Node.js fs.closeSync() Method
The fs.closeSync() method is used to synchronously close the given file descriptor thereby clearing the file that is associated with it. It allows the file descriptor to be reused for other files. Calling fs.closeSync() on a file descriptor while some other operation is being performed on it may lead to undefined behavior.
Syntax:
fs.closeSync( fd )
Parameters: This method accepts single parameter as mentioned above and described below:
- fd: It is an integer which denotes the file descriptor of the file of which to be closed.
Below examples illustrate the fs.closeSync() method in Node.js:
Example 1: This example shows the closing of a file descriptor.
const fs = require( 'fs' );
file_descriptor = fs.openSync( "example.txt" );
console.log( "The file descriptor is:" , file_descriptor);
try {
fs.closeSync(file_descriptor);
console.log( "\n> File Closed successfully" );
} catch (err) {
console.error( 'Failed to close file' );
}
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Output:
The file descriptor is: 3
> File Closed successfully
Example 2: This example shows the closing of a file descriptor and trying to access the closed file descriptor again.
const fs = require( 'fs' );
file_descriptor = fs.openSync( "example.txt" );
console.log( "The file descriptor is:" , file_descriptor);
console.log( "\n> Finding the stats of the file" );
try {
statsObj = fs.fstatSync(file_descriptor);
console.log( "Stats of the file generated" );
} catch (err) {
console.error( 'Cannot find stats of file' , err);
}
try {
fs.closeSync(file_descriptor);
console.log( "\n> File Closed successfully" );
} catch (err) {
console.error( 'Failed to close file' , err);
}
console.log( "\n> Finding the stats of the file again" );
try {
statsObj = fs.fstatSync(file_descriptor);
console.log( "Stats of the file generated" );
} catch (err) {
console.error( 'Cannot find stats of file' , err);
}
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Output:
The file descriptor is: 3
> Finding the stats of the file
Stats of the file generated
> File Closed successfully
> Finding the stats of the file again
Cannot find stats of file Error: EBADF: bad file descriptor, fstat
at Object.fstatSync (fs.js:897:3)
at Object. (G:\tutorials\nodejs-fs-closeSync\index.js:46:17)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:956:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:973:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:812:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:724:14)
at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1025:10)
at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:11 {
fd: 3,
errno: -4083,
syscall: 'fstat',
code: 'EBADF'
}
Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_closesync_fd
Last Updated :
08 Oct, 2021
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