libgnomevfs-2.3(3)					 Introduction to Library Functions					libgnomevfs-2.3(3)

NAME

       libgnomevfs-2 - GNOME Virtual File System

DESCRIPTION

       GnomeVFS  is a filesystem abstraction library which gives applications plugable transparent access to a variety of "real" filesystems, from
       WebDAV to digital cameras, to the local filesystem. It also contains a number of other convenient file utilities such  as  a  comprehensive
       MIME  database  /  Application registry, and a copy engine. Use of GnomeVFS also ensures that an application or component will be usable by
       Nautilus or other GnomeVFS applications for handling the display of data from various URIs.

       Besides providing transparent access to data methods that you might otherwise have to implement, GnomeVFS provides a number  of	convenient
       libraries  for processing URIs, detecting the MIME type of files, and identifying which applications or components to launch to view a file
       or what icon to use. Writing a GnomeVFS module may also be an appropriate solution to some data access problems as it allows the  developer
       to implement a relatively small number of functions to gain general filesystem semantics.

       To access the API documentation, you must install the developer version of the package.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/lib/libgnomevfs-2.sGNOME Virtual File System shared library

       /usr/share/gtk-doc/html Location of developer documentation

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-vfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gnome-vfs-mime-magic(4), gnome-vfs.applications(4), nautilus(1)

NOTES

       Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    31 Aug 2004 						libgnomevfs-2.3(3)