How to access the file system in chrome os

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poy picture poy · Oct 27, 2011 · Viewed 15.7k times · Source

Is it possible to have an extension read/write to/from the local file system in chrome os?

Thanks in advance?

Answer

Ido Green picture Ido Green · Oct 27, 2011

Yes - you can read/write with the File API: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/filesystem/

and you can even hook up your extension to the file system. I've wrote about it: http://greenido.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/chrome-apps-web-store-and-the-new-chromeos-file-api/

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