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filesystem_spec

Common filesystem interfaces and utilities for Python data-access libraries.

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Do a selected local filesystem interface's seek and range reads match direct byte slicing?

Generate known byte strings, independently enumerate requested ranges and boundary cases, and compare exact outputs; remote backends and credentials are outside the fixture.

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