Techniques to provide access to file system information are disclosed. In various embodiments, an indication that a user input associated with creating a local copy of a file system object has been received is received at a file system client. The file system client determines that a user-driven pre-fetch option has been set with respect to the file system object. The file system client pre-fetches content data associated with the file system object, based at least in part on the determination that the pre-fetch option has been set with respect to the file system object.