Node.js, MongoDB, and AngularJS Web Development

Making and Removing Directories

At times you may need to implement a directory structure for files being stored by your Node.js application. The fs module provides the functionality to add and remove directories as necessary.

To add a directory from Node.js, use one of the following fs calls:

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fs.mkdir(path, [mode], callback)fs.mkdirSync(path, [mode])

The path can be absolute or relative. The optional mode parameter allows you to specify the access mode for the new directory.

The mkdirSync(path) function returns true or false, depending on whether the directory was successfully created. On the other hand, an asynchronous mkdir() call passes an error value to the callback function if an error is encountered when creating ...