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.Dd September 22, 2001
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.Dt VFS 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm vfs
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.Nd kernel interface to file systems
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The virtual file system,
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.Nm ,
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is the kernel interface to file systems.
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The interface specifies the calls for the kernel to access file systems.
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It also specifies the core functionality that a file system must provide
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to the kernel.
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.Pp
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The focus of
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.Nm
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activity is the
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.Em vnode
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and is discussed in
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.Xr vnode 9 .
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File system operations such as mounting and syncing are discussed in
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.Xr vfsops 9 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr intro 9 ,
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.Xr vfsops 9 ,
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.Xr vnode 9 ,
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.Xr vnodeops 9
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