pseudofs(9)

NAME

pseudofs - pseudo file system construction kit

SYNOPSIS

#include <fs/pseudofs/pseudofs.h>

DESCRIPTION

The pseudofs module offers an abstract API for pseudo-file

systems such
as procfs(5) and linprocfs(5). It takes care of all the

hairy bits like
interfacing with the VFS system, enforcing access control,

keeping track
of file numbers, and cloning files and directories that are

process-specific. The consumer module, i.e., the module that imple

ments the actual
guts of the file system, needs only provide the directory

structure (represented by a collection of structures declared and initial

ized by macros
provided by pseudofs) and callbacks that report file at

tributes or write
the actual file contents into sbufs.

SEE ALSO

linprocfs(5), procfs(5), sbuf(9), vnode(9)

HISTORY

The pseudofs module appeared in FreeBSD 5.0.

AUTHORS

The pseudofs module and this manual page were written by

Dag-Erling
Smorgrav.

BSD September 30, 2001

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