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vfs-filesystems(n)                                                                        vfs-filesystems(n)



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NAME
       vfs-filesystems - Filesystems provided by tclvfs

SYNOPSIS
       package require Tcl  8.4

       package require vfs  ?1.2.1?

       package require vfs::zip  ?1.0?

       package require vfs::mk4  ?1.6?

       package require vfs::tar  ?0.9?

       package require vfs::ftp  ?1.0?

       package require vfs::ns  ?1.0?

       package require vfs::webdav  ?0.1?

       package require vfs::http  ?0.5?

       package require vfs::urltype  ?1.0?

       vfs::zip::Mount path to

       vfs::mk4::Mount path to

       vfs::tar::Mount path to

       vfs::ftp::Mount path to

       vfs::ns::Mount path to

       vfs::webdav::Mount path to

       vfs::http::Mount path to

       vfs::urltype::Mount path to

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DESCRIPTION
       The  package  vfs provides not only the means to implement a virtual filesystem at the tcl level, but
       also a number of ready to be used filesystems as well.

       Each of these filesystem exists as its own package, and  can  be  accessed  through  package  require
       vfs::NAME.  The whole set of these virtual filesystems is known informally as 'vfslib'.

SUPPORTED VFS TYPES
       Currently  supported  are ftp, tar, http, zip, mk4, ns, and webdav.  In addition there is the ability
       to mount any 'urltype' as a new directory, provided an appropriate vfs is supported.  This means that
       you  can  treat  urls  based on the schemes ftp://, http:// and file:// as files.  To do this, simply
       evaluate the command vfs::urltype::Mount ftp for example.  Any access  inside  the  new  volume  will
       result  in an attempt to require a package through package require vfs::${type}, which must therefore
       exist, or errors will be thrown.  If a filesystem is loaded, use the associated command listed  below
       to mount a source for that filesystem as a tcl directory.

       vfs::zip::Mount path to
              Mount the zip file path as directory to.

       vfs::mk4::Mount path to
              Mount the metakit database file file path as directory to.

       vfs::tar::Mount path to
              Mount the tar file path as directory to.

       vfs::ftp::Mount path to
              Mount the ftp url path as directory to.

       vfs::ns::Mount path to
              Mount the tcl namespace path as directory to.

       vfs::webdav::Mount path to
              Mount the webdav url path as directory to.

       vfs::http::Mount path to
              Mount the http url path as directory to.

       vfs::urltype::Mount path to
              Mount the url path, of type urltype as directory to.


LIMITATIONS
       Most of the vfs types listed above have not been very well debugged as yet.  Please test them!

SEE ALSO
       vfs, vfs-fsapi

KEYWORDS
       file, filesystem, ftp, http, metakit, namespace, tar, vfs, vfslib, webdav, zip

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Vince Darley <vincentdarley@users.sourceforge.net>
       Copyright (c) 2003 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>




Tcl-level Virtual Filesystems                        1.0                                  vfs-filesystems(n)