Tries to open a file using fs.openSync (only necessary with sync), fails gracefully if the file path does not exist on the file system. Since fs.existsSync has been deprecated, this can be used as an alternative.
Tries to open a file using fs.openSync (only necessary with sync), fails gracefully if the file path does not exist on the file system. Since fs.existsSync has been deprecated, this can be used as an alternative.
Install with npm:
$ npm install try-open --save
See the node.js fs.open documentation for more details.
var fs = require('fs');
var tryOpen = require('try-open');
var fd = tryOpen('package.json', 'r');
//=> 17
// close the file
fs.closeSync(fd);
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Install dev dependencies:
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Jon Schlinkert
Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.
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FAQs
Tries to open a file using fs.openSync (only necessary with sync), fails gracefully if the file path does not exist on the file system. Since fs.existsSync has been deprecated, this can be used as an alternative.
The npm package try-open receives a total of 3,374 weekly downloads. As such, try-open popularity was classified as popular.
We found that try-open 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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