filer.js

Filer Library
Original author(s)	Eric Bidelman
Initial release	27 December 2011 (2011-12-27)
Development status	Active
Written in	JavaScript
Type	Filesystem API
License	Apache License
Website	github.com/ebidel/filer.js

Filer.js is a Unix-like wrapper library for the HTML5 filesystem API, written in the javascript programming language. It was first announced on 27 December 2011 by Google Chrome engineer Eric Bidelman on his personal blog.^[1]

Features

unix-like commands for interacting with filesystems, such as cp, cd, mkdir, mv amongst others.
Uses asynchronous functions and callbacks to comply with the HTML5 filesystem API.^[2]
Accepts multiple types when working with entries. Can accept entries as string paths or as filesystem URLS.^[1]

References

1 2 Bidelman, Eric. "Introducing filer.js". Eric Bidelman. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
↑ Brockmeier, Joe. "Filer.js: A UNIX-Like Wrapper for the HTML5 Filesystem API". readwrite. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

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