Kodi Documentation 22.0
Kodi is an open source media player and entertainment hub.
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Interface - kodi::vfs

Virtual filesystem functions
Offers classes and functions for access to the Virtual File Server (VFS) which you can use to manipulate files and folders. More...

Topics

 Definitions, structures and enumerators
 Virtual file Server definition values
All to VFS system functions associated data structures.
 
 1. Directory functions
 Globally available directories related functions
Used to perform typical operations with it.
 
 2. File functions
 Globally available file related functions
Used to perform typical operations with it.
 
 3. General functions
 Other globally available functions
Used to perform typical operations with it.
 
 4. class CFile
 Creatable class for virtual file server control
To perform file read/write with Kodi's filesystem parts.
 

Detailed Description

Virtual filesystem functions
Offers classes and functions for access to the Virtual File Server (VFS) which you can use to manipulate files and folders.

This system allow the use of "Special Protocol" where is Kodi's solution to platform dependent directories. Common directory names are assigned a special://[name] path which is passed around inside Kodi and then translated to the platform specific path before the operating system sees it. This helps keep most of the platform mess centralized in the code.
To become a correct path back can be TranslateSpecialProtocol() used.

It has the header #include <kodi/Filesystem.h> be included to enjoy it.