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$ ionic plugin add cordova-plugin-file

Repo: https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file

This plugin implements a File API allowing read/write access to files residing on the device.

This plugin is based on several specs, including : The HTML5 File API http://www.w3.org/TR/FileAPI/ The (now-defunct) Directories and System extensions Latest: http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-file-system-api-20120417/ Although most of the plugin code was written when an earlier spec was current: http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-file-system-api-20110419/ It also implements the FileWriter spec : http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/file-system/file-writer.html

Static Methods

cordovaFileError()

checkDir(path, dir)

Check if a directory exists in a certain path, directory.

createDir(path, dirName, replace)

Creates a new directory in the specific path. The replace boolean value determines whether to replace an existing directory with the same name. If an existing directory exists and the replace value is false, the promise will fail and return an error.

removeDir(path, dirName)

Remove a directory at a given path

moveDir(path, dirName, newPath, newDirName)

Move a directory to a given path

copyDir(path, dirName, newPath, newDirName)

Copy a directory in various methods. If destination directory exists, will fail to copy.

listDir(path, dirName)

List files and directory from a given path

removeRecursively(path, dirName)

Removes all files and the directory from a desired location.

checkFile(path, file)

Check if a file exists in a certain path, directory.

createFile(path, fileName, replace)

Creates a new file in the specific path. The replace boolean value determines whether to replace an existing file with the same name. If an existing file exists and the replace value is false, the promise will fail and return an error.

removeFile(path, fileName)

Removes a file from a desired location.

moveFile(path, fileName, newPath, newFileName)

Move a file to a given path.

copyFile(path, fileName, newPath, newFileName)

Copy a file in various methods. If file exists, will fail to copy.