@tauri-apps/plugin-fs

Access the file system.

Security

This module prevents path traversal, not allowing parent directory accessors to be used (i.e. “/usr/path/to/../file” or ”../path/to/file” paths are not allowed). Paths accessed with this API must be either relative to one of the base directories or created with the path API.

The API has a scope configuration that forces you to restrict the paths that can be accessed using glob patterns.

The scope configuration is an array of glob patterns describing file/directory paths that are allowed. For instance, this scope configuration allows all enabled fs APIs to (only) access files in the databases directory of the $APPDATA directory:

{
  "permissions": [
    {
      "identifier": "fs:scope",
      "allow": [{ "path": "$APPDATA/databases/*" }]
    }
  ]
}

Scopes can also be applied to specific fs APIs by using the API’s identifier instead of fs:scope:

{
  "permissions": [
    {
      "identifier": "fs:allow-exists",
      "allow": [{ "path": "$APPDATA/databases/*" }]
    }
  ]
}

Notice the use of the $APPDATA variable. The value is injected at runtime, resolving to the app data directory.

The available variables are: $APPCONFIG, $APPDATA, $APPLOCALDATA, $APPCACHE, $APPLOG, $AUDIO, $CACHE, $CONFIG, $DATA, $LOCALDATA, $DESKTOP, $DOCUMENT, $DOWNLOAD, $EXE, $FONT, $HOME, $PICTURE, $PUBLIC, $RUNTIME, $TEMPLATE, $VIDEO, $RESOURCE, $TEMP.

Trying to execute any API with a URL not configured on the scope results in a promise rejection due to denied access.

Enumerations

BaseDirectory

Since

2.0.0

Enumeration Members

AppCache

AppCache: 16;

Source: undefined

AppConfig

AppConfig: 13;

Source: undefined

AppData

AppData: 14;

Source: undefined

AppLocalData

AppLocalData: 15;

Source: undefined

AppLog

AppLog: 17;

Source: undefined

Audio

Audio: 1;

Source: undefined

Cache

Cache: 2;

Source: undefined

Config

Config: 3;

Source: undefined

Data

Data: 4;

Source: undefined

Desktop

Desktop: 18;

Source: undefined

Document

Document: 6;

Source: undefined

Download

Download: 7;

Source: undefined

Executable

Executable: 19;

Source: undefined

Font

Font: 20;

Source: undefined

Home

Home: 21;

Source: undefined

LocalData

LocalData: 5;

Source: undefined

Picture

Picture: 8;

Source: undefined

Public

Public: 9;

Source: undefined

Resource

Resource: 11;

Source: undefined

Runtime

Runtime: 22;

Source: undefined

Temp

Temp: 12;

Source: undefined

Template

Template: 23;

Source: undefined

Video

Video: 10;

Source: undefined

---

SeekMode

Enumeration Members

Current

Current: 1;

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L80

End

End: 2;

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L81

Start

Start: 0;

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L79

Classes

FileHandle

The Tauri abstraction for reading and writing files.

Since

2.0.0

Extends

• Resource

Constructors

new FileHandle()

new FileHandle(rid): FileHandle

Parameters

Parameter	Type
rid	number

Returns

FileHandle

Inherited from

Resource.constructor

Source: undefined

Accessors

rid

Get Signature

get rid(): number

Returns

number

Inherited from

Resource.rid

Source: undefined

Methods

close()

close(): Promise<void>

Destroys and cleans up this resource from memory. You should not call any method on this object anymore and should drop any reference to it.

Returns

Promise<void>

Inherited from

Resource.close

Source: undefined

read()

read(buffer): Promise<null | number>

Reads up to p.byteLength bytes into p. It resolves to the number of bytes read (0 < n <= p.byteLength) and rejects if any error encountered. Even if read() resolves to n < p.byteLength, it may use all of p as scratch space during the call. If some data is available but not p.byteLength bytes, read() conventionally resolves to what is available instead of waiting for more.

When read() encounters end-of-file condition, it resolves to EOF (null).

When read() encounters an error, it rejects with an error.

Callers should always process the n > 0 bytes returned before considering the EOF (null). Doing so correctly handles I/O errors that happen after reading some bytes and also both of the allowed EOF behaviors.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
buffer	Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike>

Returns

Promise<null | number>

Example

import { open, BaseDirectory } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-fs"
// if "$APPCONFIG/foo/bar.txt" contains the text "hello world":
const file = await open("foo/bar.txt", { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppConfig });
const buf = new Uint8Array(100);
const numberOfBytesRead = await file.read(buf); // 11 bytes
const text = new TextDecoder().decode(buf);  // "hello world"
await file.close();

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L313

seek()

seek(offset, whence): Promise<number>

Seek sets the offset for the next read() or write() to offset, interpreted according to whence: Start means relative to the start of the file, Current means relative to the current offset, and End means relative to the end. Seek resolves to the new offset relative to the start of the file.

Seeking to an offset before the start of the file is an error. Seeking to any positive offset is legal, but the behavior of subsequent I/O operations on the underlying object is implementation-dependent. It returns the number of cursor position.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
offset	number
whence	SeekMode

Returns

Promise<number>

Example

import { open, SeekMode, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';

// Given hello.txt pointing to file with "Hello world", which is 11 bytes long:
const file = await open('hello.txt', { read: true, write: true, truncate: true, create: true, baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
await file.write(new TextEncoder().encode("Hello world"));

// Seek 6 bytes from the start of the file
console.log(await file.seek(6, SeekMode.Start)); // "6"
// Seek 2 more bytes from the current position
console.log(await file.seek(2, SeekMode.Current)); // "8"
// Seek backwards 2 bytes from the end of the file
console.log(await file.seek(-2, SeekMode.End)); // "9" (e.g. 11-2)

await file.close();

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L368

stat()

stat(): Promise<FileInfo>

Returns a FileInfo for this file.

Returns

Promise<FileInfo>

Example

import { open, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const file = await open("file.txt", { read: true, baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
const fileInfo = await file.stat();
console.log(fileInfo.isFile); // true
await file.close();

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L390

truncate()

truncate(len?): Promise<void>

Truncates or extends this file, to reach the specified len. If len is not specified then the entire file contents are truncated.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
len?	number

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

import { open, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';

// truncate the entire file
const file = await open("my_file.txt", { read: true, write: true, create: true, baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
await file.truncate();

// truncate part of the file
const file = await open("my_file.txt", { read: true, write: true, create: true, baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
await file.write(new TextEncoder().encode("Hello World"));
await file.truncate(7);
const data = new Uint8Array(32);
await file.read(data);
console.log(new TextDecoder().decode(data)); // Hello W
await file.close();

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L422

write()

write(data): Promise<number>

Writes p.byteLength bytes from p to the underlying data stream. It resolves to the number of bytes written from p (0 <= n <= p.byteLength) or reject with the error encountered that caused the write to stop early. write() must reject with a non-null error if would resolve to n < p.byteLength. write() must not modify the slice data, even temporarily.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
data	Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike>

Returns

Promise<number>

Example

import { open, write, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const encoder = new TextEncoder();
const data = encoder.encode("Hello world");
const file = await open("bar.txt", { write: true, baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
const bytesWritten = await file.write(data); // 11
await file.close();

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L449

Interfaces

CopyFileOptions

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
fromPathBaseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for fromPath.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L585
toPathBaseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for toPath.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L587

---

CreateOptions

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
baseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for path	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L462

---

DebouncedWatchOptions

Since

2.0.0

Extends

• WatchOptions

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Inherited from	Defined in
baseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for path	WatchOptions.baseDir	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1132
delayMs?	number	Debounce delay	-	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1140
recursive?	boolean	Watch a directory recursively	WatchOptions.recursive	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1130

---

DirEntry

A disk entry which is either a file, a directory or a symlink.

This is the result of the readDir.

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
isDirectory	boolean	Specifies whether this entry is a directory or not.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L676
isFile	boolean	Specifies whether this entry is a file or not.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L678
isSymlink	boolean	Specifies whether this entry is a symlink or not.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L680
name	string	The name of the entry (file name with extension or directory name).	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L674

---

ExistsOptions

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
baseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for path.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1097

---

FileInfo

A FileInfo describes a file and is returned by stat, lstat or fstat.

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
atime	null | Date	The last access time of the file. This corresponds to the atime field from stat on Unix and ftLastAccessTime on Windows. This may not be available on all platforms.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L120
birthtime	null | Date	The creation time of the file. This corresponds to the birthtime field from stat on Mac/BSD and ftCreationTime on Windows. This may not be available on all platforms.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L126
blksize	null | number	Blocksize for filesystem I/O. #### Platform-specific - Windows: Unsupported.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L203
blocks	null | number	Number of blocks allocated to the file, in 512-byte units. #### Platform-specific - Windows: Unsupported.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L211
dev	null | number	ID of the device containing the file. #### Platform-specific - Windows: Unsupported.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L146
fileAttributes	null | number	This field contains the file system attribute information for a file or directory. For possible values and their descriptions, see File Attribute Constants in the Windows Dev Center #### Platform-specific - macOS / Linux / Android / iOS: Unsupported.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L138
gid	null | number	Group ID of the owner of this file. #### Platform-specific - Windows: Unsupported.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L187
ino	null | number	Inode number. #### Platform-specific - Windows: Unsupported.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L154
isDirectory	boolean	True if this is info for a regular directory. Mutually exclusive to FileInfo.isFile and FileInfo.isSymlink.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L99
isFile	boolean	True if this is info for a regular file. Mutually exclusive to FileInfo.isDirectory and FileInfo.isSymlink.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L94
isSymlink	boolean	True if this is info for a symlink. Mutually exclusive to FileInfo.isFile and FileInfo.isDirectory.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L104
mode	null | number	The underlying raw st_mode bits that contain the standard Unix permissions for this file/directory. #### Platform-specific - Windows: Unsupported.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L163
mtime	null | Date	The last modification time of the file. This corresponds to the mtime field from stat on Linux/Mac OS and ftLastWriteTime on Windows. This may not be available on all platforms.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L114
nlink	null | number	Number of hard links pointing to this file. #### Platform-specific - Windows: Unsupported.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L171
rdev	null | number	Device ID of this file. #### Platform-specific - Windows: Unsupported.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L195
readonly	boolean	Whether this is a readonly (unwritable) file.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L128
size	number	The size of the file, in bytes.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L108
uid	null | number	User ID of the owner of this file. #### Platform-specific - Windows: Unsupported.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L179

---

MkdirOptions

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
baseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for path	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L630
mode?	number	Permissions to use when creating the directory (defaults to 0o777, before the process’s umask). Ignored on Windows.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L624
recursive?	boolean	Defaults to false. If set to true, means that any intermediate directories will also be created (as with the shell command mkdir -p).	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L628

---

OpenOptions

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
append?	boolean	Sets the option for the append mode. This option, when true, means that writes will append to a file instead of overwriting previous contents. Note that setting { write: true, append: true } has the same effect as setting only { append: true }.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L517
baseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for path	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L545
create?	boolean	Sets the option to allow creating a new file, if one doesn’t already exist at the specified path. Requires write or append access to be used.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L530
createNew?	boolean	Defaults to false. If set to true, no file, directory, or symlink is allowed to exist at the target location. Requires write or append access to be used. When createNew is set to true, create and truncate are ignored.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L537
mode?	number	Permissions to use if creating the file (defaults to 0o666, before the process’s umask). Ignored on Windows.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L543
read?	boolean	Sets the option for read access. This option, when true, means that the file should be read-able if opened.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L503
truncate?	boolean	Sets the option for truncating a previous file. If a file is successfully opened with this option set it will truncate the file to 0 size if it already exists. The file must be opened with write access for truncate to work.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L524
write?	boolean	Sets the option for write access. This option, when true, means that the file should be write-able if opened. If the file already exists, any write calls on it will overwrite its contents, by default without truncating it.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L510

---

ReadDirOptions

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
baseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for path	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L662

---

ReadFileOptions

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
baseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for path	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L724

---

RemoveOptions

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
baseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for path	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L840
recursive?	boolean	Defaults to false. If set to true, path will be removed even if it’s a non-empty directory.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L838

---

RenameOptions

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
newPathBaseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for newPath.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L876
oldPathBaseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for oldPath.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L874

---

StatOptions

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
baseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for path.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L918

---

TruncateOptions

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
baseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for path.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L977

---

WatchEvent

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Defined in
attrs	unknown	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1149
paths	string[]	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1148
type	WatchEventKind	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1147

---

WatchOptions

Since

2.0.0

Extended by

• DebouncedWatchOptions

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
baseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for path	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1132
recursive?	boolean	Watch a directory recursively	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1130

---

WriteFileOptions

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
append?	boolean	Defaults to false. If set to true, will append to a file instead of overwriting previous contents.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1021
baseDir?	BaseDirectory	Base directory for path	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1029
create?	boolean	Sets the option to allow creating a new file, if one doesn’t already exist at the specified path (defaults to true).	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1023
createNew?	boolean	Sets the option to create a new file, failing if it already exists.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1025
mode?	number	File permissions. Ignored on Windows.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1027

Type Aliases

UnwatchFn()

type UnwatchFn: () => void;

Returns

void

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1213

---

WatchEventKind

type WatchEventKind:
  | "any"
  | object
  | object
  | object
  | object
  | "other";

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1155

---

WatchEventKindAccess

type WatchEventKindAccess: object | object | object | object;

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1166

---

WatchEventKindCreate

type WatchEventKindCreate: object | object | object | object;

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1175

---

WatchEventKindModify

type WatchEventKindModify:
  | object
  | object
  | object
  | object
  | object;

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1184

---

WatchEventKindRemove

type WatchEventKindRemove: object | object | object | object;

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1204

Functions

copyFile()

function copyFile(
   fromPath,
   toPath,
options?): Promise<void>

Copies the contents and permissions of one file to another specified path, by default creating a new file if needed, else overwriting.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
fromPath	string | URL
toPath	string | URL
options?	CopyFileOptions

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

import { copyFile, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
await copyFile('app.conf', 'app.conf.bk', { fromPathBaseDir: BaseDirectory.AppConfig, toPathBaseDir: BaseDirectory.AppConfig });

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L600

---

create()

function create(path, options?): Promise<FileHandle>

Creates a file if none exists or truncates an existing file and resolves to an instance of FileHandle.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
options?	CreateOptions

Returns

Promise<FileHandle>

Example

import { create, BaseDirectory } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-fs"
const file = await create("foo/bar.txt", { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppConfig });
await file.write(new TextEncoder().encode("Hello world"));
await file.close();

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L479

---

exists()

function exists(path, options?): Promise<boolean>

Check if a path exists.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
options?	ExistsOptions

Returns

Promise<boolean>

Example

import { exists, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
// Check if the `$APPDATA/avatar.png` file exists
await exists('avatar.png', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppData });

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1111

---

lstat()

function lstat(path, options?): Promise<FileInfo>

Resolves to a FileInfo for the specified path. If path is a symlink, information for the symlink will be returned instead of what it points to.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
options?	StatOptions

Returns

Promise<FileInfo>

Example

import { lstat, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const fileInfo = await lstat("hello.txt", { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
console.log(fileInfo.isFile); // true

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L960

---

mkdir()

function mkdir(path, options?): Promise<void>

Creates a new directory with the specified path.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
options?	MkdirOptions

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

import { mkdir, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
await mkdir('users', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L643

---

open()

function open(path, options?): Promise<FileHandle>

Open a file and resolve to an instance of FileHandle. The file does not need to previously exist if using the create or createNew open options. It is the callers responsibility to close the file when finished with it.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
options?	OpenOptions

Returns

Promise<FileHandle>

Example

import { open, BaseDirectory } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-fs"
const file = await open("foo/bar.txt", { read: true, write: true, baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
// Do work with file
await file.close();

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L564

---

readDir()

function readDir(path, options?): Promise<DirEntry[]>

Reads the directory given by path and returns an array of DirEntry.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
options?	ReadDirOptions

Returns

Promise<DirEntry[]>

Example

import { readDir, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
import { join } from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
const dir = "users"
const entries = await readDir('users', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
processEntriesRecursively(dir, entries);
async function processEntriesRecursively(parent, entries) {
  for (const entry of entries) {
    console.log(`Entry: ${entry.name}`);
    if (entry.isDirectory) {
       const dir = await join(parent, entry.name);
      processEntriesRecursively(dir, await readDir(dir, { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData }))
    }
  }
}

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L705

---

readFile()

function readFile(path, options?): Promise<Uint8Array>

Reads and resolves to the entire contents of a file as an array of bytes. TextDecoder can be used to transform the bytes to string if required.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
options?	ReadFileOptions

Returns

Promise<Uint8Array>

Example

import { readFile, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const contents = await readFile('avatar.png', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.Resource });

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L738

---

readTextFile()

function readTextFile(path, options?): Promise<string>

Reads and returns the entire contents of a file as UTF-8 string.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
options?	ReadFileOptions

Returns

Promise<string>

Example

import { readTextFile, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const contents = await readTextFile('app.conf', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppConfig });

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L764

---

readTextFileLines()

function readTextFileLines(path, options?): Promise<AsyncIterableIterator<string>>

Returns an async AsyncIterableIterator over the lines of a file as UTF-8 string.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
options?	ReadFileOptions

Returns

Promise<AsyncIterableIterator<string>>

Example

import { readTextFileLines, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const lines = await readTextFileLines('app.conf', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppConfig });
for await (const line of lines) {
  console.log(line);
}

You could also call AsyncIterableIterator.next to advance the iterator so you can lazily read the next line whenever you want.

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L793

---

remove()

function remove(path, options?): Promise<void>

Removes the named file or directory. If the directory is not empty and the recursive option isn’t set to true, the promise will be rejected.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
options?	RemoveOptions

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

import { remove, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
await remove('users/file.txt', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
await remove('users', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L855

---

rename()

function rename(
   oldPath,
   newPath,
options?): Promise<void>

Renames (moves) oldpath to newpath. Paths may be files or directories. If newpath already exists and is not a directory, rename() replaces it. OS-specific restrictions may apply when oldpath and newpath are in different directories.

On Unix, this operation does not follow symlinks at either path.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
oldPath	string | URL
newPath	string | URL
options?	RenameOptions

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

import { rename, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
await rename('avatar.png', 'deleted.png', { oldPathBaseDir: BaseDirectory.App, newPathBaseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L894

---

stat()

function stat(path, options?): Promise<FileInfo>

Resolves to a FileInfo for the specified path. Will always follow symlinks but will reject if the symlink points to a path outside of the scope.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
options?	StatOptions

Returns

Promise<FileInfo>

Example

import { stat, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const fileInfo = await stat("hello.txt", { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
console.log(fileInfo.isFile); // true

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L934

---

truncate()

function truncate(
   path,
   len?,
options?): Promise<void>

Truncates or extends the specified file, to reach the specified len. If len is 0 or not specified, then the entire file contents are truncated.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
len?	number
options?	TruncateOptions

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

import { truncate, readTextFile, writeTextFile, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
// truncate the entire file
await truncate("my_file.txt", 0, { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });

// truncate part of the file
const filePath = "file.txt";
await writeTextFile(filePath, "Hello World", { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
await truncate(filePath, 7, { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
const data = await readTextFile(filePath, { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });
console.log(data);  // "Hello W"

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1000

---

watch()

function watch(
   paths,
   cb,
options?): Promise<UnwatchFn>

Watch changes (after a delay) on files or directories.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
paths	string | URL | string[] | URL[]
cb	(event) => void
options?	DebouncedWatchOptions

Returns

Promise<UnwatchFn>

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1224

---

watchImmediate()

function watchImmediate(
   paths,
   cb,
options?): Promise<UnwatchFn>

Watch changes on files or directories.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
paths	string | URL | string[] | URL[]
cb	(event) => void
options?	WatchOptions

Returns

Promise<UnwatchFn>

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1262

---

writeFile()

function writeFile(
   path,
   data,
options?): Promise<void>

Write data to the given path, by default creating a new file if needed, else overwriting.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
data	Uint8Array<ArrayBufferLike>
options?	WriteFileOptions

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

import { writeFile, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';

let encoder = new TextEncoder();
let data = encoder.encode("Hello World");
await writeFile('file.txt', data, { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1045

---

writeTextFile()

function writeTextFile(
   path,
   data,
options?): Promise<void>

Writes UTF-8 string data to the given path, by default creating a new file if needed, else overwriting.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string | URL
data	string
options?	WriteFileOptions

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

import { writeTextFile, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';

await writeTextFile('file.txt', "Hello world", { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/plugins-workspace/blob/v2/plugins/fs/guest-js/index.ts#L1073