GNOME Virtual File System (runtime libraries)

 GNOME VFS is the GNOME virtual file system. It is the foundation of the
 Nautilus file manager. It provides a modular architecture and ships with
 several modules that implement support for local files, http, ftp and others.
 It provides an URI-based API, a backend supporting asynchronous file
 operations, a MIME type manipulation library and other features.
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 This package contains the runtime libraries and the default modules.