{"json_modified": "2016-09-22T08:50:42.821771", "uuid": "4f2b7a78-7a81-4c57-bffe-f13172b5a237", "title": "FileSystemDirectoryEntry.getFile()", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemDirectoryEntry/getFile", "tags": ["API", "Files", "Reference", "Non-standard", "File and Directory Entries API", "getFile", "File System API", "Non-Standard", "FileSystemDirectoryEntry", "Method"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-09-22T08:50:42", "label": "FileSystemDirectoryEntry.getFile()", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 195609, "last_edit": "2016-09-20T14:02:10", "summary": "The <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemDirectoryEntry\" title=\"The FileSystemDirectoryEntry interface of the File and Directory Entries API represents a directory in a file system. It provides methods which make it possible to access and manipulate the files in a directory, as well as to access the entries within the directory.\"><code>FileSystemDirectoryEntry</code></a> interface's method <code><strong>getFile</strong></code><strong><code>()</code></strong> returns a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemFileEntry\" title=\"The FileSystemFileEntry interface of the File System API represents a file in a file system. It offers properties describing the file's attributes, as well as methods for creating a FileWriter object to write to the file or a File object to read the file.\"><code>FileSystemFileEntry</code></a> object corresponding to a file contained somewhere within the directory subtree rooted at the directory on which it's called.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "Syntax", "title": "Syntax"}, {"id": "Parameters", "title": "Parameters"}, {"id": "Return_value", "title": "Return value"}, {"id": "Errors", "title": "Errors"}, {"id": "FileSystemFlags", "title": "FileSystemFlags"}, {"id": "Values_and_results", "title": "Values and results"}, {"id": "Example", "title": "Example"}, {"id": "Specifications", "title": "Specifications"}, {"id": "Browser_compatibility", "title": "Browser compatibility"}, {"id": "See_also", "title": "See also"}], "slug": "Web/API/FileSystemDirectoryEntry/getFile", "review_tags": []}