<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
a	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
computer	B-Operating_System
files	I-Operating_System
linked	O
by	O
defining	O
property	O
or	O
common	O
characteristic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
though	O
the	O
context	O
will	O
usually	O
give	O
the	O
defining	O
characteristic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sometimes	O
it	O
is	O
necessary	O
to	O
explicitly	O
state	O
the	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
type	O
to	O
avoid	O
ambiguity	O
,	O
an	O
example	O
is	O
the	O
emacs	B-Application
editor	O
which	O
explicitly	O
mentions	O
its	O
Version	O
Control	O
(	O
VC	O
)	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
type	O
to	O
distinguish	O
from	O
its	O
"	O
named	O
files	O
"	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
there	O
is	O
probably	O
no	O
classification	O
of	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
types	O
some	O
common	O
usage	O
cases	O
do	O
emerge	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
type	O
where	O
the	O
set	O
of	O
files	O
in	O
the	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
are	O
simply	O
enumerated	O
or	O
selected	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
example	O
in	O
the	O
way	O
named	O
filesets	B-General_Concept
are	O
constructed	O
in	O
emacs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
set	O
of	O
files	O
included	O
in	O
an	O
software	O
installation	O
package	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
both	O
the	O
AIX	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
installation	O
packaging	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
HP-UX	B-Application
packaging	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
types	O
relating	O
to	O
filesystems	B-Application
there	O
may	O
be	O
a	O
relationship	O
to	O
directories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
terms	O
of	O
Namespace	O
Database	O
(	O
NSDB	O
)	O
Protocol	O
for	O
Federated	O
File	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
coding	O
forms	O
some	O
libraries	O
may	O
define	O
a	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
object	O
type	O
,	O
typically	O
as	O
a	O
case	O
specific	O
name	O
Fileset	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
FileSet	B-General_Concept
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
hold	O
an	O
object	O
which	O
references	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fileset	B-General_Concept
has	O
several	O
meanings	O
and	O
usages	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
context	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
AIX	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
installation	O
packaging	O
system	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
smallest	O
individually	O
installable	O
unit	O
(	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
files	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
specific	O
function	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DCE/DFS	B-Protocol
uses	O
the	O
term	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
to	O
define	O
a	O
tree	O
containing	O
directories	O
,	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
mount	B-Application
points	I-Application
(	O
links	O
to	O
other	O
DFS	O
filesets	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
DFS	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
a	O
unit	O
of	O
administrative	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
fileset	B-General_Concept
in	O
DFS	O
is	O
essentially	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
volume	B-Application
in	O
AFS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
glamor	O
filesystem	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
same	O
concept	O
of	O
filesets	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Filesets	B-General_Concept
are	O
lightweight	O
components	O
compared	O
to	O
file	B-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
so	O
management	O
of	O
a	O
file	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
is	O
easier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
IBM	O
GPFS	B-Application
represents	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
files	O
within	O
a	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
which	O
have	O
an	O
independent	O
inode	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
