An application stores information in a file system by creating a file or appending new information to an existing file. At a later time, this information may be retrieved by reading the file. Other functions support these capabilities; for example, the application can move to a specified location in the file or query the file system to get information about the file. These functions, which operate on file structures (FS_FILEs), are grouped under file access (or simply file) functions. The available file functions are listed in Table - File API functions.
A separate set of file operations (or entry) functions manage the files and directories available on the system. Using these functions, the application can copy, create, delete and rename files, and get and set a file or directory’s attributes and date/time. The available entry functions are listed in
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