Stop getting EMFILE errors! Open only as many files as the operating system supports.

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

You should use these instead, which use and provide modern APIs while providing brilliant ecosystem support:

• @bevry/fs-accessible
• @bevry/fs-executable
• @bevry/fs-list
• @bevry/fs-mkdirp
• @bevry/fs-read
• @bevry/fs-readable
• @bevry/fs-remove
• @bevry/fs-rmdir
• @bevry/fs-unlink
• @bevry/fs-write
• @bevry/fs-writable

• 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
  }
}

Discover the release history by heading on over to the HISTORY.md file.

Discover how to contribute via the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

• Benjamin Lupton — Accelerating collaborative wisdom.

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• Copyright © Benjamin Lupton

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• Artistic License 2.0