<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2008 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Bvfs API</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Bvfs API"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="developers"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2008"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="developers.css"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="General.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="Implementing_GUI_Interface.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="TLS.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html1319" HREF="TLS.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1313" HREF="Implementing_GUI_Interface.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1309" HREF="General.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1315" HREF="Contents.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1317" HREF="GNU_Free_Documentation_Lice.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1320" HREF="TLS.html">TLS</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1314" HREF="Implementing_GUI_Interface.html">Implementing a GUI Interface</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1310" HREF="General.html">GUI Interface is Difficult</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html1316" HREF="Contents.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html1318" HREF="GNU_Free_Documentation_Lice.html">Index</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION001320000000000000000"></A> <A NAME="sec:bvfs"></A> <BR> Bvfs API </H1> <P> To help developers of restore GUI interfaces, we have added new <I>dot commands</I> that permit browsing the catalog in a very simple way. <P> <UL> <LI><TT>.bvfs_update [jobid=x,y,z]</TT> This command is required to update the Bvfs cache in the catalog. You need to run it before any access to the Bvfs layer. <P> </LI> <LI><TT>.bvfs_lsdirs jobid=x,y,z path=/path | pathid=101</TT> This command will list all directories in the specified <TT>path</TT> or <TT>pathid</TT>. Using <TT>pathid</TT> avoids problems with character encoding of path/filenames. <P> </LI> <LI><TT>.bvfs_lsfiles jobid=x,y,z path=/path | pathid=101</TT> This command will list all files in the specified <TT>path</TT> or <TT>pathid</TT>. Using <TT>pathid</TT> avoids problems with character encoding. </LI> </UL> <P> You can use <TT>limit=xxx</TT> and <TT>offset=yyy</TT> to limit the amount of data that will be displayed. <P> <PRE> * .bvfs_update jobid=1,2 * .bvfs_update * .bvfs_lsdir path=/ jobid=1,2 </PRE> <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> 2010-06-14 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>