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<div class="section" id="other-file-systems">
<h1>Other File Systems<a class="headerlink" href="#other-file-systems" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>Libraries use Mynewt’s file system abstraction layer (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fs/fs</span></code>) for all
file operations. Because clients use an abstraction layer, the
underlying file system can be swapped out without affecting client code.
This page documents the procedure for plugging a custom file system into
the Mynewt file system abstraction layer.</p>
<div class="section" id="specify-fs-fs-as-a-dependency-of-your-file-system-package">
<h2>1. Specify <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fs/fs</span></code> as a dependency of your file system package.<a class="headerlink" href="#specify-fs-fs-as-a-dependency-of-your-file-system-package" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The file system package must register itself with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fs/fs</span></code> package,
so it must specify <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fs/fs</span></code> as a dependency. As an example, part of the
Newtron Flash File System (nffs) <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pkg.yml</span></code> is reproduced below. Notice
the first item in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pkg.deps</span></code> list.</p>
<div class="highlight-console notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="go">pkg.name: fs/nffs</span>
<span class="go">pkg.deps:</span>
<span class="go"> - &quot;@apache-mynewt-core/fs/fs&quot;</span>
<span class="go"> - &quot;@apache-mynewt-core/hw/hal&quot;</span>
<span class="go"> - &quot;@apache-mynewt-core/libs/os&quot;</span>
<span class="go"> - &quot;@apache-mynewt-core/libs/testutil&quot;</span>
<span class="go"> - &quot;@apache-mynewt-core/sys/log&quot;</span>
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<div class="section" id="register-your-package-s-api-with-the-fs-fs-interface">
<h2>2. Register your package’s API with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fs/fs</span></code> interface.<a class="headerlink" href="#register-your-package-s-api-with-the-fs-fs-interface" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fs/fs</span></code> package calls into the underlying file system via a
collection of function pointers. To plug your file system into the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fs/fs</span></code> API, you must assign these function pointers to the
corresponding routines in your file system package.</p>
<p>For example, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">nffs</span></code> registers itself with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fs/fs</span></code> as follows (from
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fs/nffs/src/nffs.c</span></code>):</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">static</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">struct</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nc">fs_ops</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_ops</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_open</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_open</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_close</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_close</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_read</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_read</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_write</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_write</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_seek</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_seek</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_getpos</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_getpos</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_filelen</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_file_len</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_unlink</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_unlink</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_rename</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_rename</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_mkdir</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_mkdir</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_opendir</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_opendir</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_readdir</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_readdir</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_closedir</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_closedir</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_dirent_name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_dirent_name</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_dirent_is_dir</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">nffs_dirent_is_dir</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f_name</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;nffs&quot;</span>
<span class="p">};</span>
<span class="kt">int</span>
<span class="nf">nffs_init</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="cm">/* [...] */</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">fs_register</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">nffs_ops</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
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<h2>Header Files<a class="headerlink" href="#header-files" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>To gain access to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fs/fs</span></code>’s registration interface, include the
following header:</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp">#include</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="cpf">&quot;fs/fs_if.h&quot;</span>
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