1. A method, comprising: providing common information model (CIM) functions; and providing a file system interface for the CIM functions, wherein providing the file system interface for the CIM functions include mapping CIM operations to file operations for the file system, wherein providing the file system interface for the CIM functions includes mapping CIM classes, instances and attributes into directories and files in the file system, wherein the file operations include copying and deleting the directories and the files in the file system, and wherein mapping the CIM classes, instances and attributes into the directories and files further comprises mapping CIM associations into the directories with an input argument directory, an output directory and an execute file.