<h1 class="firstHeading">Code snippets:File I/O</h1> <h3 id="siteSub">From MDC</h3> <div id="contentSub"></div> <p>This article describes local file input/output in chrome JavaScript. </p><p>You access the file system using Mozilla <a href="/en/docs/XPCOM" title="XPCOM">XPCOM</a> components. A list of resources and interfaces for local I/O is available for both <a href="http://www.xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/group_Files.html" class="external text" title="http://www.xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/group_Files.html" rel="nofollow">Files</a> and <a href="http://www.xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/group_Streams.html" class="external text" title="http://www.xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/group_Streams.html" rel="nofollow">Streams</a> at <a href="http://www.xulplanet.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.xulplanet.com/" rel="nofollow">XUL Planet</a>.</p>