fs-readdir-with-file-types v1.0.2

fs-readdir-with-file-types

Node.js v10.11.0 fsPromises.readdir ponyfill of withFileTypes option.

options.withFileTypes is always set to true and result contain objects similar to fs.Dirent.

Install

npm i fs-readdir-with-file-types

API

• path <string> | <Buffer> | <URL>

Resolves: <fs.Dirent[]>

Example:

const readdir = require('fs-readdir-with-file-types');

async () => {
    await readdirSync('.');
}();

// returns on node v10.10
Dirent { name: 'LICENSE', [Symbol(type)]: 1 },
Dirent { name: 'README.md', [Symbol(type)]: 1 },
Dirent { name: 'index.js', [Symbol(type)]: 1 },

// returns on node < v10.10
{ name: 'LICENSE',
isBlockDevice: [Function: bound ],
isCharacterDevice: [Function: bound ],
isDirectory: [Function: bound ],
isFIFO: [Function: bound ],
isFile: [Function: bound ],
isSocket: [Function: bound ],
isSymbolicLink: [Function: bound ] },

{ name: 'README.md',
isBlockDevice: [Function: bound ],
isCharacterDevice: [Function: bound ],
isDirectory: [Function: bound ],
isFIFO: [Function: bound ],
isFile: [Function: bound ],
isSocket: [Function: bound ],
isSymbolicLink: [Function: bound ] },

{ name: 'index.js',
isBlockDevice: [Function: bound ],
isCharacterDevice: [Function: bound ],
isDirectory: [Function: bound ],
isFIFO: [Function: bound ],
isFile: [Function: bound ],
isSocket: [Function: bound ],
isSymbolicLink: [Function: bound ] }

If you do not want to use promises or async-await use callbackify:

const {callbackify} = require('util');
const readdir = callbackify(require('fs-readdir-with-file-types'));

readdir('.', (e, dirents) => {
    console.log(e, dirents);
});

Related

• fs-copy-file - Asynchronously copies src to dest.
• fs-copy-file-sync - Synchronously copies src to dest.
• fs-readdir-sync-with-file-types - Synchronously read directory with file types.

License

MIT