safe-readfile

v1.0.2
readFile that ignores ENOENT.
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safe-readfile

A version of fs.readFile and fs.readFileSync that doesn't raise ENOENT.
Returns undefined if the file doesn't exist and '' if the file exists and it's empty.

Usage

$ npm install safe-readfile
(...)
$ node
> var safeReadFile = require('safe-readfile').readFile
undefined
> safeReadFile('nonexistent') // fs.readFile would throw ENOENT
undefined
npm i safe-readfile

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  • Fair
  • Whatever
  • Talles L
  • released 6/16/2016

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