FileSystemHandle: isSameEntry() method
Baseline 2023
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The isSameEntry()
method of the
FileSystemHandle
interface compares two handles
to see if the associated entries (either a file or directory) match.
Syntax
isSameEntry(fileSystemHandle)
Parameters
FileSystemHandle
-
The
FileSystemHandle
to match against the handle on which the method is invoked.
Return value
A Promise that fulfills with a Boolean
.
Examples
The following function compares a single entry with an array of entries, and returns a
Promise
that fulfils with a new array with any matching entries removed.
async function removeMatches(fileEntry, entriesArr) {
const newArr = [];
for (const entry of entriesArr) {
if (!(await fileEntry.isSameEntry(entry))) {
newArr.push(entry);
}
}
return newArr;
}
Specifications
Specification |
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File System Standard # api-filesystemhandle-issameentry |
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