node and Error: EMFILE, too many open files

Question

For some days I have searched for a working solution to an error

Error: EMFILE, too many open files

It seems that many people have the same proble

Answer 1

For anyone that might still be looking for solutions, using async-await worked fine for me:

fs.readdir(, async (err, filenames) => {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err);
    }

    try {
        for (let filename of filenames) {
            const fileContent = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
                fs.readFile(, 'utf-8', (err, content) => {
                    if (err) {
                        reject(err);
                    }
                    resolve(content);
                });
            });
            ... // do things with fileContent
        }
    } catch (err) {
        console.log(err);
    }
});