Commit 8651ea8
doc,fs: update description of fs.stat() method
PR-URL: #47654
Fixes: #47633
Reviewed-By: Darshan Sen <raisinten@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Mohammed Keyvanzadeh <mohammadkeyvanzade94@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Yagiz Nizipli <yagiz@nizipli.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Daeyeon Jeong <daeyeon.dev@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: LiviaMedeiros <livia@cirno.name>1 parent d4eecb5 commit 8651ea8
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@@ -4066,6 +4066,9 @@ Asynchronous stat(2). The callback gets two arguments `(err, stats)` where | |||
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| 4067 | 4067 | In case of an error, the `err.code` will be one of [Common System Errors][]. | |
| 4068 | 4068 | ||
| 4069 | + [`fs.stat()`][] follows symbolic links. Use [`fs.lstat()`][] to look at the | ||
| 4070 | + links themselves. | ||
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| 4069 | 4072 | Using `fs.stat()` to check for the existence of a file before calling | |
| 4070 | 4073 | `fs.open()`, `fs.readFile()`, or `fs.writeFile()` is not recommended. | |
| 4071 | 4074 | Instead, user code should open/read/write the file directly and handle the | |
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