Github user jasongin commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-file/pull/176#discussion_r58439895
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@@ -538,3 +540,263 @@ Android also supports a special filesystem named
"documents", which represents a
* `root`: The entire device filesystem
By default, the library and documents directories can be synced to iCloud.
You can also request two additional filesystems, `library-nosync` and
`documents-nosync`, which represent a special non-synced directory within the
`/Library` or `/Documents` filesystem.
+
+## Sample: Create Files and Directories, Write, Read, and Append files ##
+
+The File plugin allows you to do things like store files in a temporary or
persistent storage location for your app (sandboxed storage). The code snippets
in this section demonstrate different tasks including:
+* Accessing the file system
+* Using cross-platform Cordova file URLs to store your files (see _Where
to Store Files_ for more info)
+* Creating files and directories
+* Writing to files
+* Reading files
+* Appending files
+
+## Create a persistent file
+
+Before you can use the File plugin APIs, you must get access to the file
system using `requestFileSystem`. When you do this, you can request either
persistent or temporary storage. Persistent storage will not be removed unless
permission is granted by the user.
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That's not accurate. It's possible to use
window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL() to get DirectoryEntry and FileEntry objects
that you can read and write without ever calling window.requestFileSystem()
first. You may even request a persistent or temporary path using
cdvfile://localhost/persistent/ or cdvfile://localhost/temporary/. It's
unfortunately confusing that there is more than one way to do the same thing,
although each of those 2 APIs can do some things that the other can't.
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