r directory to a new location on the file system.

[ ` getMetadata() ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemEntry/getMetadata
"getMetadata\(\)") Deprecated  Non-standard

    

Obtains metadata about the file, such as its modification date and size.

[ ` getParent() ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemEntry/getParent
"getParent\(\)")

    

Returns a [ ` FileSystemDirectoryEntry ` ](/en-
US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemDirectoryEntry) representing the entry's parent
directory.

[ ` moveTo() ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemEntry/moveTo "moveTo\(\)")
Deprecated  Non-standard

    

Moves the file or directory to a new location on the file system, or renames
the file or directory.

[ ` remove() ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemEntry/remove "remove\(\)")
Deprecated  Non-standard

    

Removes the specified file or directory. You can only remove directories which
are empty.

[ ` toURL() ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemEntry/toURL "toURL\(\)")
Deprecated  Non-standard

    

Creates and returns a URL which identifies the entry. This URL uses the URL
scheme ` "filesystem:" ` .

##  Specifications

Specification  
---  
[ File and Directory Entries API  
#  api-entry  ](https://wicg.github.io/entries-api/#api-entry)  
  
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##  See also

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  * [ Introduction to the File and Directory Entries API ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/File_and_Directory_Entries_API/Introduction)
  * [ ` FileSystemFileEntry ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemFileEntry) and [ ` FileSystemDirectoryEntry ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileSystemDirectoryEntry) are based on ` FileSystemEntry ` . 

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