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Why are there only `get/put_directory`  methods for filesystem, but no `get/put_file` methods?  `fsspec` seems to support these. If I have a pipeline that requires a single file as an input do I have to download the entire folder?

Speaking for GCS specifically but I imagine it's the same across the board, directories and files are considered the same thing.

directories are just blobs with a specific naming convention that it uses to format how it displays data

Oh wow, I can just point it to a file instead of a directory and it works! Thanks!

I was thrown off by the name and didn't think to try it on a file.

Is there a pattern where I don't have to specify the file system type and just load it from the block type? For example, currently I have
```fs = SMB.load("azure-file-share")```
while I'd like something like
```fs = RemoteFileShare.load("azure-file-share")```
pass `"azure-file-share"` as a parameter to the flow to future proof the pipeline against swapping storage backend type. Does something like this make sense?