fs-utils

fs-utils

fs extras and utilities to extend the node.js file system module. Used in Assemble and many other projects.

Install

Install with npm

$ npm i fs-utils --save

Usage

var fs = require('fs-utils');

API

.stripCR

Strip carriage returns from a string.

Params

• str {String}
• returns {String}

.stripBOM

Strip byte order marks from a string.

See BOM

Params

• str {String}
• returns {String}

.slashify

Normalize all slashes to forward slashes.

Params

• str {String}
• stripTrailing {Boolean}: False by default.
• returns {String}

.isEmptyFile

Return true if the file exists and is empty.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {Boolean}

.isEmptyDir

Return true if the file exists and is empty.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {Boolean}

.isDir

Return true if the filepath is a directory.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {Boolean}

.isLink

True if the filepath is a symbolic link.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {Boolean}

.glob

Glob files using [matched]. Or glob files synchronously with glob.sync.

Params

• patterns {String|Array}
• returns {options}

.readFileSync

Read a file synchronously. Also strips any byte order marks.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {String}

readFile

Read a file asynchronously.

Params

• filepath {String}
• options {Object}
• normalize {Boolean}: Strip carriage returns and BOM.
• encoding {String}: Default is utf8
• callback {Function}

.readYAML

Read a YAML file asynchronously and parse its contents as JSON.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {Object} options
• returns {Function} cb: Callback function

.readYAMLSync

Read a YAML file synchronously and parse its contents as JSON

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {Object}

.readJSON

Read JSON file asynchronously and parse contents as JSON

Params

• filepath {String}
• callback {Function}
• returns {Object}

.readJSONSync

Read a file synchronously and parse contents as JSON. marks.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {Object}

.readData

Read JSON or YAML utils.async. Determins the reader automatically based on file extension.

Params

• filepath {String}
• options {Object}
• callback {Function}
• returns {String}

.readDataSync

Read JSON or utils.YAML. Determins the reader automatically based on file extension.

Params

• filepath {String}
• options {Object}
• returns {String}

.writeFile

Asynchronously write a file to disk.

Params

• dest {String}
• content {String}
• callback {Function}

.writeFileSync

Synchronously write files to disk, creating any intermediary directories if they don't exist.

Params

• dest {String}
• str {String}
• options {Options}

.writeJSONSync

Synchronously write JSON to disk, creating any intermediary directories if they don't exist.

Params

• dest {String}
• str {String}
• options {Options}

.writeJSON

Asynchronously write files to disk, creating any intermediary directories if they don't exist.

Params

• dest {String}
• str {String}
• options {Options}

.writeYAMLSync

Synchronously write YAML to disk, creating any intermediary directories if they don't exist.

Params

• dest {String}
• str {String}
• options {Options}

.writeYAML

Aynchronously write YAML to disk, creating any intermediary directories if they don't exist.

Params

• dest {String}
• str {String}
• options {Options}

.writeDataSync

Synchronously write JSON or YAML to disk, creating any intermediary directories if they don't exist. Data type is determined by the dest file extension.

Params

• dest {String}
• str {String}
• options {Options}

Example

writeDataSync('foo.yml', {foo: "bar"});

.writeData

Asynchronously write JSON or YAML to disk, creating any intermediary directories if they don't exist. Data type is determined by the dest file extension.

Params

• dest {String}
• data {String}
• options {Options}
• cb {Function}: Callback function

Example

writeData('foo.yml', {foo: "bar"});

.copyFileSync

Copy files synchronously;

Params

• src {String}
• dest {String}

.rmdir

Asynchronously remove dirs and child dirs that exist.

Params

• dir {String}
• {Function}: `cb
• returns {Function}

.del

Delete folders and files recursively. Pass a callback as the last argument to use utils.async.

Params

• patterns {String}: Glob patterns to use.
• options {Object}: Options for matched.
• cb {Function}

.ext

Return the file extension.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {String}

.dirname

Directory path excluding filename.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {String}

.last

The last n segments of a filepath. If a number isn't passed for n, the last segment is returned.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {String}

.first

The first n segments of a filepath. If a number isn't passed for n, the first segment is returned.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {String}

.lastChar

Returns the last character in filepath

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {String}

Example

lastChar('foo/bar/baz/');
//=> '/'

.addSlash

Add a trailing slash to the filepath.

Note, this does not consult the file system to check if the filepath is file or a directory.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {String}

.normalizePath

Normalize a filepath and remove trailing slashes.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {String}

.relative

Resolve the relative path from a to `b.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {String}

.isAbsolute

Return true if the path is absolute.

Params

• {[type]}: filepath
• returns {Boolean}

.equivalent

Return true if path a is the same as path `b.

Params

• filepath {String}
• a {String}
• b {String}
• returns {Boolean}

.doesPathContain

True if descendant path(s) contained within ancestor path. Note: does not test if paths actually exist.

Sourced from [Grunt].

Params

• ancestor {String}: The starting path.
• returns {Boolean}

.isPathCwd

True if a filepath is the CWD.

Sourced from [Grunt].

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {Boolean}

.isPathInCwd

True if a filepath is contained within the CWD.

Params

• filepath {String}
• returns {Boolean}

Related projects

• read-data: Read JSON or YAML files. | homepage
• read-yaml: Very thin wrapper around js-yaml for directly reading in YAML files. | homepage
• write-data: Write a YAML or JSON file to disk. Automatically detects the format to write based… more | homepage
• write-json: Write a JSON file to disk, also creates intermediate directories in the destination path if… more | homepage
• write-yaml: Write YAML. Converts JSON to YAML writes it to the specified file. | homepage

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm i -d && npm test

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/assemble
• twitter/assemble

License

Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license.

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