I'm making a file browser for Linux, but what library should I use to get transparent access to the file system.

I won't use Qt (or similar) in the core, because I want high performance and clean code - an independent core.

I have planed to use C++, and would like to make a seperate core for the main function, and then later add a Qt GUI.

I've looked at "The GNU C Library" and it has a file system interface - but "GNU C++ Standard Library" doesn't!

- Can I use "The GNU C Library" in my C++ code (with the GNU C++ Standard Library)?
- What alternatives do I have for a file system interface?
- I've tried to get some documentation for the VFS in the Linux kernel, but it seems difficult and there are no examples?
- What about boost.org - do you have any experience with this library?

why don't you help out on nautalis instead of making your own file browser? or are you going to make one better than nautalis?

Of course you can use the C library in C++. That the BIG plus of C; you can call C functions in any decent language It might be a bit involved in some languages, but from C++ it is almost trivial. Just tell the C++ compiler it has C linkage. The glibc headers take care of this.

Note that the C libraries provide (almost) the same interface as the kernels system calls. It is very simple, so there is no need to complicate things with complicated wrappers.