From b89148b3ccad50cb68aea6ed9ddc4edf05d466e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Murphy <lukewm@riseup.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 20:20:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Document file system usage

Closes https://git.autonomic.zone/decentral1se/xbotlib/issues/28.
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 README.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 655f397..f78e3fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ on and are still going on in
     - [Using the command-line interface](#using-the-command-line-interface)
     - [Using the environment](#using-the-environment)
   - [Persistent storage](#persistent-storage)
+    - [File system](#file-system)
     - [Redis key/value storage](#redis-key-value-storage)
   - [Loading Plugins](#loading-plugins)
   - [Serving HTTP](#serving-http)
@@ -228,6 +229,13 @@ deployments.
 
 ### Persistent storage
 
+#### File system
+
+Just use your local file system as you would in any other Python script. Please
+note that when you deploy your bot, you might not have access to this local
+filesystem in the same location. For remote server deployments
+[Redis](#redis-key-value-storage) can be more convenient.
+
 #### Redis key/value storage
 
 `xbotlib` supports using [Redis](https://redis.io/) as a storage back-end. It