diff --git a/en/application-dev/file-management/app-sandbox-directory.md b/en/application-dev/file-management/app-sandbox-directory.md index f9cfb0317c29bff58664ed894f585a5127943fa5..1f012ece997fa09706d01353cbf91dfc80bb945f 100644 --- a/en/application-dev/file-management/app-sandbox-directory.md +++ b/en/application-dev/file-management/app-sandbox-directory.md @@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ The application sandbox is an isolation mechanism to prevent data from being acc The following figure illustrates the file access scope and modes for an application in an application sandbox. -**Figure 1** File access in an application sandbox - +**Figure 1** File access in an application sandbox ![Application sandbox file access relationship](figures/application-sandbox-file-access-relationship.png) ## Application Sandbox Directory and Application Sandbox Path @@ -22,10 +21,9 @@ With the application sandbox mechanism, an application cannot learn the location - You can view the real application paths (the directory view visible to a system process) in the HDC shell environment. For details about the mappings between the application sandbox paths and real application paths, see [Mappings Between Application Sandbox Paths and Physical Paths](send-file-to-app-sandbox.md#mappings-between-application-sandbox-paths-and-physical-paths). -- The application sandbox paths and physical paths are not in one-to-one mappings. The application sandbox paths are always less than the physical paths. You may not obtain the the application sandbox path based on a physical path in certain cases, but you can obtain the physical path based on an application sandbox path. - -**Figure 2** Different directory views to processes and applications +- The application sandbox paths and physical paths are not in one-to-one mappings. The application sandbox paths are always less than the physical paths. You may not obtain the application sandbox path based on a physical path in certain cases, but you can obtain the physical path based on an application sandbox path. +**Figure 2** Different directory views to processes and applications ![Application sandbox path](figures/application-sandbox-path.png) ## Application File Directory and Application File Path @@ -36,8 +34,7 @@ The system file directories visible to an application are preset by OpenHarmony. The following figure shows the application file directories. The path of a file or a folder in the application file directory is called the application file path. The file paths in the application file directory have different attributes and characteristics. -**Figure 3** Application file directory structure - +**Figure 3** Application file directory structure ![Application file directory structure](figures/application-file-directory-structure.png) 1. Level 1 directory **data/**: indicates the application file directory. @@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ The following figure shows the application file directories. The path of a file | Folder| Context Attribute Name| Type| Description| | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | | bundle | bundleCodeDir | Installation file directory| Directory for saving the HAPs of the application after an application is installed.
This directory is cleared when the application is uninstalled.
Do not access resource files by concatenating paths. Use [@ohos.resourceManager](../reference/apis/js-apis-resource-manager.md) instead. | - | base | NA | Directory for local device files| Directory for saving the application's persistent data on the device. Subdirectories include **files/**, **cache/**, **temp/**, and **haps/**.
This directory is cleared when the application is uninstalled. | + | base | NA | Directory for local device files| Directory for saving the application's persistent data on the device. Subdirectories include **files/**, **cache/**, **temp/**, and **haps/**.
This directory is cleared when the application is uninstalled.| | database | databaseDir | Database directory| Directory in **el1** for saving the files operated by the distributed database service.
This directory is cleared when the application is uninstalled.| | distributedfiles | distributedFilesDir | Distributed file directory| Directory in **el2** for saving the application files that can be directly accessed across devices.
This directory is cleared when the application is uninstalled.| | files | filesDir | Application file directory| Directory for saving the application's persistent files on the device.
This directory is cleared when the application is uninstalled.|