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Roy
Roy

Reputation: 263

Reading local file from absolute path in node fs module

I am trying to read a file from local system using node js 'fs' module. But for some reason, the 'fs' module is not working when I pass absolute path.

Code:

let filePath = "/home/mysystem/dev/myproject/sayHello.txt";
let newFile=fs.readFileSync('file://'+filePath);

The code is throwing an error as:

Uncaught Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'file:///home/mysystem/dev/myproject/sayHello.txt'

But I can open the file from browser window using the same path. fs module is working if I pass relative path. I am using this inside an app built using electron framework.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 21906

Answers (2)

Ben
Ben

Reputation: 1179

I got stumped with this for a bit. If using Angular 2 and Typescript on Windows, your absolute path will look like this: 

import { readdirSync } from "fs";
. . .
let x = readdirSync("C:/SAFE/Dir1/Blah");
console.log("files retrieved="+ x.length);

Upvotes: 2

zfor
zfor

Reputation: 383

In NodeJS you don't have to use the file protocol for reading files.

You can get rid of the "file://" part and try read the filePath directly

let filePath = "/home/mysystem/dev/myproject/sayHello.txt";
let newFile = fs.readFileSync(filePath);

Upvotes: 8

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