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File System API (Chromium)

Category

File APIs

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 13)

Intent stage

None

Summary

With the FileSystem API, a web app can create, read, navigate, and write to a sandboxed section of the user's local file system.

Standards & signals

• Specification: http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/file-system/file-dir-sys.html
• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: Negative
• Web developers: Positive

Docs: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/filesystem/ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystem

Samples: http://www.htmlfivewow.com/demos/terminal/terminal.html

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