_V_Release_4
gptkb:UNIX_System_V_Release_4
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7