File::System is a virtual file system written in pure Perl.
SYNOPSIS
my $root = File::System->new("Real", root => '/var/chroot/foo');
my $file = $root->lookup('/etc/fstab');
print $file->lines;
The File::System library is intended to provide an interface to a file system. Generally, a file system is a heirarchical arrangement of records commonly found on most modern computers. This library attempts to generalize this idea as it pertains to loading and accessing these files. This is not meant to generalize on the specifics of file system implementations or get into hardware details.
The goal of this system is not to present the file system in a native way, but to provide the Perl program using it a simple hook into a potentially complex structure. Thus, certain file system module requirements may force unnatural or arbitrary constraints on the file system appearance. The most notable is that this implementation purposely does not address the concept of "volumes" except to state that such things should just be made parts of the file system under an artificial root.
This system is also still immature and certain aspects---notably the concept of "capabilities" and "permissions"---are absent. These may be added in future making existing file modules created to this system incompatible with future revisions. I will try to make sure that such things are "optional" such that the system can function in a crippled way without support for these future additions when they come, but I make guarantees.
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