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Flags

Supplies arguments to the [DirectoryEntry](../directoryentry/directoryentry.html) object's getFile() and getDirectory() methods, which look up or create files and directories, respectively.

Properties

create: Indicates that the file or directory should be created if it does not already exist. (boolean)
exclusive: Has has no effect by itself, but when used with create causes the file or directory creation to fail if the target path already exists. (boolean)

Supported Platforms

Android
BlackBerry WebWorks (OS 5.0 and higher)
iOS
Windows Phone 7 and 8
Windows 8

Quick Example

// Get the data directory, creating it if it doesn't exist.
dataDir = fileSystem.root.getDirectory("data", {create: true});

// Create the lock file, if and only if it doesn't exist.
lockFile = dataDir.getFile("lockfile.txt", {create: true, exclusive: true});