requestFileSystemSync

Summary

Requests a file system where data should be stored. You access a sandboxed file system by requesting a LocalFileSystemSync object from within a web worker using this global method, window.requestFileSystemSync().

Out of date; feature discontinued. See http://www.w3.org/TR/file-system-api.

Method of apis/filesystem/LocalFileSystemSync apis/filesystem/LocalFileSystemSync

Syntax

var  = LocalFileSystemSync.requestFileSystemSync(type, size);

Parameters

type

Data-type: unsigned short

Whether the filesystem requested should be persistent. Use one of TEMPORARY (0) or PERSISTENT (1).

size

Data-type: unsigned long

How much storage space, in bytes, the application expects to need.

Return Value

Returns an object of type

FileSystemSync

Related specifications

W3C File API: Directories and System Specification: W3C Working Draft

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