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 Native filesystem access for react-native
 
+## THIS PROJECT IS NOT ACTIVELY MAINTAINED. Consider using [react-native-fetch-blob](https://github.com/wkh237/react-native-fetch-blob) as a replacement.
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 ## Breaking change in v2.x
 
 - Removed attributes from `writeFile` and `appendFile` for iOS / Android consistency