FileSystemDirectoryEntry.getFile() - Web APIs
} the filesystemdirectoryentry interface's method getfile() returns a filesystemfileentry object corresponding to a file contained somewhere within the directory subtree rooted at the directory on which it's called.
... syntax filesystemdirectoryentry.getfile([path][, options][, successcallback][, errorcallback]); parameters path optional a usvstring specifying the path, relative to the directory on which the method is called, describing which file's entry to return.
... filesystemflags the options parameter is an object which is based on the filesystemflags dictionary; it provides flags which make it possible to adjust the behavior of the getfile() method.
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PR_GetFileInfo
syntax #include <prio.h> prstatus pr_getfileinfo( const char *fn, prfileinfo *info); parameters the function has the following parameters: fn the pathname of the file to get information about.
...on output, pr_getfileinfo writes information about the given file to the file information object.
... description pr_getfileinfo stores information about the file with the specified pathname in the prfileinfo structure pointed to by info.
... see also for the 64-bit version of this function, see pr_getfileinfo64.

PR_GetFileInfo64
syntax #include <prio.h> prstatus pr_getfileinfo64( const char *fn, prfileinfo64 *info); parameters the function has the following parameters: fn the pathname of the file to get information about.
...on output, pr_getfileinfo64 writes information about the given file to the file information object.
... description pr_getfileinfo64 stores information about the file with the specified pathname in the prfileinfo64 structure pointed to by info.
... see also for the 32-bit version of this function, see pr_getfileinfo.

HTMLInputElement.mozGetFileNameArray() - Web APIs
the htmlinputelement.mozgetfilenamearray() method returns an array of the names of the files that were selected by the user on an html input element.
... syntax inputelement.mozgetfilenamearray(alength, afilenames); parameters alength if specified, will receive the number of file names in the returned array.
... example var numfiles = 0; var filearray = {}; inputelement.mozgetfilenamearray(numfiles, filearray); ...

FileHandle.getFile() - Web APIs
summary the getfile method allows to retrieve a read-only snapshot of the handled file in the form of a file object.
... syntax var request = instanceoffilehandle.getfile(); return a domrequest object.

getFile
nsifile getfile( in string aname, out boolean apersistent ); parameters aname [in] the symbolic name for a file or directory location.

getFiles
nsisimpleenumerator getfiles( in string aname ); parameters aname [in] the symbolic name for an enumeration of file or directory locations.

Accessing Files - Archive of obsolete content
to get a reference to a file object use nsiscriptableio.getfile().
...var file = io.getfile("profile", "sample.txt"); the nsiscriptableio object is a global object always available within an application or extension which provides a number of useful functions for dealing with files.
... one such method it provides is nsiscriptableio.getfile() which returns a new nsifile object.
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nsIScriptableIO
for example: io.getfile("profile", "cookies.txt"); from an xpcom component, however, you will need to get a reference as with other components: var scriptableio = components.classes["@mozilla.org/io/scriptable-io;1"] .getservice(); scriptableio.getfile("profile", "cookies.txt"); method overview nsifile getfile(in astring alocation, in astring afilename); nsif...
...ile getfilewithpath(in astring afilepath); nsisupports newinputstream(in nsivariant abase, in astring amode, [optional] in astring acharset, [optional] in astring areplacechar, [optional] in unsigned long abuffersize); nsisupports newoutputstream(in nsivariant abase, in astring amode, [optional] in astring acharset, [optional] in astring areplacechar, [optional] in unsigned long abuffersize, [optional] in unsigned long apermissions); nsiuri newuri(in nsivariant auri); methods getfile() retrieves a reference to a file or directory on disk.
... nsifile getfile( in astring alocation, in astring afilename ); parameters alocation a location key identifying a known standard directory.
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Working With Directories - Archive of obsolete content
a reference to a directory may be created in the same way as with a file by using nsiscriptableio.getfile().
...var dir1 = io.getfile("home", ""); var dir2 = io.getfile("desktop", "myfiles"); to refer to a subdirectory, rather than using a path, use nsifile.append() to build up a path.
... for instance: var dir2 = io.getfile("desktop", "myfiles"); dir2.append("pictures"); dir2.append("vacations"); in this example, a subdirectory several levels down is referenced.
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DirectoryEntrySync - Web APIs
example the getfile() method returns a fileentrysync, which represents a file in the file system.
... var fileentry = fs.root.getfile('seekrits.txt', {create: true}); the getdirectory() method returns a directoryentrysync, which represents a file in the file system.
... var direntry = fs.root.getdirectory('superseekrit', {create: true}); method overview directoryreadersync createreader () raises (fileexception); fileentrysync getfile (in domstring path, in optional flags options) raises (fileexception); directoryentrysync getdirectory (in domstring path, in optional flags options) raises (fileexception); void removerecursively () raises (fileexception); methods createreader() creates a new directoryreadersync to read entries from this directory.
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Index - Web APIs
1366 filesystemdirectoryentry.getfile() api, file system api, file and directory entries api, filesystemdirectoryentry, files, method, non-standard, reference, getfile the filesystemdirectoryentry interface's method getfile() returns a filesystemfileentry object corresponding to a file contained somewhere within the directory subtree rooted at the directory on which it's called.
...filesystemflags is only used when calling filesystemdirectoryentry.getfile() or filesystemdirectoryentry.getdirectory().
... api, file system api, file and directory entries api, filesystemflags, files, non-standard, offline, property, reference, exclusive the exclusive property on the filesystemflags dictionary is used in tandem with the create property to determine whether or not it's acceptable to require that the file not already exist when the reference to it is created by calling filesystemdirectoryentry.getfile() or filesystemdirectoryentry.getdirectory().
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Downloading Files - Archive of obsolete content
components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/privatebrowsingutils.jsm"); const webbrowserpersist = components.constructor("@mozilla.org/embedding/browser/nswebbrowserpersist;1", "nsiwebbrowserpersist"); var persist = webbrowserpersist(); var targetfile = services.dirsvc.get("desk", ci.nsifile); targetfile.append("file.bin"); // obtain the privacy context of the browser window that the url // we are downloading comes from.
...var privacy = privatebrowsingutils.privacycontextfromwindow(urlsourcewindow); persist.persistflags = persist.persist_flags_from_cache | persist.persist_flags_replace_existing_files; persist.saveuri(uritosave, null, null, null, "", targetfile, privacy); if you don't need detailed progress information, you might be happier with nsidownloader.
...ng binary files with a progress listener to download a binary file with custom progress listener: components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/privatebrowsingutils.jsm"); const webbrowserpersist = components.constructor("@mozilla.org/embedding/browser/nswebbrowserpersist;1", "nsiwebbrowserpersist"); var persist = webbrowserpersist(); var targetfile = services.dirsvc.get("desk", ci.nsifile); targetfile.append("file.bin"); var obj_uri = services.io.newuri(aurltodownload, null, null); // obtain the privacy context of the browser window that the url // we are downloading comes from.
...ion(awebprogress, arequest, acurselfprogress, amaxselfprogress, acurtotalprogress, amaxtotalprogress) { var percentcomplete = math.round((acurtotalprogress / amaxtotalprogress) * 100); progresselement.textcontent = percentcomplete +"%"; }, onstatechange: function(awebprogress, arequest, astateflags, astatus) { // do something } } persist.saveuri(obj_uri, null, null, null, "", targetfile, privacy); downloading files that require credentials before calling nsiwebbrowserpersist.saveuri(), you need to set the progresslistener property of the nsiwebbrowserpersist instance to an object that implements nsiauthprompt.

IO - Archive of obsolete content
to get a reference to a file object use nsiscriptableio.getfile().
...var file = io.getfile("profile", "sample.txt"); the nsiscriptableio object is a global object always available within an application or extension.
... working with directories directories may be accessed in a similar manner using nsiscriptableio.getfile().
...var file = io.getfile("profile", "subdirname"); for more information about using directories, see working with directories.

Starting WebLock
the interface callback looks like this: [scriptable, uuid(bbf8cab0-d43a-11d3-8cc2-00609792278c)] interface nsidirectoryserviceprovider: nsisupports { /** * getfile * * directory service calls this when it gets the first request for * a prop or on every request if the prop is not persistent.
...* */ nsifile getfile(in string prop, out prbool persistent); }; modifying paths with nsifile the directory service returns an nsifile object, but that object points to the application directory and not the file itself.
...following code loads the contents of the file referenced by the nsifile object thefile into the buffer buf: nscomptr<nsilocalfile> localfile = do_queryinterface(thefile); if (!localfile) return -1; prbool exists; rv = thefile->exists(&exists); if (ns_failed(rv)) return -1; char *buf = null; if (exists) { // determine file size: pruint32 fs, numread; print64 filesize; rv = thefile->getfilesize(&filesize); if (ns_failed(rv)) return -1; // converting 64 bit value to unsigned int ll_l2ui(fs, filesize); file* openfile; rv = localfile->openansifiledesc("rw", &openfile); if (ns_failed(rv)) return -1; char *buf = (char *)malloc((fs+1) * sizeof(char)); if (!buf) return -1; numread = fread(buf, sizeof(char), fs, openfile); if (numread != fs) // do so...
... note that the out parameter of the method getfilesize is a 64-bit integer.