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# Chapter 20. File System Table

The filesystem table is an array of entries that describe each filesystem implementation that is part of the system image. Each resident filesystem should export an entry to this table using the `FSTAB_ENTRY()` macro.

> Note: At present we do not support dynamic addition or removal of table entries. However, an API similar to `mount()` would allow new entries to be added to the table.

The table entries are described by the following structure:

    struct cyg_fstab_entry
    {
        const char          *name;          // filesystem name
        CYG_ADDRWORD        data;           // private data value
        cyg_uint32          syncmode;       // synchronization mode

        int     (*mount)    ( cyg_fstab_entry *fste, cyg_mtab_entry *mte );
        int     (*umount)   ( cyg_mtab_entry *mte );
        int     (*open)     ( cyg_mtab_entry *mte, cyg_dir dir, const char *name,
                              int mode,  cyg_file *fte );
        int     (*unlink)   ( cyg_mtab_entry *mte, cyg_dir dir, const char *name );
        int     (*mkdir)    ( cyg_mtab_entry *mte, cyg_dir dir, const char *name );
        int     (*rmdir)    ( cyg_mtab_entry *mte, cyg_dir dir, const char *name );
        int     (*rename)   ( cyg_mtab_entry *mte, cyg_dir dir1, const char *name1,
                              cyg_dir dir2, const char *name2 );
        int     (*link)     ( cyg_mtab_entry *mte, cyg_dir dir1, const char *name1,
                              cyg_dir dir2, const char *name2, int type );
        int     (*opendir)  ( cyg_mtab_entry *mte, cyg_dir dir, const char *name,
                              cyg_file *fte );
        int     (*chdir)    ( cyg_mtab_entry *mte, cyg_dir dir, const char *name,
                              cyg_dir *dir_out );
        int     (*stat)     ( cyg_mtab_entry *mte, cyg_dir dir, const char *name,
                              struct stat *buf);
        int     (*getinfo)  ( cyg_mtab_entry *mte, cyg_dir dir, const char *name,
                              int key, char *buf, int len );
        int     (*setinfo)  ( cyg_mtab_entry *mte, cyg_dir dir, const char *name,
                              int key, char *buf, int len );
    };

The `name` field points to a string that identifies this filesystem implementation. Typical values might be "romfs", "msdos", "ext2" etc.

The `data` field contains any private data that the filesystem needs, perhaps the root of its data structures.

The `syncmode` field contains a description of the locking protocol to be used when accessing this filesystem. It will be described in more detail in Chapter 24.

The remaining fields are pointers to functions that implement filesystem operations that apply to files and directories as whole objects. The operation implemented by each function should be obvious from the names, with a few exceptions:

The `opendir()` function pointer opens a directory for reading. See Chapter 23 for details.

The `getinfo()` and `setinfo()` function pointers provide support for various minor control and information functions such as `pathconf()` and `access()`.

With the exception of the `mount()` and `umount()` functions, all of these functions take three standard arguments, a pointer to a mount table entry (see later) a directory pointer (also see later) and a file name relative to the directory. These should be used by the filesystem to locate the object of interest.

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