get-mode

A Node.js module to get a file mode

const getMode = require('get-mode');

(async () => {
  const mode = getMode('index.js'); //=> 33188
  mode.toString(8); //=> '100644'
})();

Installation

Use npm.

npm install get-mode

API

const getMode = require('get-mode');

getMode(path [, option])

path: string Buffer URL (file, directory or symbolic link path)
option: Object
Return: Promise<Integer>

option.followSymlinks

Type: boolean
Default: false

Whether to resolve all symbolic links before checking the mode, or get the mode of the symbolic link file itself.

(async () => {
  (await getMode('./symlink-to-directory')).toString(8);
  //=> '120755'

  (await getMode('./symlink-to-directory', {followSymlinks: true})).toString(8);
  //=> '40755'
})();

License

ISC License © 2017 Shinnosuke Watanabe