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+/*
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ distributed with this work for additional information
+ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ under the License.
+ */
+
+#import "CDVFile.h"
+#import "CDVLocalFilesystem.h"
+#import <Cordova/CDV.h>
+#import <MobileCoreServices/MobileCoreServices.h>
+#import <sys/xattr.h>
+
+@implementation CDVLocalFilesystem
+@synthesize name=_name, fsRoot=_fsRoot, urlTransformer;
+
+- (id) initWithName:(NSString *)name root:(NSString *)fsRoot
+{
+    if (self) {
+        self.name = name;
+        self.fsRoot = fsRoot;
+    }
+    return self;
+}
+
+/*
+ * IN
+ *  NSString localURI
+ * OUT
+ *  CDVPluginResult result containing a file or directoryEntry for the localURI, or an error if the
+ *   URI represents a non-existent path, or is unrecognized or otherwise malformed.
+ */
+- (CDVPluginResult *)entryForLocalURI:(CDVFilesystemURL *)url
+{
+    CDVPluginResult* result = nil;
+    NSDictionary* entry = [self makeEntryForLocalURL:url];
+    if (entry) {
+        result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsDictionary:entry];
+    } else {
+        // return NOT_FOUND_ERR
+        result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_IO_EXCEPTION messageAsInt:NOT_FOUND_ERR];
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+- (NSDictionary *)makeEntryForLocalURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)url {
+    NSString *path = [self filesystemPathForURL:url];
+    NSFileManager* fileMgr = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
+    BOOL isDir = NO;
+    // see if exists and is file or dir
+    BOOL bExists = [fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:path isDirectory:&isDir];
+    if (bExists) {
+        return [self makeEntryForPath:url.fullPath isDirectory:isDir];
+    } else {
+        return nil;
+    }
+}
+- (NSDictionary*)makeEntryForPath:(NSString*)fullPath isDirectory:(BOOL)isDir
+{
+    NSMutableDictionary* dirEntry = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:5];
+    NSString* lastPart = [[self stripQueryParametersFromPath:fullPath] lastPathComponent];
+    if (isDir && ![fullPath hasSuffix:@"/"]) {
+        fullPath = [fullPath stringByAppendingString:@"/"];
+    }
+    [dirEntry setObject:[NSNumber numberWithBool:!isDir]  forKey:@"isFile"];
+    [dirEntry setObject:[NSNumber numberWithBool:isDir]  forKey:@"isDirectory"];
+    [dirEntry setObject:fullPath forKey:@"fullPath"];
+    [dirEntry setObject:lastPart forKey:@"name"];
+    [dirEntry setObject:self.name forKey: @"filesystemName"];
+
+    NSURL* nativeURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[self filesystemPathForFullPath:fullPath]];
+    if (self.urlTransformer) {
+        nativeURL = self.urlTransformer(nativeURL);
+    }
+
+    dirEntry[@"nativeURL"] = [nativeURL absoluteString];
+
+    return dirEntry;
+}
+
+- (NSString *)stripQueryParametersFromPath:(NSString *)fullPath
+{
+    NSRange questionMark = [fullPath rangeOfString:@"?"];
+    if (questionMark.location != NSNotFound) {
+        return [fullPath substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(0,questionMark.location)];
+    }
+    return fullPath;
+}
+
+- (NSString *)filesystemPathForFullPath:(NSString *)fullPath
+{
+    NSString *path = nil;
+    NSString *strippedFullPath = [self stripQueryParametersFromPath:fullPath];
+    path = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", self.fsRoot, strippedFullPath];
+    if ([path length] > 1 && [path hasSuffix:@"/"]) {
+      path = [path substringToIndex:([path length]-1)];
+    }
+    return path;
+}
+/*
+ * IN
+ *  NSString localURI
+ * OUT
+ *  NSString full local filesystem path for the represented file or directory, or nil if no such path is possible
+ *  The file or directory does not necessarily have to exist. nil is returned if the filesystem type is not recognized,
+ *  or if the URL is malformed.
+ * The incoming URI should be properly escaped (no raw spaces, etc. URI percent-encoding is expected).
+ */
+- (NSString *)filesystemPathForURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)url
+{
+    return [self filesystemPathForFullPath:url.fullPath];
+}
+
+- (CDVFilesystemURL *)URLforFullPath:(NSString *)fullPath
+{
+    if (fullPath) {
+        NSString* escapedPath = [fullPath stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+        if ([fullPath hasPrefix:@"/"]) {
+            return [CDVFilesystemURL fileSystemURLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@://localhost/%@%@", kCDVFilesystemURLPrefix, self.name, escapedPath]];
+        }
+        return [CDVFilesystemURL fileSystemURLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@://localhost/%@/%@", kCDVFilesystemURLPrefix, self.name, escapedPath]];
+    }
+    return nil;
+}
+
+- (CDVFilesystemURL *)URLforFilesystemPath:(NSString *)path
+{
+    return [self URLforFullPath:[self fullPathForFileSystemPath:path]];
+
+}
+
+- (NSString *)normalizePath:(NSString *)rawPath
+{
+    // If this is an absolute path, the first path component will be '/'. Skip it if that's the case
+    BOOL isAbsolutePath = [rawPath hasPrefix:@"/"];
+    if (isAbsolutePath) {
+        rawPath = [rawPath substringFromIndex:1];
+    }
+    NSMutableArray *components = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:[rawPath pathComponents]];
+    for (int index = 0; index < [components count]; ++index) {
+        if ([[components objectAtIndex:index] isEqualToString:@".."]) {
+            [components removeObjectAtIndex:index];
+            if (index > 0) {
+                [components removeObjectAtIndex:index-1];
+                --index;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (isAbsolutePath) {
+        return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"/%@", [components componentsJoinedByString:@"/"]];
+    } else {
+        return [components componentsJoinedByString:@"/"];
+    }
+
+
+}
+
+- (BOOL)valueForKeyIsNumber:(NSDictionary*)dict key:(NSString*)key
+{
+    BOOL bNumber = NO;
+    NSObject* value = dict[key];
+    if (value) {
+        bNumber = [value isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]];
+    }
+    return bNumber;
+}
+
+- (CDVPluginResult *)getFileForURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)baseURI requestedPath:(NSString *)requestedPath options:(NSDictionary *)options
+{
+    CDVPluginResult* result = nil;
+    BOOL bDirRequest = NO;
+    BOOL create = NO;
+    BOOL exclusive = NO;
+    int errorCode = 0;  // !!! risky - no error code currently defined for 0
+
+    if ([self valueForKeyIsNumber:options key:@"create"]) {
+        create = [(NSNumber*)[options valueForKey:@"create"] boolValue];
+    }
+    if ([self valueForKeyIsNumber:options key:@"exclusive"]) {
+        exclusive = [(NSNumber*)[options valueForKey:@"exclusive"] boolValue];
+    }
+    if ([self valueForKeyIsNumber:options key:@"getDir"]) {
+        // this will not exist for calls directly to getFile but will have been set by getDirectory before calling this method
+        bDirRequest = [(NSNumber*)[options valueForKey:@"getDir"] boolValue];
+    }
+    // see if the requested path has invalid characters - should we be checking for  more than just ":"?
+    if ([requestedPath rangeOfString:@":"].location != NSNotFound) {
+        errorCode = ENCODING_ERR;
+    } else {
+        // Build new fullPath for the requested resource.
+        // We concatenate the two paths together, and then scan the resulting string to remove
+        // parent ("..") references. Any parent references at the beginning of the string are
+        // silently removed.
+        NSString *combinedPath = [baseURI.fullPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:requestedPath];
+        combinedPath = [self normalizePath:combinedPath];
+        CDVFilesystemURL* requestedURL = [self URLforFullPath:combinedPath];
+
+        NSFileManager* fileMgr = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
+        BOOL bIsDir;
+        BOOL bExists = [fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:[self filesystemPathForURL:requestedURL] isDirectory:&bIsDir];
+        if (bExists && (create == NO) && (bIsDir == !bDirRequest)) {
+            // path exists and is not of requested type  - return TYPE_MISMATCH_ERR
+            errorCode = TYPE_MISMATCH_ERR;
+        } else if (!bExists && (create == NO)) {
+            // path does not exist and create is false - return NOT_FOUND_ERR
+            errorCode = NOT_FOUND_ERR;
+        } else if (bExists && (create == YES) && (exclusive == YES)) {
+            // file/dir already exists and exclusive and create are both true - return PATH_EXISTS_ERR
+            errorCode = PATH_EXISTS_ERR;
+        } else {
+            // if bExists and create == YES - just return data
+            // if bExists and create == NO  - just return data
+            // if !bExists and create == YES - create and return data
+            BOOL bSuccess = YES;
+            NSError __autoreleasing* pError = nil;
+            if (!bExists && (create == YES)) {
+                if (bDirRequest) {
+                    // create the dir
+                    bSuccess = [fileMgr createDirectoryAtPath:[self filesystemPathForURL:requestedURL] withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:&pError];
+                } else {
+                    // create the empty file
+                    bSuccess = [fileMgr createFileAtPath:[self filesystemPathForURL:requestedURL] contents:nil attributes:nil];
+                }
+            }
+            if (!bSuccess) {
+                errorCode = ABORT_ERR;
+                if (pError) {
+                    NSLog(@"error creating directory: %@", [pError localizedDescription]);
+                }
+            } else {
+                // NSLog(@"newly created file/dir (%@) exists: %d", reqFullPath, [fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:reqFullPath]);
+                // file existed or was created
+                result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsDictionary:[self makeEntryForPath:requestedURL.fullPath isDirectory:bDirRequest]];
+            }
+        } // are all possible conditions met?
+    }
+
+    if (errorCode > 0) {
+        // create error callback
+        result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_IO_EXCEPTION messageAsInt:errorCode];
+    }
+    return result;
+
+}
+
+- (CDVPluginResult*)getParentForURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)localURI
+{
+    CDVPluginResult* result = nil;
+    CDVFilesystemURL *newURI = nil;
+    if ([localURI.fullPath isEqualToString:@""]) {
+        // return self
+        newURI = localURI;
+    } else {
+        newURI = [CDVFilesystemURL fileSystemURLWithURL:[localURI.url URLByDeletingLastPathComponent]]; /* TODO: UGLY - FIX */
+    }
+    NSFileManager* fileMgr = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
+    BOOL bIsDir;
+    BOOL bExists = [fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:[self filesystemPathForURL:newURI] isDirectory:&bIsDir];
+    if (bExists) {
+        result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsDictionary:[self makeEntryForPath:newURI.fullPath isDirectory:bIsDir]];
+    } else {
+        // invalid path or file does not exist
+        result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_IO_EXCEPTION messageAsInt:NOT_FOUND_ERR];
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+- (CDVPluginResult*)setMetadataForURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)localURI withObject:(NSDictionary *)options
+{
+    BOOL ok = NO;
+
+    NSString* filePath = [self filesystemPathForURL:localURI];
+    // we only care about this iCloud key for now.
+    // set to 1/true to skip backup, set to 0/false to back it up (effectively removing the attribute)
+    NSString* iCloudBackupExtendedAttributeKey = @"com.apple.MobileBackup";
+    id iCloudBackupExtendedAttributeValue = [options objectForKey:iCloudBackupExtendedAttributeKey];
+
+    if ((iCloudBackupExtendedAttributeValue != nil) && [iCloudBackupExtendedAttributeValue isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]]) {
+        if (IsAtLeastiOSVersion(@"5.1")) {
+            NSURL* url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath];
+            NSError* __autoreleasing error = nil;
+
+            ok = [url setResourceValue:[NSNumber numberWithBool:[iCloudBackupExtendedAttributeValue boolValue]] forKey:NSURLIsExcludedFromBackupKey error:&error];
+        } else { // below 5.1 (deprecated - only really supported in 5.01)
+            u_int8_t value = [iCloudBackupExtendedAttributeValue intValue];
+            if (value == 0) { // remove the attribute (allow backup, the default)
+                ok = (removexattr([filePath fileSystemRepresentation], [iCloudBackupExtendedAttributeKey cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding], 0) == 0);
+            } else { // set the attribute (skip backup)
+                ok = (setxattr([filePath fileSystemRepresentation], [iCloudBackupExtendedAttributeKey cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding], &value, sizeof(value), 0, 0) == 0);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (ok) {
+        return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK];
+    } else {
+        return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR];
+    }
+}
+
+/* remove the file or directory (recursively)
+ * IN:
+ * NSString* fullPath - the full path to the file or directory to be removed
+ * NSString* callbackId
+ * called from remove and removeRecursively - check all pubic api specific error conditions (dir not empty, etc) before calling
+ */
+
+- (CDVPluginResult*)doRemove:(NSString*)fullPath
+{
+    CDVPluginResult* result = nil;
+    BOOL bSuccess = NO;
+    NSError* __autoreleasing pError = nil;
+    NSFileManager* fileMgr = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
+
+    @try {
+        bSuccess = [fileMgr removeItemAtPath:fullPath error:&pError];
+        if (bSuccess) {
+            result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK];
+        } else {
+            // see if we can give a useful error
+            CDVFileError errorCode = ABORT_ERR;
+            NSLog(@"error removing filesystem entry at %@: %@", fullPath, [pError localizedDescription]);
+            if ([pError code] == NSFileNoSuchFileError) {
+                errorCode = NOT_FOUND_ERR;
+            } else if ([pError code] == NSFileWriteNoPermissionError) {
+                errorCode = NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR;
+            }
+
+            result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_IO_EXCEPTION messageAsInt:errorCode];
+        }
+    } @catch(NSException* e) {  // NSInvalidArgumentException if path is . or ..
+        result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsInt:SYNTAX_ERR];
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+- (CDVPluginResult *)removeFileAtURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)localURI
+{
+    NSString *fileSystemPath = [self filesystemPathForURL:localURI];
+
+    NSFileManager* fileMgr = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
+    BOOL bIsDir = NO;
+    BOOL bExists = [fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:fileSystemPath isDirectory:&bIsDir];
+    if (!bExists) {
+        return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_IO_EXCEPTION messageAsInt:NOT_FOUND_ERR];
+    }
+    if (bIsDir && ([[fileMgr contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:fileSystemPath error:nil] count] != 0)) {
+        // dir is not empty
+        return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_IO_EXCEPTION messageAsInt:INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR];
+    }
+    return [self doRemove:fileSystemPath];
+}
+
+- (CDVPluginResult *)recursiveRemoveFileAtURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)localURI
+{
+    NSString *fileSystemPath = [self filesystemPathForURL:localURI];
+    return [self doRemove:fileSystemPath];
+}
+
+/*
+ * IN
+ *  NSString localURI
+ * OUT
+ *  NSString full local filesystem path for the represented file or directory, or nil if no such path is possible
+ *  The file or directory does not necessarily have to exist. nil is returned if the filesystem type is not recognized,
+ *  or if the URL is malformed.
+ * The incoming URI should be properly escaped (no raw spaces, etc. URI percent-encoding is expected).
+ */
+- (NSString *)fullPathForFileSystemPath:(NSString *)fsPath
+{
+    if ([fsPath hasPrefix:self.fsRoot]) {
+        return [fsPath substringFromIndex:[self.fsRoot length]];
+    }
+    return nil;
+}
+
+
+- (CDVPluginResult *)readEntriesAtURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)localURI
+{
+    NSFileManager* fileMgr = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
+    NSError* __autoreleasing error = nil;
+    NSString *fileSystemPath = [self filesystemPathForURL:localURI];
+
+    NSArray* contents = [fileMgr contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:fileSystemPath error:&error];
+
+    if (contents) {
+        NSMutableArray* entries = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:1];
+        if ([contents count] > 0) {
+            // create an Entry (as JSON) for each file/dir
+            for (NSString* name in contents) {
+                // see if is dir or file
+                NSString* entryPath = [fileSystemPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:name];
+                BOOL bIsDir = NO;
+                [fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:entryPath isDirectory:&bIsDir];
+                NSDictionary* entryDict = [self makeEntryForPath:[self fullPathForFileSystemPath:entryPath] isDirectory:bIsDir];
+                [entries addObject:entryDict];
+            }
+        }
+        return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsArray:entries];
+    } else {
+        // assume not found but could check error for more specific error conditions
+        return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_IO_EXCEPTION messageAsInt:NOT_FOUND_ERR];
+    }
+}
+
+- (unsigned long long)truncateFile:(NSString*)filePath atPosition:(unsigned long long)pos
+{
+    unsigned long long newPos = 0UL;
+
+    NSFileHandle* file = [NSFileHandle fileHandleForWritingAtPath:filePath];
+
+    if (file) {
+        [file truncateFileAtOffset:(unsigned long long)pos];
+        newPos = [file offsetInFile];
+        [file synchronizeFile];
+        [file closeFile];
+    }
+    return newPos;
+}
+
+- (CDVPluginResult *)truncateFileAtURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)localURI atPosition:(unsigned long long)pos
+{
+    unsigned long long newPos = [self truncateFile:[self filesystemPathForURL:localURI] atPosition:pos];
+    return [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsInt:(int)newPos];
+}
+
+- (CDVPluginResult *)writeToFileAtURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)localURL withData:(NSData*)encData append:(BOOL)shouldAppend
+{
+    NSString *filePath = [self filesystemPathForURL:localURL];
+
+    CDVPluginResult* result = nil;
+    CDVFileError errCode = INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR;
+    int bytesWritten = 0;
+
+    if (filePath) {
+        NSOutputStream* fileStream = [NSOutputStream outputStreamToFileAtPath:filePath append:shouldAppend];
+        if (fileStream) {
+            NSUInteger len = [encData length];
+            if (len == 0) {
+                result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsDouble:(double)len];
+            } else {
+                [fileStream open];
+
+                bytesWritten = (int)[fileStream write:[encData bytes] maxLength:len];
+
+                [fileStream close];
+                if (bytesWritten > 0) {
+                    result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsInt:bytesWritten];
+                    // } else {
+                    // can probably get more detailed error info via [fileStream streamError]
+                    // errCode already set to INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR;
+                    // bytesWritten = 0; // may be set to -1 on error
+                }
+            }
+        } // else fileStream not created return INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR
+    } else {
+        // invalid filePath
+        errCode = NOT_FOUND_ERR;
+    }
+    if (!result) {
+        // was an error
+        result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsInt:errCode];
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to check to see if the user attempted to copy an entry into its parent without changing its name,
+ * or attempted to copy a directory into a directory that it contains directly or indirectly.
+ *
+ * IN:
+ *  NSString* srcDir
+ *  NSString* destinationDir
+ * OUT:
+ *  YES copy/ move is allows
+ *  NO move is onto itself
+ */
+- (BOOL)canCopyMoveSrc:(NSString*)src ToDestination:(NSString*)dest
+{
+    // This weird test is to determine if we are copying or moving a directory into itself.
+    // Copy /Documents/myDir to /Documents/myDir-backup is okay but
+    // Copy /Documents/myDir to /Documents/myDir/backup not okay
+    BOOL copyOK = YES;
+    NSRange range = [dest rangeOfString:src];
+
+    if (range.location != NSNotFound) {
+        NSRange testRange = {range.length - 1, ([dest length] - range.length)};
+        NSRange resultRange = [dest rangeOfString:@"/" options:0 range:testRange];
+        if (resultRange.location != NSNotFound) {
+            copyOK = NO;
+        }
+    }
+    return copyOK;
+}
+
+- (void)copyFileToURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)destURL withName:(NSString *)newName fromFileSystem:(NSObject<CDVFileSystem> *)srcFs atURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)srcURL copy:(BOOL)bCopy callback:(void (^)(CDVPluginResult *))callback
+{
+    NSFileManager *fileMgr = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
+    NSString *destRootPath = [self filesystemPathForURL:destURL];
+    BOOL bDestIsDir = NO;
+    BOOL bDestExists = [fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:destRootPath isDirectory:&bDestIsDir];
+
+    NSString *newFileSystemPath = [destRootPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:newName];
+    NSString *newFullPath = [self fullPathForFileSystemPath:newFileSystemPath];
+
+    BOOL bNewIsDir = NO;
+    BOOL bNewExists = [fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:newFileSystemPath isDirectory:&bNewIsDir];
+
+    CDVPluginResult *result = nil;
+    int errCode = 0;
+
+    if (!bDestExists) {
+        // the destination root does not exist
+        errCode = NOT_FOUND_ERR;
+    }
+
+    else if ([srcFs isKindOfClass:[CDVLocalFilesystem class]]) {
+        /* Same FS, we can shortcut with NSFileManager operations */
+        NSString *srcFullPath = [srcFs filesystemPathForURL:srcURL];
+
+        BOOL bSrcIsDir = NO;
+        BOOL bSrcExists = [fileMgr fileExistsAtPath:srcFullPath isDirectory:&bSrcIsDir];
+
+        if (!bSrcExists) {
+            // the source does not exist
+            errCode = NOT_FOUND_ERR;
+        } else if ([newFileSystemPath isEqualToString:srcFullPath]) {
+            // source and destination can not be the same
+            errCode = INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR;
+        } else if (bSrcIsDir && (bNewExists && !bNewIsDir)) {
+            // can't copy/move dir to file
+            errCode = INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR;
+        } else { // no errors yet
+            NSError* __autoreleasing error = nil;
+            BOOL bSuccess = NO;
+            if (bCopy) {
+                if (bSrcIsDir && ![self canCopyMoveSrc:srcFullPath ToDestination:newFileSystemPath]) {
+                    // can't copy dir into self
+                    errCode = INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR;
+                } else if (bNewExists) {
+                    // the full destination should NOT already exist if a copy
+                    errCode = PATH_EXISTS_ERR;
+                } else {
+                    bSuccess = [fileMgr copyItemAtPath:srcFullPath toPath:newFileSystemPath error:&error];
+                }
+            } else { // move
+                // iOS requires that destination must not exist before calling moveTo
+                // is W3C INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR error if destination dir exists and has contents
+                //
+                if (!bSrcIsDir && (bNewExists && bNewIsDir)) {
+                    // can't move a file to directory
+                    errCode = INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR;
+                } else if (bSrcIsDir && ![self canCopyMoveSrc:srcFullPath ToDestination:newFileSystemPath]) {
+                    // can't move a dir into itself
+                    errCode = INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR;
+                } else if (bNewExists) {
+                    if (bNewIsDir && ([[fileMgr contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:newFileSystemPath error:NULL] count] != 0)) {
+                        // can't move dir to a dir that is not empty
+                        errCode = INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR;
+                        newFileSystemPath = nil;  // so we won't try to move
+                    } else {
+                        // remove destination so can perform the moveItemAtPath
+                        bSuccess = [fileMgr removeItemAtPath:newFileSystemPath error:NULL];
+                        if (!bSuccess) {
+                            errCode = INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR; // is this the correct error?
+                            newFileSystemPath = nil;
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else if (bNewIsDir && [newFileSystemPath hasPrefix:srcFullPath]) {
+                    // can't move a directory inside itself or to any child at any depth;
+                    errCode = INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR;
+                    newFileSystemPath = nil;
+                }
+
+                if (newFileSystemPath != nil) {
+                    bSuccess = [fileMgr moveItemAtPath:srcFullPath toPath:newFileSystemPath error:&error];
+                }
+            }
+            if (bSuccess) {
+                // should verify it is there and of the correct type???
+                NSDictionary* newEntry = [self makeEntryForPath:newFullPath isDirectory:bSrcIsDir];
+                result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsDictionary:newEntry];
+            } else {
+                if (error) {
+                    if (([error code] == NSFileReadUnknownError) || ([error code] == NSFileReadTooLargeError)) {
+                        errCode = NOT_READABLE_ERR;
+                    } else if ([error code] == NSFileWriteOutOfSpaceError) {
+                        errCode = QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERR;
+                    } else if ([error code] == NSFileWriteNoPermissionError) {
+                        errCode = NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        // Need to copy the hard way
+        [srcFs readFileAtURL:srcURL start:0 end:-1 callback:^(NSData* data, NSString* mimeType, CDVFileError errorCode) {
+            CDVPluginResult* result = nil;
+            if (data != nil) {
+                BOOL bSuccess = [data writeToFile:newFileSystemPath atomically:YES];
+                if (bSuccess) {
+                    // should verify it is there and of the correct type???
+                    NSDictionary* newEntry = [self makeEntryForPath:newFullPath isDirectory:NO];
+                    result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsDictionary:newEntry];
+                } else {
+                    result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_IO_EXCEPTION messageAsInt:ABORT_ERR];
+                }
+            } else {
+                result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_IO_EXCEPTION messageAsInt:errorCode];
+            }
+            callback(result);
+        }];
+        return; // Async IO; return without callback.
+    }
+    if (result == nil) {
+        if (!errCode) {
+            errCode = INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR; // Catch-all default
+        }
+        result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_IO_EXCEPTION messageAsInt:errCode];
+    }
+    callback(result);
+}
+
+/* helper function to get the mimeType from the file extension
+ * IN:
+ *	NSString* fullPath - filename (may include path)
+ * OUT:
+ *	NSString* the mime type as type/subtype.  nil if not able to determine
+ */
++ (NSString*)getMimeTypeFromPath:(NSString*)fullPath
+{
+    NSString* mimeType = nil;
+
+    if (fullPath) {
+        CFStringRef typeId = UTTypeCreatePreferredIdentifierForTag(kUTTagClassFilenameExtension, (__bridge CFStringRef)[fullPath pathExtension], NULL);
+        if (typeId) {
+            mimeType = (__bridge_transfer NSString*)UTTypeCopyPreferredTagWithClass(typeId, kUTTagClassMIMEType);
+            if (!mimeType) {
+                // special case for m4a
+                if ([(__bridge NSString*)typeId rangeOfString : @"m4a-audio"].location != NSNotFound) {
+                    mimeType = @"audio/mp4";
+                } else if ([[fullPath pathExtension] rangeOfString:@"wav"].location != NSNotFound) {
+                    mimeType = @"audio/wav";
+                } else if ([[fullPath pathExtension] rangeOfString:@"css"].location != NSNotFound) {
+                    mimeType = @"text/css";
+                }
+            }
+            CFRelease(typeId);
+        }
+    }
+    return mimeType;
+}
+
+- (void)readFileAtURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)localURL start:(NSInteger)start end:(NSInteger)end callback:(void (^)(NSData*, NSString* mimeType, CDVFileError))callback
+{
+    NSString *path = [self filesystemPathForURL:localURL];
+
+    NSString* mimeType = [CDVLocalFilesystem getMimeTypeFromPath:path];
+    if (mimeType == nil) {
+        mimeType = @"*/*";
+    }
+    NSFileHandle* file = [NSFileHandle fileHandleForReadingAtPath:path];
+    if (start > 0) {
+        [file seekToFileOffset:start];
+    }
+
+    NSData* readData;
+    if (end < 0) {
+        readData = [file readDataToEndOfFile];
+    } else {
+        readData = [file readDataOfLength:(end - start)];
+    }
+    [file closeFile];
+
+    callback(readData, mimeType, readData != nil ? NO_ERROR : NOT_FOUND_ERR);
+}
+
+- (void)getFileMetadataForURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)localURL callback:(void (^)(CDVPluginResult *))callback
+{
+    NSString *path = [self filesystemPathForURL:localURL];
+    CDVPluginResult *result;
+    NSFileManager* fileMgr = [[NSFileManager alloc] init];
+
+    NSError* __autoreleasing error = nil;
+    NSDictionary* fileAttrs = [fileMgr attributesOfItemAtPath:path error:&error];
+
+    if (fileAttrs) {
+
+        // create dictionary of file info
+        NSMutableDictionary* fileInfo = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:5];
+
+        [fileInfo setObject:localURL.fullPath forKey:@"fullPath"];
+        [fileInfo setObject:@"" forKey:@"type"];  // can't easily get the mimetype unless create URL, send request and read response so skipping
+        [fileInfo setObject:[path lastPathComponent] forKey:@"name"];
+
+        // Ensure that directories (and other non-regular files) report size of 0
+        unsigned long long size = ([fileAttrs fileType] == NSFileTypeRegular ? [fileAttrs fileSize] : 0);
+        [fileInfo setObject:[NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLongLong:size] forKey:@"size"];
+
+        NSDate* modDate = [fileAttrs fileModificationDate];
+        if (modDate) {
+            [fileInfo setObject:[NSNumber numberWithDouble:[modDate timeIntervalSince1970] * 1000] forKey:@"lastModifiedDate"];
+        }
+
+        result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsDictionary:fileInfo];
+
+    } else {
+        // didn't get fileAttribs
+        CDVFileError errorCode = ABORT_ERR;
+        NSLog(@"error getting metadata: %@", [error localizedDescription]);
+        if ([error code] == NSFileNoSuchFileError || [error code] == NSFileReadNoSuchFileError) {
+            errorCode = NOT_FOUND_ERR;
+        }
+        // log [NSNumber numberWithDouble: theMessage] objCtype to see what it returns
+        result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsInt:errorCode];
+    }
+
+    callback(result);
+}
+
+@end