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Introduction

This paper explains how the GNOME [GNOME] project is extending the functionality of the Unix file system for use in both the desktop and applications, by using a user-level library called the GNOME Virtual File System.

There are various reasons for extending the Unix file system and its API, as explained in the following sections.



Subsections

Ettore Perazzoli 2000-04-26