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The 'fs-extra' package builds on the standard 'fs' module by adding more methods and making some of the existing methods more convenient to use. It provides additional functionality like copying, moving, and ensuring file and directory existence, which are not available in the standard 'fs' module.
The 'graceful-fs' package is a drop-in replacement for the 'fs' module that improves the handling of EMFILE errors (too many open files) by queueing the operations. It is useful in environments where you might hit the file descriptor limit.
The 'node-fs' package is an extension of the 'fs' module that provides additional methods for file and directory operations, such as recursive directory creation and file copying. It offers more features than the standard 'fs' module but is less commonly used than 'fs-extra'.
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This package name is not currently in use, but was formerly occupied by another package. To avoid malicious use, npm is hanging on to the package name, but loosely, and we'll probably give it to you if you want it.
The npm package fs receives a total of 912,374 weekly downloads. As such, fs popularity was classified as popular.
We found that fs 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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