[ARROW-9858] [C++][Python][Docs] Expand user guide for FileSystem

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: C++, Documentation, Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/25896
• Assignee: Joris Van den Bossche
• Reporter: Neal Richardson
• Created: 25/Aug/20 20:28
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:09
• Resolved: 02/Sep/20 09:36

Description

https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/filesystems.html is pretty thin

https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/api/filesystems.html doesn't mention S3

and in general there are some tricks to getting FileSystemFromUri to work

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #8065