Catch fs.readFileSync error

Posted on Sun 9th, February 2014

• #1

loopMasta

How can i catch an fs.readFileSync error if a requested file is not available on sd-card? Right now i get the same result for an empty file and if the file is not available.
• #2

Gordon

You can't at the moment - the best you could do is require("fs").readdir().indexOf("foo")>=0

Perhaps it should return undefined rather than an empty string if the file doesn't exist?
• #3

loopMasta

I would prefer to get a 'undefined' instead of an empty string. This way its easier and cleaner to decide if the operation was successful and what actions to take. e.g. send 200 vs. 404.
• #4

loopMasta

fs.readFileSync in v1.51 now returns undefined if the file is not found. Thanks a lot Gordon.

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