Create an empty file in Node.js?

Question

For now I use

fs.openSync(filepath, \'a\')

But it\'s a little tricky. Is there a \'standard\' way to create an empty file in Node.js?

Answer 1

If you want it to be just like the UNIX touch I would use what you have fs.openSync(filepath, 'a') otherwise the 'w' will overwrite the file if it already exists and 'wx' will fail if it already exists. But you want to update the file's mtime, so use 'a' and append nothing.