Apparatus and method of terminal for providing file system function

摘要

A method for operating a terminal providing a file system function, and a terminal having configured hardware is provided. In the method, a specific command is received from a first application. The received specific command is transferred to a second application regardless of whether the second application is executed. An execution result of the specific command is received from the second application.

主权项

1. A method for operating a terminal, the method comprising:
receiving by a controller a specific command executable by a second application providing a non-Operating System file system from a first application; attempting transfer by a kernel of an Operating System being executed by the controller of the terminal the received specific command to the second application providing the non-Operating System file system for data processing; detecting whether the second application is being executed, and
if the second application is being executed, transferring the received specific command to the second application, andif the second application is not being executed, executing the second application and transferring the received specific command to the second application; receiving an execution result of the specific command from the second application; providing the execution result to the first application to execute a function of the terminal: and, displaying a file system function indicator in a state indicator region of a screen of the terminal when the second application is available to provide the non-Operating System file system, wherein the first application operates outside of the Operating System of the terminal.