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FileSystemFileHandle.move() for local files

Category
File APIs
Type
No developer-visible change
Status
In development (Chrome In development)
Intent stage
Prepare to ship

Summary

Support efficient moves and renames of local files (i.e. user-visible files on the device). Efficient file moves is a core API primitive that dramatically improves the viability of a number of applications on the web. For example, renaming a large video file currently requires obtaining access to a new file, copying all the data, and removing the original. This is slow, error-prone (ex: out of quota), and a poor developer and user experience.

Standards & signals

Docs: https://github.com/a-sully/fs/pull/2

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