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 14 File System Interface
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 This chapter describes the GNU C library's functions for manipulating
 files.  Unlike the input and output functions ( I/O on Streams;
  Low-Level I/O), these functions are concerned with operating on
 the files themselves rather than on their contents.
 
    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.

 
* Working Directory           This is used to resolve relative
 				 file names.
* Accessing Directories       Finding out what files a directory
 				 contains.
* Working with Directory Trees Apply actions to all files or a selectable
                                  subset of a directory hierarchy.
* Hard Links                  Adding alternate names to a file.
* Symbolic Links              A file that ``points to'' a file name.
* Deleting Files              How to delete a file, and what that means.
* Renaming Files              Changing a file's name.
* Creating Directories        A system call just for creating a directory.
* File Attributes             Attributes of individual files.
* Making Special Files        How to create special files.
* Temporary Files             Naming and creating temporary files.

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