NodeJS File IO

Read and write files with NodeJS

Read Files

non-blocking

#!/usr/bin/node

// non-blocking
var fs = require( 'fs' );

console.log( "non-blocking" );
fs.readFile( "test.txt", "utf8", function( err, data ) {
        console.log( data );
});

blocking

#!/usr/bin/node

// blocking
var fs = require( 'fs' );

console.log( "blocking" );
var data = fs.readFileSync( "test.txt", "utf8" );

console.log( data );