From 55f263d3ad86dd210b22bc5f36132e0d18f46a61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karol Lewandowski Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:57:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] virtual_file_system.md: Link information about storing additional information in virtual files --- topics/basics/architectural_overview/virtual_file_system.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/topics/basics/architectural_overview/virtual_file_system.md b/topics/basics/architectural_overview/virtual_file_system.md index 23dc33979..c0781cdb1 100644 --- a/topics/basics/architectural_overview/virtual_file_system.md +++ b/topics/basics/architectural_overview/virtual_file_system.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ It serves the following main purposes: * Providing a universal API for working with files regardless of their actual location (on disk, in an archive, on an HTTP server, etc.) * Tracking file modifications and providing both old and new versions of the file content when a change is detected. -* Providing a possibility to associate additional persistent data with a file in the VFS. +* Providing a possibility to [associate additional persistent data](virtual_file.md#how-can-i-store-additional-metadata-in-files) with a file in the VFS. To provide the last two features, the VFS manages a _persistent snapshot_ of some of the user's hard disk contents. The snapshot stores only those files which have been requested at least once through the VFS API, and is asynchronously updated to match the changes happening on the disk.