# How to write data to a file outside sandbox

**URL:** https://forum.legato.io/t/how-to-write-data-to-a-file-outside-sandbox/246
**Category:** Legato Application Framework
**Created:** [August 30, 2016, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/how-to-write-data-to-a-file-outside-sandbox/246 "2016-08-30T09:51:47Z")
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### Author: ![MilanVidic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@MilanVidic](https://forum.legato.io/u/MilanVidic)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/how-to-write-data-to-a-file-outside-sandbox/246/12 "2018-10-05T08:44:23Z")

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Hi Alegato,  
Could you please elaborate your answer a bit more? I’ve tried to create file outside sandbox and give app access to it in adef file, but it still says that my file is read only

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