Table 5. Comparison of POSIX and GIO concepts
| POSIX | GIO | 
| char *path | GFile *file | 
| struct stat *buf | GFileInfo *info | 
| struct statvfs *buf | GFileInfo *info | 
| int fd | GInputStream *in | 
| GOutputStream *out | 
| DIR * | GFileEnumerator *enum | 
| fstab entry | GUnixMountPoint *mount_point | 
| mtab entry | GUnixMountEntry *mount_entry |