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FileSystemEntry

The FileSystemEntry interface of the File and Directory Entries API represents a single entry in a file system. The entry can be a file or a directory (directories are represented by the FileSystemDirectoryEntry interface). It includes methods for working with files—including copying, moving, removing, and reading files—as well as information about a file it points to—including the file name and its path from the root to the entry.

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Extended by​

Methods​

getParent()​

getParent(successCallback?, errorCallback?): void;

The FileSystemEntry interface's method getParent() obtains a FileSystemDirectoryEntry.

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Parameters​

ParameterType
successCallback?FileSystemEntryCallback
errorCallback?ErrorCallback

Returns​

void

Properties​

filesystem​

readonly filesystem: FileSystem;

The read-only filesystem property of the FileSystemEntry interface contains a FileSystem object that represents the file system on which the entry resides.

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fullPath​

readonly fullPath: string;

The read-only fullPath property of the FileSystemEntry interface returns a string specifying the full, absolute path from the file system's root to the file represented by the entry.

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isDirectory​

readonly isDirectory: boolean;

The read-only isDirectory property of the FileSystemEntry interface is true if the entry represents a directory (meaning it's a FileSystemDirectoryEntry) and false if it's not.

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isFile​

readonly isFile: boolean;

The read-only isFile property of the FileSystemEntry interface is true if the entry represents a file (meaning it's a FileSystemFileEntry) and false if it's not.

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name​

readonly name: string;

The read-only name property of the FileSystemEntry interface returns a string specifying the entry's name; this is the entry within its parent directory (the last component of the path as indicated by the fullPath property).

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