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@nodelib/fs.stat
Get the status of a file with some features.
💡 Highlights
Wrapper over standard methods (fs.lstat
, fs.stat
) with some features.
- 🔰 Normally follows symlinks.
- ⚙️ Can safely work with broken symlinks (returns information about symlink instead of generating an error).
Install
$ npm install @nodelib/fs.stat
Usage
const fsStat = require('@nodelib/fs.stat');
fsStat.stat('path').then((stat) => {
console.log(stat); // => fs.Stats
});
API
fsStat.stat(path, [options])
Returns a Promise<fs.Stats>
for provided path.
fsStat.statSync(path, [options])
Returns a fs.Stats
for provided path.
fsStat.statCallback(path, [options], callback)
Returns a fs.Stats
for provided path with standard callback-style.
path
- Type:
string | Buffer | URL
The path
argument for fs.lstat
or fs.stat
method.
options
- Type:
Object
See options section for more detailed information.
Options
throwErrorOnBrokenSymlinks
- Type:
boolean
- Default:
true
Throw an error or return information about symlink, when symlink is broken. When false
, methods will be return lstat call for broken symlinks.
followSymlinks
- Type:
boolean
- Default:
true
By default, the methods of this package follows symlinks. If you do not want it, set this option to false
or use the standard method fs.lstat
.
fs
- Type:
FileSystemAdapter
- Default:
built-in FS methods
By default, the built-in Node.js module (fs
) is used to work with the file system. You can replace each method with your own.
interface FileSystemAdapter {
lstat?: typeof fs.lstat;
stat?: typeof fs.stat;
lstatSync?: typeof fs.lstatSync;
statSync?: typeof fs.statSync;
}
Changelog
See the Releases section of our GitHub project for changelogs for each release version.
License
This software is released under the terms of the MIT license.