On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Jeff Schnitzer <j...@infohazard.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Kayode Odeyemi <drey...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> In my use case, I just needed the files to be stored temporarily using
>> the filesystem api (just for UI purposes). To permanently save the uploaded
>> file, I implemented the blobstore api. This way I don't have to worry about
>> whether the files will be available in the saved directory forever.
>>
>
> This may be a significant part of your misunderstanding.  There is no
> local filesystem you can write to.  The Files API lets you write to the
> Blobstore or Google Storage, that's it.  All writes are "permanent" until
> you delete them.
>

So whether the files are written using the Files API or directly uploaded
to the blobstore, the blobstore still reside on disk?

(Please accept my misunderstanding - It is better to get to understand this
once and for all )

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