Reading a local directory in javascript

Question

Do you guys have an idea on how to read a local directory using javascript?

Like I need to output in a list the elements of a certain directory.

I saw something like using

window.requestFileSystem(window.TEMPORARY, 1024*1024, onInitFs, errorHandler); 

but in the onInitFs function this line gives out the fs.root is undefined error.

function onInitFs(fs) { var dirReader = fs.root.createReader();var entries = [];... }

Can you help me bout this? Thanks a lot.

By the way, the page will be running on IE8.

Answer 1

AFAIK, requestFileSystem is only supported by Chrome with webkitRequestFileSystem version. Other browsers don't support it.

IE also has File System Object (FSO) which can be used.

This isn't a good practice to read file system of a user using javascript and that's a reason why it isn't supported by all browsers.

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You should use server-side language to do the same instead.