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Learn WebAssembly
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Learn WebAssembly

by Mike Rourke
September 2018
Intermediate to advanced
328 pages
9h 10m
English
Packt Publishing
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File System API

Emscripten provides support for file operations by using the FS library and exposes an API for working with the filesystem. However, it's not included by default when you compile your project because it could increase the file's size significantly. If your C/C++ code uses files, the library will be added automatically. The filesystem types vary based on the execution environment. For example, if you're running code inside a worker, the WORKERFS filesystem can be used. By default, MEMFS is used, which stores the data in memory, and any data written to memory is lost when the page is reloaded. You can read more about the File System API at https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/api_reference/Filesystem-API.html#filesystem-api ...

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ISBN: 9781788997379