Safe FS

Stop getting EMFILE errors! Open only as many files as the operating system supports.
Usage
Complete API Documentation.
var safefs = require('safefs')
SafeFS uses graceful-fs to wrap all of the standard file system methods to avoid EMFILE errors among other problems.
On-top of graceful-fs, SafeFS also adds additional wrapping on the following methods:
writeFile(path, data, options?, next) - ensure the full path exists before writing to it
appendFile(path, data, options?, next) - ensure the full path exists before writing to it
mkdir(path, mode?, next) - mode defaults to 0o777 & (~process.umask())
unlink(path, next) - checks if the file exists before removing it
SafeFS also define these additional methods:
ensurePath(path, options, next) - ensure the full path exists, equivalent to unix's mdir -p path
getParentPathSync(path) - returns the parent directory of the path
Alternatives
You should use these instead, which use and provide modern APIs while providing brilliant ecosystem support:
Install
- Install:
npm install --save safefs
- Import:
import * as pkg from ('safefs')
- Require:
const pkg = require('safefs')
This package is published with the following editions:
safefs aliases safefs/source/index.js
safefs/source/index.js is ESNext source code for Node.js 4 || 6 || 8 || 10 || 12 || 14 || 16 || 18 || 20 || 21 with Require for modules
This project provides its type information via inline JSDoc Comments. To make use of this in TypeScript, set your maxNodeModuleJsDepth compiler option to 5 or thereabouts. You can accomplish this via your tsconfig.json file like so:
{
"compilerOptions": {
"maxNodeModuleJsDepth": 5
}
}
History
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