[ARROW-9909] [C++] Provide a (FileSystem, path) pair to locate files across filesystems

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.0
• Component/s: C++
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/25942
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ben Kietzman
• Created: 03/Sep/20 14:14
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:09
• Resolved: 17/Feb/21 17:17

Description

https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/8101#discussion_r482921953

Paths are sufficient to locate files within a known filesystem, but APIs (for example datasets) do not always have a single known filesystem and in such contexts a (fs, path) pair would be useful.

Issue Links

• is superceded by: ARROW-9868 [C++] Provide utility for copying files between filesystems