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Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26)

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In comp.lang.javascript message <50da3e0a$0$281$14726298@news.sunsite.dk
>, Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:03, FAQ server <javascript@dotinternet.be>
posted:

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>FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem?
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>Security means that by default you can't.

That is incorrect, because one can.  The FAQ entry author, with a
limited viewpoint, presumed that the JavaScript would be running in a
Web page served by HTTP from a remote machine.  Common, but not always
so.

One should not start with a false statement and then try to erode it.
There is a word "usually".

> In a more restricted
>environment, there are options. For example, using LiveConnect to
>connect to Java with Netscape,

That last word above seems out-of-date.


> Check Google Groups archives [ref 1]
>for previous posts on the subject.

That currently gives a choice of 185132 Topics to consider, most of
which may be span of daily FAQ sections (that date is annoying).
Further searching will only be useful, AFAICS, if one can predict a set
of words used in good answers which are not commonly used in irrelevant
articles.

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FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) "FAQ server" <javascript@dotinternet.be> - 2012-12-26 00:00 +0000
  Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) Osmo Saarikumpu <osmo@weppipakki.com> - 2012-12-28 00:30 +0200
  Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) Dr J R Stockton <reply1252@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-12-27 20:27 +0000
    Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-12-28 09:04 +0000
      Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) Dr J R Stockton <reply1252@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-12-29 18:58 +0000
        Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) Jeff North <jnorthau@yahoo.com.au> - 2012-12-30 12:35 +1100
          Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) Dr J R Stockton <reply1300@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-12-31 19:38 +0000
        Re: FAQ Topic - How can I access the client-side filesystem? (2012-12-26) "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-12-30 09:31 +0100

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