What is clone-stats?
The clone-stats npm package is designed to clone the stats from one fs.Stats instance to another. This is particularly useful when you're working with file system operations in Node.js and need to replicate file or directory statistics accurately without modifying the original stats object. It provides a straightforward and efficient way to copy stats, ensuring that all the properties are cloned correctly.
Cloning fs.Stats instance
This code demonstrates how to clone the statistics of a file system object using clone-stats. It first requires the clone-stats and fs modules. Then, it uses fs.stat to get the stats of a specific file and clone-stats to clone these stats into a new variable, allowing for manipulation or comparison without affecting the original stats object.
const cloneStats = require('clone-stats');
const fs = require('fs');
fs.stat('/path/to/file', (err, stats) => {
if (err) throw err;
const clonedStats = cloneStats(stats);
console.log(clonedStats);
});