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A package build system for Termux.
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Access to home files from outside the app container without root #931

Closed schniedan closed 5 years ago

schniedan commented 7 years ago

Hi, is there a way to get access to the files in /data/data/com.termux/files/home/ from outside the app (and outside its' container as well) without root access to the filesystem? Context: I have a react.js development environment up and running in /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.../someapp.../ on my chromebook. Given the fact that the chromebook can run sophisticated code editors I would like to access the files from the host system. Symbolic links don't work because it would circumvent the whole permission scheme. And I can't seem to fine a fileexplorer that gives me access outside the numb downloads directory level. Any ideas? Cheers, Andreas

fornwall commented 7 years ago

Android apps using the Storage Access Framework (which I know that at least Turbo Editor supports) can access and edit files under $HOME, but I guess that doesn't help with non-android chromebook apps.

Can you access shared storage from Termux (see termux.com/storage.html, though I don't know how that translates when running inside a chromebook)? If so you could perhaps setup the the development environment there.

darthwalsh commented 6 years ago

I used termux to run a git clone in ~/storage/downloads and it seems to be working fine, even though git gave a warning about not being able to protect .git/config.

For anybody else trying this, the link is now https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Internal_and_external_storage