Instructions for the fs.readdir method in node.js

  • 2020-05-05 10:56:02
  • OfStack

method description:

The file directory is read asynchronously.

syntax:


fs.readdir(path, [callback(err,files)])

Since this method belongs to the fs module, it is necessary to introduce the fs module (var fs= require(" fs "))

before using it

receive parameters:

path   directory path

callback     callback, passing two parameters err and files. files is an array containing the names of all files in the specified directory.

Example of :


var fs = require('fs');
fs.readdir('readdirtest', function(err,files){
 if(err){
  console.log(err);
 }
 console.log(files);
})

source code:


fs.readdir = function(path, callback) {
  callback = makeCallback(callback);
  if (!nullCheck(path, callback)) return;
  binding.readdir(pathModule._makeLong(path), callback);
};


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