rrdir

rrdir

Recursive directory reader with a delightful API

rrdir recursively reads a directory and returns entries within via an async iterator or async/sync as Array. It can typically iterate millions of files in a matter of seconds. Memory usage is O(1) for the async iterator and O(n) for the Array variants.

Usage

npm i rrdir

import {rrdir, rrdirAsync, rrdirSync} from "rrdir";

for await (const entry of rrdir("dir")) {
  // => {path: 'dir/file', directory: false, symlink: false}
}

const entries = await rrdirAsync("dir");
// => [{path: 'dir/file', directory: false, symlink: false}]

const entries = rrdirSync("dir");
// => [{path: 'dir/file', directory: false, symlink: false}]

API

rrdir(dir, [options])

rrdirAsync(dir, [options])

rrdirSync(dir, [options])

rrdir is an async iterator which yields entry. rrdirAsync and rrdirSync return an Array of entry.

dir String | Uint8Array

The directory to read, either absolute or relative. Pass a Uint8Array to switch the module into Uint8Array mode which is required to be able to read every file, like for example files with names that are invalid UTF-8 sequences.

options Object

• stats boolean: Whether to include entry.stats. Will reduce performance. Default: false.
• followSymlinks boolean: Whether to follow symlinks for both recursion and stat calls. Default: false.
• exclude Array: Path globs to exclude, e.g. ["**.js"]. Default: undefined.
• include Array: Path globs to include, e.g. ["**.map"]. Default: undefined.
• strict boolean: Whether to throw immediately when reading an entry fails. Default: false.
• insensitive boolean: Whether include and exclude match case-insensitively. Default: false.

entry Object

• path string | Uint8Array: The path to the entry, will be relative if dir is given relative. If dir is a Uint8Array, this will be too. Always present.
• directory boolean: Boolean indicating whether the entry is a directory. undefined on error.
• symlink boolean: Boolean indicating whether the entry is a symbolic link. undefined on error.
• stats Object: A fs.stats object, present when options.stats is set. undefined on error.
• err Error: Any error encountered while reading this entry. undefined on success.

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