The fs.Dirent.name property is an inbuilt application programming interface of class fs.Dirent within File System module which is used to provide the name of the particular dirent.
Syntax:
const dirent.name
Parameter: This property does not accept any parameter.
Return Value: This property returns the name of the particular dirent.
Below programs illustrates the use of fs.dirent.name property in Node.js:
Example 1: Filename: index.js
// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// dirent.name property
const fs = require('fs');
// Initiating async function
async function stop(path) {
// Creating and initiating dir's
// underlying resource handle
const dir = await
fs.promises.opendir(path);
// Synchronously reading the dir's
// underlying resource handle
// using readSync() method
for (var i = 0; i <= 6; i++) {
// Checking if the particular dirent
// is name or not by using name() method
const value = (dir.readSync()).name;
// Display the result
console.log(value);
}
}
// Catching error
stop('./').catch(console.error);
Run index.js file using the following command:
node index.js
Output:
abcd.cer cert.cer certfile.cer certificate1.cer example.txt features filename.txt
Example 2: Filename: index.js
// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// dirent.name property
const fs = require('fs');
// Initiating async function
async function stop(path) {
let dir = null;
try {
// Creating and initiating directory's
// underlying resource handle
dir = await fs.promises.opendir(
new URL('file:///F:/java/'));
// Synchronously reading the File's
// underlying resource handle
// using readSync() method
for (var i = 0; i <= 3; i++) {
// Checking if the particular dirent
// is name or not by using name() method
const value = (dir.readSync()).name;
// Display the result
console.log(dir.readSync());
console.log(value);
}
} finally {
if (dir) {
// Display the result
console.log("dir is closed successfully");
// Synchronously closeSyncing the
// directory's underlying resource handle
const promise = dir.closeSync();
}
}
}
// Catching error
stop('./').catch(console.error);
Run index.js file using the following command:
node index.js
Output:
Dirent { name: 'books.txt', [Symbol(type)]: 1 }
abcd.cer
Dirent { name: 'certfile.cer', [Symbol(type)]: 1 }
cert.cer
Dirent { name: 'example.com_index.html', [Symbol(type)]: 1 }
certificate1.cer
Dirent { name: 'features', [Symbol(type)]: 2 }
example.txt
Reference: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v12.x/docs/api/fs.html#fs_dirent_name
