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fs ↔ Node API to interact with OS File System - always use fs-extra for async ops!

var fs = require("fs")
var fs = require("fs/promises")

readdir()​

fs Static Method to async read dir content

readdirSync()​

fs Static Method to Sync read dir content

readFile()​

fs Static Method to async read contents of file

readFileSync()​

fs Static Method to Sync read file content

writeFile()​

fs Static Method to async write data to file

writeFileSync()​

fs Static Method to Sync write data to file

appendFile()​

fs Static Method to async append data to file

appendFileSync()​

fs Static Method to Sync append data to file

mkdirSync()​

fs Static Method to Sync make new dir

mkdir()​

fs Static Method to async make new dir

existsSync()​

fs Static Method to check Sync if path exists

rename()​

fs Static Method to async rename file (to new path)

renameSync()​

fs Static Method to Sync rename file

fs Static Method to async remove file/Symbolic Link

unlinkSync()​

fs Static Method to Sync remove file/Symbolic Link

rmdir()​

fs Static Method to async remove dir

rmdirSync()​

fs Static Method to Sync remove dir

createReadStream()​

fs Static Method to create a Readable file stream

createWriteStream()​

fs Static Method to create a Writable file stream

fs-extra​

Node Lib extends fs with Promise-based functions that cut down on Boilerplate

References​

  1. readdirSync() ↔ fs Static Method to Sync read dir content

  2. readFileSync() ↔ fs Static Method to Sync read file content

  3. readFile() ↔ fs Static Method to async read contents of file

  4. readdir() ↔ fs Static Method to async read dir content

  5. writeFile() ↔ fs Static Method to async write data to file

  6. writeFileSync() ↔ fs Static Method to Sync write data to file

  7. appendFile() ↔ fs Static Method to async append data to file

  8. appendFileSync() ↔ fs Static Method to Sync append data to file

  9. existsSync() ↔ fs Static Method to check Sync if path exists

  10. mkdirSync() ↔ fs Static Method to Sync make new dir

  11. mkdir() ↔ fs Static Method to async make new dir

  12. unlinkSync() ↔ fs Static Method to Sync remove file/Symbolic Link

  13. rename() ↔ fs Static Method to async rename file (to new path)

  14. renameSync() ↔ fs Static Method to Sync rename file

  15. unlink() ↔ fs Static Method to async remove file/Symbolic Link

  16. rmdirSync() ↔ fs Static Method to Sync remove dir

  17. rmdir() ↔ fs Static Method to async remove dir

  18. createReadStream() ↔ fs Static Method to create a Readable file stream

  19. createWriteStream() ↔ fs Static Method to create a Writable file stream

  20. Back-end App (JS) ↔ App to execute Node.js Runtime with access to fs, DB and network servers

  21. fs-extra ↔ Node Lib extends fs with Promise-based functions that cut down on Boilerplate