enfslist v1.0.0

enfslist

Module that add list functionality to node fs module

enfs stands for Easy Node fs

This module is intended to work as a sub-module of enfs

Description

This module will add a method that allows the obtaining of the list of items in the file system under one directory and sub-directories.

• This module will add following methods to node fs module:

  • list
  • listSync

Usage

enfslist

    var enfslist = require("enfslist");

Errors

All the methods follows the node culture.

• Async: Every async method returns an Error in the first callback parameter
• Sync: Every sync method throws an Error.

Additional Methods

• list
• listSync

list

• list(path, options, callback)

Obtain the list of items under a directory and sub-directories asynchronously. Each item will be an object containing: {path: pathToItem, stat: itemStat}

options:

• fs (Object): an alternative fs module to use (default will be enfspatch)
• dereference (Boolean): if true will dereference symlinks listing the items to where it points (default: false)
• back (Number): What you want to get back (0- an array of objects with path and stats, 1- only the paths, 2- only the stats);
• stats (Array): What information you want in stats. Ex: js ["isFile", "atime", "size"]
• ignoreAccessError (Boolean): If true will ignore all files and folder's without access permission (default false)

    enfslist.list("/home", function(err, listOfItems){
        listOfItems.forEach(function(item){
            //do something
        });
    });

listSync

• listSync(path, options)

Obtain the list of items under a directory and sub-directories synchronously Each item will be an object containing: {path: pathToItem, stat: itemStat}

options:

• fs (Object): an alternative fs module to use (default will be enfspatch)
• dereference (Boolean): if true will dereference symlinks listing the items to where it points (default: false)
• back (Number): What you want to get back (0- an array of objects with path and stats, 1- only the paths, 2- only the stats);
• stats (Array): What information you want in stats. Ex: js ["isFile", "atime", "size"]
• ignoreAccessError (Boolean): If true will ignore all files and folder's without access permission (default false)

    var listOfItems = enfslist.listSync("/home");
    listOfItems.forEach(function(item){
        //do something
    });

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Copyright (c) 2016 Joao Parreira joaofrparreira@gmail.com GitHub

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