Editing GnomeVFS (section)

{{redirect|GNOME Virtual File System|the replacement filesystem GNOME Virtual file system|GVfs}}
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'''GnomeVFS''' (short for '''GNOME Virtual File System''') was an [[Abstraction (computer science)|abstraction layer]] of the GNOME platform for the reading, writing and execution of files. Before GNOME 2.22 GnomeVFS was primarily used by the appropriate versions of Nautilus file manager (renamed to [[GNOME Files]]) and other [[List of GNOME applications|GNOME applications]].

A cause of confusion is the fact that the [[file system]] abstraction used by the [[Linux kernel]] is also called the [[virtual file system]] (VFS) layer. This is however at a lower level.

Due to perceived shortcomings of GnomeVFS<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2006-September/msg00072.html |title=GnomeVFS shortcomings |date=2006-09-18}}</ref> a replacement called [[GVfs]] was developed. GVfs is based on [[GIO (software)|GIO]] and allows  partitions to be mounted through [[Filesystem in Userspace|FUSE]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-February/msg00062.html |date=2007-02-15 |title=gvfs status report |author=Larsson, Alexander}}</ref>

With the release of GNOME 2.22 in April 2008, GnomeVFS was declared [[deprecation|deprecated]] in favor of [[GVfs]] and [[GIO (software)|GIO]], requesting that developers not use it in new applications.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.22/#sect:gvfs-gio |title=GNOME 2.22 Release Notes, Section "GVFS and GIO"}}</ref>