utils-fs-read-dir v1.0.0
Read Directory
Reads the contents of a directory.
Installation
$ npm install utils-fs-read-dir
Usage
var readdir = require( 'utils-fs-read-dir' );
readdir( path, clbk )
Reads the contents of a directory.
readdir( __dirname, onRead );
function onRead( error, data ) {
if ( error ) {
console.error( error );
} else {
console.log( data );
}
}
readdir.sync( path )
Synchronously reads the contents of a directory.
var out = readdir.sync( __dirname );
if ( out instanceof Error ) {
throw out;
}
console.log( out );
Notes
The difference between this module and
fs.readdirSync()
is thatfs.readdirSync()
will throw if anerror
is encountered (e.g., if given a non-existentpath
) and this module will return anerror
. Hence, the following anti-patternvar fs = require( 'fs' ); var dir = '/path/to/dir'; // Check for existence to prevent an error being thrown... if ( fs.existsSync( dir ) ) { dir = fs.readdirSync( dir ); }
can be replaced by an approach which addresses existence via
error
handling.var readdir = require( 'utils-fs-read-dir' ); var dir = '/path/to/dir'; // Explicitly handle the error... dir = readdir.sync( dir ); if ( dir instanceof Error ) { // You choose what to do... throw dir; }
Examples
var readdir = require( 'utils-fs-read-dir' );
// Sync:
var out = readdir.sync( __dirname );
// returns <array>
console.log( out instanceof Error );
// returns false
out = readdir.sync( 'beepboop' );
// returns <error>
console.log( out instanceof Error );
// returns true
// Async:
readdir( __dirname, onRead );
readdir( 'beepboop', onRead );
function onRead( error, data ) {
if ( error ) {
if ( error.code === 'ENOENT' ) {
console.error( 'Directory does not exist.' );
} else {
throw error;
}
} else {
console.log( data );
}
}
To run the example code from the top-level application directory,
$ node ./examples/index.js
Tests
Unit
Unit tests use the Mocha test framework with Chai assertions. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:
$ make test
All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.
Test Coverage
This repository uses Istanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:
$ make test-cov
Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage
directory. To access an HTML version of the report,
$ make view-cov
License
Copyright
Copyright © 2015. Athan Reines.