os Module
type() :- show os name
version() :- shows os version
freemem() :- shows free space of Primary memory.
cpus() - cpu status
__dirname - current dir
__filename - current file
path module
dirname(__filename) :- it shows directory / folder name based filename what we
passed.
basename(__filename) only file name
extname(__filename) extension
parse(__filename) - file info like name, extension, foldername, folder location etc
FS module
File System
The fs (File System) module in Node.js provides an API for interacting with the
file system. It allows you to perform operations such as reading, writing,
updating, and deleting files and directories, which are essential for server-side
applications and scripts.
readFile() :- this method is used to read data from specified file.
fsMod.readFile("filename", "utf8" (err, data)=>{
if(err)
{
action
}
print "data"
})
err :- it will check file existancy, if not exist,it return false.
data:- it holds entire file info.
utf8 :- generally readFile() method reads data in binary format, this utf8 will
convert that into
string format.
writeFile() : this method is used to write content into the file.
fsMod.writeFile("filename", "content", (err)=>{
if(err)
{
action
}
});
Note :- if file already exist, that file will replaced.
rename() :- this method allows to rename a file.
fsMod.rename("old file name", "new file name", (err)=>{
if(err)
{
action
}
})
unlink() :- this method is used to delete/folder a file.
fsMode.unlink("filename", (err)=>{
if(err)
{
action
}
});
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appendFile() :- this method is used to add new content to the existing file.
fsMod.appendFile("existing filename", "content", (err)=>{
if(err)
{
action
}
});
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close() :- this method is used to close file which is opened.
fs.close("fd", (err)=>{
if(err)
action-1
else
action-2
});
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Open a File
The fs.open() method is used to create, read, or write a file. The fs.readFile()
method is only for reading the file and fs.writeFile() method is only for writing
to the file, whereas fs.open() method does several operations on a file. First, we
need to load the fs class which is a module to access the physical file system.
fs.open(path, flags, mode, callback)
Parameters:
path: It holds the name of the file to read or the entire path if stored at other
locations.
flags: Flags indicate the behavior of the file to be opened. All possible values
are ( r, r+, rs, rs+, w, wx, w+, wx+, a, ax, a+, ax+).
mode: Sets the mode of file i.e. r-read, w-write, r+ -readwrite. It sets to default
as readwrite.
err: If any error occurs.
data: Contents of the file. It is called after the open operation is executed.
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exists() :- this method allows to check weather a file / folder is exist or not.
fsMod.exists(filename, (info)=>{
based on info check file
});
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prompt-sync :- this module is used to read data from keyboard. it is a third party
module so that it has to install it.
npm install prompt-sync
once it is installed, we have to import as follows
const prompt = require('prompt-sync')();
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mkdir():- method in Node.js is used to create a directory asynchronously.
fsMod.mkdir(foldername, (err)=>
{
action
});
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