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better-fs-errors
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better-fs-errors is a node module that improves the way fs (file system) errors look. It uses the errno module to provide more helpful error messages based on the error code provided by node. This has not been fully tested with every possible error, so please report any issues you run into here.
Before:
Error: ENOENT, open 'path\to\problem\file'
at Error (native)
After:
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RAW ERROR:
Error: ENOENT, open 'path\to\problem\file'
ERROR DESCRIPTION:
no such file or directory
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Installing via npm
npm install better-fs-errors
Including the module
var bfe = require('better-fs-errors');
Using
throw bfe(err);
NOTE: If it can't find your error code in errno, it will return the original error.
FAQs
Better-looking Node fs error outputs
The npm package better-fs-errors receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, better-fs-errors popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that better-fs-errors demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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