This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
The read-only filesystem
property of the FileSystemEntry
interface contains a FileSystem
object that represents the file system on which the entry resides.
Syntax
var filesystem = FileSystemEntry.filesystem;
Value
A FileSystem
representing the file system on which the file or directory described by the FileSystemEntry
is located..
Example
This example obtains a FileSystemDirectoryEntry
for the root directory of the file system containing a file.
let rootDirEntry = fileEntry.filesystem.root;
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
File and Directory Entries API The definition of 'filesystem' in that specification. |
Editor's Draft | Initial specification. |
This API has no official W3C or WHATWG specification.
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 13 webkit | 50 (50) | No support | No support | No support |
Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | No support | 0.16 webkit | 50.0 (50) | No support | No support | No support |