10. File
The Cordova File API provides an application with the methods it needs to interact with the device’s local file system. The API exposes methods an application can use to browse the file system, read, write, copy, move, and remove files. An application cannot access just any part of the file system using this API, only the temporary and persistent file storage locations (described later) on a mobile device.
Tip
If you want to access other parts of the device file system, the file system roots plugin provides access to some additional file locations: http://plugins.cordova.io/#/package/org.apache.cordova.file-system-roots. There is some discussion on the dev list about making this plugin part of the core or working the plugin’s capabilities ...
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