Question

Using the file api of phone gap build, I want to get the application directory in which all files should be stored.

What command do I need to use?

Answer 1

function gotFS(fileSystem) {
    console.log("got filesystem");
    // save the file system for later access
    console.log(fileSystem.root.fullPath);
    window.rootFS = fileSystem.root;
}

document.addEventListener('deviceready', function() {                
    window.requestFileSystem  = window.requestFileSystem || window.webkitRequestFileSystem;
    window.requestFileSystem(LocalFileSystem.PERSISTENT, 0, gotFS, fail);
}, false);

With this code you’ll have a DirectoryEntry object for the root directory of your app stored in the global variable “rootFS”. You can get the path of that folder like this:

rootFS.fullPath