[vfs] and [io] are the two main projects for file handling. 

[io] is one that we would like to have work done on (eg. tidying and testing) to get 
it released.

Stephen

>  from:    Jeff Varszegi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I had this class lying around and thought I'd post it.  I just took a look at the 
>FileUtils class
> (didn't check out the one in Excaliber yet), but I think that there're lots of 
>difference between
> this class and FileUtils.  
> 
> 'FileSystem' is a simple standalone class for dealing with a regular ol' file 
>system.  You can set
> a root directory and perform operations on files using relative paths if you wish.  
>I've found it
> pretty useful in the past.  It supports some things like OS-agnostic file copying 
>and searching,
> simple wildcard file/directory searches, etc.  If you have time, please look it over 
>and see if
> some of it sparks a thought or might be useful.  I keep it around in my ragtag 
>private util
> package.
> 
> Is work being done on VFS right now?  Can I help?  It seems like something I could 
>really sink my
> teeth into.  Are there plans to do nice stuff like support agglomerated file 
>systems, so that we
> can support federated namespaces?  Has VFS already been superseded by something 
>else?  I did poke
> around a lot to find this out, but I am still not sure.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> P.S. I was wondering why a putFile(FileObject file) appears in the 
>AbstractFileSystem class, but
> not in the interface FileSystem.  I noticed some other stuff too.
> 
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