RingoJS

Module fs

This module provides file and path related functionality as defined by the CommonJS Filesystem/A proposal.

The "fs" module provides a file system API for the manipulation of paths, directories, files, links, and the construction of file streams.

Functions

Class Path

Instance Methods

Class Permissions

Instance Methods


Path ()

Path constructor. Path is a chainable shorthand for working with paths.


Path.prototype. from (target)

Return the relative path from the given source path to this path. Equivalent to fs.Path(fs.relative(source, this)).

Parameters

null target

Path.prototype. join ()

Join a list of paths to this path.


Path.prototype. listPaths ()

Return the names of all files in this path, in lexically sorted order and wrapped in Path objects.


Path.prototype. resolve ()

Resolve against this path.


Path.prototype. to (target)

Return the relative path from this path to the given target path. Equivalent to fs.Path(fs.relative(this, target)).

Parameters

null target

Path.prototype. toString ()


Path.prototype. valueOf ()

This is a non-standard extension, not part of CommonJS Filesystem/A.


Permissions (permissions, constructor)

The Permissions class describes the permissions associated with a file.

Parameters

number|object permissions

a number or object representing the permissions.

null constructor

Permissions.prototype. toNumber ()


Permissions.prototype. update (permissions)

Parameters

Number|Object permissions

absolute (path)

Make the given path absolute by resolving it against the current working directory.

Parameters

null path

base (path, ext)

Return the basename of the given path. That is the path with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing extension.

Parameters

String path
String ext

Returns

String

canonical (path)

Returns the canonical path to a given abstract path. Canonical paths are both absolute and intrinsic, such that all paths that refer to a given file (whether it exists or not) have the same corresponding canonical path.

Parameters

string path

a file path

Returns

the canonical path


changeGroup (path, group)

Supports group name string as well as gid int input.

Parameters

String path
String|Number group

changeOwner (path, group)

Supports user name string as well as uid int input.

Parameters

String path
String|Number group

changePermissions (path, permissions)

Parameters

String path
Number|Object permissions

changeWorkingDirectory (path)

Set the current working directory to path.

Parameters

string path

the new working directory


copy (from, to)

Read data from one file and write it into another using binary mode.

Parameters

String from
String to

copyTree (from, to)

Copy files from a source path to a target path. Files of the below the source path are copied to the corresponding locations relative to the target path, symbolic links to directories are copied but not traversed into.

Parameters

String from
String to

directory (path)

Return the dirname of the given path. That is the path with any trailing non-directory component removed.

Parameters

String path

exists (path)

Return true if the file denoted by path exists, false otherwise.

Parameters

string path

the file path.


extension (path)

Return the extension of a given path. That is everything after the last dot in the basename of the given path, including the last dot. Returns an empty string if no valid extension exists.

Parameters

String path

group (path)

Parameters

String path

hardLink (source, target)

Creates a hard link at the target path that refers to the source path.

Parameters

string source

the source file

string target

the target file


isAbsolute (path)

Check whether the given pathname is absolute.

This is a non-standard extension, not part of CommonJS Filesystem/A.

Parameters

null path

isDirectory (path)

Returns true if the file specified by path exists and is a directory.

Parameters

string path

the file path

Returns

boolean

whether the file exists and is a directory


isFile (path)

Returns true if the file specified by path exists and is a regular file.

Parameters

string path

the file path

Returns

boolean

whether the file exists and is a file


isLink (path)

Return true if target file is a symbolic link, false otherwise.

Parameters

string path

the file path

Returns

true if the given file exists and is a symbolic link


isReadable (path)

Returns true if the file specified by path exists and can be opened for reading.

Parameters

string path

the file path

Returns

boolean

whether the file exists and is readable


isRelative (path)

Check wheter the given pathname is relative (i.e. not absolute).

This is a non-standard extension, not part of CommonJS Filesystem/A.

Parameters

null path

isWritable (path)

Returns true if the file specified by path exists and can be opened for writing.

Parameters

string path

the file path

Returns

boolean

whether the file exists and is writable


iterate (path)

Returns a generator that produces the file names of a directory.

Parameters

string path

a directory path


join ()

Join a list of paths using the local file system's path separator. The result is not normalized, so join("..", "foo") returns "../foo".


lastModified (path)

Returns the time a file was last modified as a Date object.

Parameters

string path

the file path

Returns

the date the file was last modified


list (path)

Returns an array with all the names of files contained in the direcory path.

Parameters

string path

the directory path

Returns

Array

a list of file names


listDirectoryTree (path)

Return an array with all directories below (and including) the given path, as discovered by depth-first traversal. Entries are in lexically sorted order within directories. Symbolic links to directories are not traversed into.

Parameters

null path

listTree (path)

Return an array with all paths (files, directories, etc.) below (and including) the given path, as discovered by depth-first traversal. Entries are in lexically sorted order within directories. Symbolic links to directories are returned but not traversed into.

Parameters

null path

makeDirectory (path, permissions)

Create a single directory specified by path. If the directory cannot be created for any reason an error is thrown. This includes if the parent directories of path are not present. If a permissions argument is passed to this function it is used to create a Permissions instance which is applied to the given path during directory creation.

Parameters

string path

the file path

number|object permissions

optional permissions


makeTree (path)

Create the directory specified by "path" including any missing parent directories.

Parameters

null path

move (source, target)

Move a file from source to target.

Parameters

string source

the source path

string target

the target path

Throws

Error

normal (path)

Normalize a path by removing '.' and simplifying '..' components, wherever possible.

Parameters

null path

open (path, options)

Open the file corresponding to path for reading or writing, depending on the options argument. Returns a [binary stream][io#Stream] or a [text stream][io#TextStream].

The options argument may contain the following properties:

  • read (boolean) open the file in read mode.
  • write (boolean) open the file in write mode starting at the beginning of the file.
  • append (boolean) open the file in write mode starting at the end of the file.
  • binary (boolean) open the file in binary mode.
  • charset (string) open the file in text mode using the given encoding. Defaults to "utf8".

Parameters

String path

the file path

Object options

options

Returns

Stream

a stream object


openRaw (path, options, permissions)

Opens the file corresponding to path for reading or writing in binary mode. This function supports the same options as [open()][#open] except for binary and charset.

Parameters

String path

the file path

Object options

options

Object permissions

not yet supported

Returns

Stream

owner (path)

Parameters

String path

path ()

A shorthand for creating a new Path without the new keyword.


permissions (path)

Parameters

String path

read (path, options)

Read the content of the file corresponding to path. Returns a String or [ByteString][binary#ByteString] object depending on the options argument. This function supports the same options as [open()][#open].

Parameters

String path

the file path

Object options

optional options

Returns

String|Binary

the content of the file


readLink (path)

Returns the immediate target of the symbolic link at the given path.

Parameters

string path

a file path


relative (source, target)

Establish the relative path that links source to target by strictly traversing up ('..') to find a common ancestor of both paths. If the target is omitted, returns the path to the source from the current working directory.

Parameters

String source
String target

remove (path)

Remove a file at the given path. Throws an error if path is not a file or a symbolic link to a file.

Parameters

string path

the path of the file to remove.

Throws

Error if path is not a file or could not be removed.

removeDirectory (path)

Remove a file or directory identified by path. Throws an error if path is a directory and not empty.

Parameters

String path

the directory path

Throws

Error if the file or directory could not be removed.

removeTree (path)

Remove the element pointed to by the given path. If path points to a directory, all members of the directory are removed recursively.

Parameters

null path

resolve ()

Join a list of paths by starting at an empty location and iteratively "walking" to each path given. Correctly takes into account both relative and absolute paths.


same (pathA, pathB)

Returns whether two paths refer to the same storage (file or directory), either by virtue of symbolic or hard links, such that modifying one would modify the other.

Parameters

string pathA

the first path

string pathB

the second path


sameFilesystem (pathA, pathB)

Returns whether two paths refer to an entity of the same file system.

Parameters

string pathA

the first path

string pathB

the second path


size (path)

Returns the size of a file in bytes, or throws an exception if the path does not correspond to an accessible path, or is not a regular file or a link.

Parameters

string path

the file path

Returns

number

the file size in bytes

Throws

Error if path is not a file

split (path)

Split a given path into an array of path components.

Parameters

String path

symbolicLink (source, target)

Creates a symbolic link at the target path that refers to the source path.

Parameters

string source

the source file

string target

the target link


touch (path, mtime)

Sets the modification time of a file or directory at a given path to a specified time, or the current time. Creates an empty file at the given path if no file or directory exists, using the default permissions.

Parameters

string path

the file path

Date mtime

optional date


workingDirectory ()

Return the path name of the current working directory.

Returns

string

the current working directory


write (path, content, options)

Open, write, flush, and close a file, writing the given content. If content is a binary.ByteArray or binary.ByteString, binary mode is implied.

Parameters

String path
binary.Binary|String content
Object options