This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The read-only filesystem property of the FileSystemEntry interface contains a FileSystem object that represents the file system on which the entry resides.
Syntax
var filesystem = FileSystemEntry.filesystem;
Value
A FileSystem representing the file system on which the file or directory described by the FileSystemEntry is located..
Example
This example obtains a FileSystemDirectoryEntry for the root directory of the file system containing a file.
let rootDirEntry = fileEntry.filesystem.root;
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| File and Directory Entries API The definition of 'filesystem' in that specification. |
Draft | Initial specification. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
filesystem | Chrome Full support 8 | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox Full support 50 | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari Full support 11.1 | WebView Android Full support ≤37 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 50 | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS Full support 11.3 | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.