fs Promises API

[ysulyma]

Are there plans include a graceful version of the fs Promises API in this package? This was experimental for a while but is considered a stable feature in the latest version of Node.

[alexander-akait]

/cc @isaacs friendly ping

[zachleat]

Maybe helpful for folks I used the built-in util.promisify with this package and it worked great

const fs = require("graceful-fs");
const util = require("util");
const writeFile = util.promisify(fs.writeFile);

[strafe]

So this package isn't a drop-in replacement for fs then?

[Frikster]

fs-extra has promises and uses graceful-fs under the hood. A third-party library fixing and using a third-party one that fixes a native one.

fs-extra adds file system methods that aren't included in the native fs module and adds promise support to the fs methods. It also uses graceful-fs to prevent EMFILE errors. It should be a drop in replacement for fs.

Stay tuned and soon there will be a problem with fs-extra that means it will cease to be a drop in replacement for fs . So then we'll need a third-party library that fixes and uses a third-party library that fixes and uses a third-party library to fix fs.