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.
var filesystem = FileSystemEntry.filesystem;
A FileSystem representing the file system on which the file or directory described by the FileSystemEntry is located..
This example obtains a FileSystemDirectoryEntry for the root directory of the file system containing a file.
let rootDirEntry = fileEntry.filesystem.root;
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| File and Directory Entries API The definition of 'filesystem' in that specification. | Draft | Initial specification. |
This API has no official W3C or WHATWG specification.
| Desktop | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | |
| Basic support | 13 | ? | 50 | No | No | No |
| Mobile | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge Mobile | Firefox for Android | Opera for Android | iOS Safari | Samsung Internet | |
| Basic support | Yes | Yes | ? | 50 | No | No | ? |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemEntry/filesystem