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<h2>Viewing the System Filesystem</h2>
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<a href="#seealso">See Also</a>
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The <a href="nbmodule-about-system-filesystem.html">system filesystem</a> is the general registry
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for publicly accessible data and objects.
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It is a virtual filesystem that contains configuration information. <a href="about-xml-layers.html">Layer files</a>
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(<tt>layer.xml</tt>) define
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and files that will be merged into the system filesystem.
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<p><b>To view the system filesystem:</b>
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<li><a href="../create_plugin/projectlevel_create/create_module.html">Create a module project</a>.
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<li>In the Projects window, expand the Important Files node.
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<li>Expand the XML Layer node. After a moment, two subnodes appear:
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<li><b><this layer>.</b> The folders and files provided by the current module project's layer file.
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<li><b><this layer in context>.</b> All the folders and files provided by
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all the layer files in all modules available in the system.
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<li>Expand a subnode to explore the folders and files within it. When you right-click
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a subnode, you can, for example, rename it. You can also use actions such as "Cut", "Copy",
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and "Paste". In addition, you can drag a subnode and drop it elsewhere, to reorder a folder
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or a file. All of these actions
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will result in XML entries being added to your module project's layer file.
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<dt><a name="seealso">See Also</a></dt>
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<dd><a href="about-netbeans-platform.html">About the NetBeans Platform</a></dd>
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<dd><a href="about-open-apis.html">About the NetBeans APIs</a></dd>
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<dd><a href="nbmodule-about.html">About NetBeans Platform and Module Development</a></dd>
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<dd><a href="nbmodule-about-system-filesystem.html">About the System Filesystem</a></dd>
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<dd><a href="modules_process.html">Working with Modules</a></dd>
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<dd><a href="modules_quickref.html">Module Tasks: Quick Reference</a></dd>
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