try-open

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

Install with npm:

1$ npm install try-open --save

See the node.js fs.open documentation for more details.

Usage

1var fs = require('fs');
2var tryOpen = require('try-open');
3
4var fd = tryOpen('package.json', 'r');
5//=> 17
6
7// close the file
8fs.closeSync(fd);

Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

• copy: Copy files or directories using globs. | homepage
• delete: Delete files and folders and any intermediate directories if they exist (sync and async). | homepage
• fs-utils: fs extras and utilities to extend the node.js file system module. Used in Assemble and… more | homepage
• write: Write files to disk, creating intermediate directories if they don't exist. | homepage

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Building docs

Generate readme and API documentation with [verb][]:

1$ npm install verb && npm run docs

Or, if [verb][] is installed globally:

1$ verb

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

1$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.

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