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32 contexts allows modules to track thread usage and cancellation properly</dt><dt><a href="gnome-vfs-20-gnome-vfs-socket.html">gnome-vfs-socket</a> - </dt><dt><a href="gnome-vfs-20-gnome-vfs-socket-buffer.html">gnome-vfs-socket-buffer</a> - </dt><dt><a href="gnome-vfs-20-gnome-vfs-transform.html">gnome-vfs-transform</a> - </dt><dt><a href="gnome-vfs-20-gnome-vfs-parse-ls.html">gnome-vfs-parse-ls</a> - convenience functions for modules which want to parse a ls-like directory listing</dt></dl></div><p>
33 Modules are the mechanism by which GnomeVFS accesses different filesystems,
34 from http, to the local disk, to smb. Module authors must implement a simple
35 set of filesystem operations and can provide varying degrees of service (read-only,
36 read-write, seeking, etc). Modules are dynamically loaded based upon the URI
37 scheme passed into the high-level GnomeVFS APIs.
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