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KwikNet Universal File System Interface
C.1.2 KwikNet Universal File System
KwikNet provides an alternate interface to the file services provided by the file system
operating on the target platform. The KwikNet Universal File System (UFS) interface
maps the Treck file system API to equivalent UFS services. The UFS can also be used
concurrently with the KwikNet Virtual File System described in Chapter 7.
The Universal File System interface provides access to any of the following file systems:
AMX/FS File System for use with the AMX Multitasking Kernel
Standard C using the MS-DOS
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file system
Custom user defined file system
The AMX/FS File System can be used with AMX and KwikNet on all of the supported
target processors. If you are using AMX 86 on a PC compatible platform, you can
directly access the MS-DOS file system. A custom file system can also be adapted for
use with AMX and KwikNet.
There should be no need to become familiar with the internal operation of the Universal
File System unless you must adapt it for use with your own custom file system. This
customization procedure is described in Appendix C.5.
Note
You can use a file system accessed via the KwikNet
Universal File System (UFS) interface with or without the
KwikNet Virtual File System. However, if either is used,
you cannot use any of the Treck file systems.