File API (Listing Files In Directory) From EionRobb in phonegap IRC

snippet.js

window.requestFileSystem
(
	LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT,
	512000,
	function(fs)
	{
		fs.root.createReader().readEntries
		(
			function(entries)
			{
				for(var I in entries)console.log(entries[I].name);
			}
		)
	}
);

writeReadButtonFunctions.js

$(function() {
    //writeToFile is a button ID
    $("#writeToFile").click(function()
        {
            //$fileName is an ID of an text input field
        var fileName = $("#fileName").val();
        var inputText = $("#inputText").val();
        writeFile(fileName, inputText);
    });
    // readFile is a button ID to retrieve texts in the text file
    $("#readFile").click(function()
        {
        var retrieveFileName = $("#retrieveFileName").val();
        readFile(retrieveFileName);
    });
    // readContents is a button ID to retrieve whatever all files/directories inside storage0
    $("#readContents").click(function()
        {
                window.requestFileSystem
            (
                LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT,
                // in chrome 0 menas temporaray which means data can not be written and 512000 is just size of bytes usable
                // but phonegap works a bit differently so even if the number is 0, the API will still work
                512000,
                function(fs)
                {
                    // to get into a specific directory use the following
                    // fs.root.getDirectory
                    // (
                    //     'directory/name/goes/here', {create:true}, function(dir)
                    //     {
                    //         dir.createReader().readEntries(function...... ); 
                    //     } 
                    fs.root.createReader().readEntries
                    (
                        function(entries)
                        {
                            //finds the ul with id named contentList
                            var ul = document.getElementById('contentList');
                            // for all the entries inside the directory loop the following
                            for(var I in entries)
                            {
                                // creates li and /li
                                 var li = document.createElement('li');
                                // creates the name of the contents
                                li.appendChild(document.createTextNode(entries[I].name));
                                ul.appendChild(li);
                            }
                            // this will only print the newest file created do not use the following if you want to print all the contents in directory
                            // for(var i in entries)document.getElementById('storageContent').value=entries[i].name;
                        }
                    );
                }
            );
    });

});