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| <h2 class="chapter">14 File System Interface</h2> |
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| <p>This chapter describes the GNU C library's functions for manipulating |
| files. Unlike the input and output functions (see <a href="I_002fO-on-Streams.html#I_002fO-on-Streams">I/O on Streams</a>; |
| see <a href="Low_002dLevel-I_002fO.html#Low_002dLevel-I_002fO">Low-Level I/O</a>), these functions are concerned with operating |
| on the files themselves rather than on their contents. |
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| <p>Among the facilities described in this chapter are functions for |
| examining or modifying directories, functions for renaming and deleting |
| files, and functions for examining and setting file attributes such as |
| access permissions and modification times. |
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| <li><a accesskey="2" href="Accessing-Directories.html#Accessing-Directories">Accessing Directories</a>: Finding out what files a directory |
| contains. |
| <li><a accesskey="3" href="Working-with-Directory-Trees.html#Working-with-Directory-Trees">Working with Directory Trees</a>: Apply actions to all files or a selectable |
| subset of a directory hierarchy. |
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