From 091bd8b52168e6224a8c354660f46601dcb3bafc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Username46786 <98800422+Username46786@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:53:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Add cross-link from FileSystemShell.md to FileSystem
 API

---
 .../hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/FileSystemShell.md        | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/FileSystemShell.md b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/FileSystemShell.md
index 34d5d5371bcb0..cb85af4465d18 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/FileSystemShell.md
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/FileSystemShell.md
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Most of the commands in FS shell behave like corresponding Unix commands. Differ
 
 If HDFS is being used, `hdfs dfs` is a synonym.
 
+See also: [FileSystem API](../api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.html) for programmatic access
+to the same operations.
+
+
 Relative paths can be used. For HDFS, the current working directory is the
 HDFS home directory `/user/<username>` that often has to be created manually.
 The HDFS home directory can also be implicitly accessed, e.g., when using the