---
name: "ALLEGRO_FS_INTERFACE"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "allegro"
version: "5.2.11.3-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ALLEGRO_FS_INTERFACE"
---

# ALLEGRO\_FS\_INTERFACE(3)

Allegro 5 API

## NAME

ALLEGRO\_FS\_INTERFACE - Allegro 5 API

## SYNOPSIS

-

  ```
  #include <allegro5/allegro.h>
  typedef struct ALLEGRO_FS_INTERFACE ALLEGRO_FS_INTERFACE;
  ```

## DESCRIPTION

The available functions you can provide for a filesystem. They are:

-

  ```
     ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *  fs_create_entry   (const char *path);
     void                fs_destroy_entry  (ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     const char *        fs_entry_name     (ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     bool                fs_update_entry   (ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     uint32_t            fs_entry_mode     (ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     time_t              fs_entry_atime    (ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     time_t              fs_entry_mtime    (ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     time_t              fs_entry_ctime    (ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     off_t               fs_entry_size     (ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     bool                fs_entry_exists   (ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     bool                fs_remove_entry   (ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     bool                fs_open_directory (ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *  fs_read_directory (ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     bool                fs_close_directory(ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
     bool                fs_filename_exists(const char *path);
     bool                fs_remove_filename(const char *path);
     char *              fs_get_current_directory(void);
     bool                fs_change_directory(const char *path);
     bool                fs_make_directory(const char *path);
     ALLEGRO_FILE *      fs_open_file(ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e);
  ```