Move File in ExpressJS/NodeJS

Question

I\'m trying to move uploaded file from /tmp to home directory using NodeJS/ExpressJS:

fs.rename(\'/tmp/xxxxx\', \'/home/user/xxxxx\         


        

Answer 1

Yes, fs.rename does not move file between two different disks/partitions. This is the correct behaviour. fs.rename provides identical functionality to rename(2) in linux.

Read the related issue posted here.

To get what you want, you would have to do something like this:

var source = fs.createReadStream('/path/to/source');
var dest = fs.createWriteStream('/path/to/dest');

source.pipe(dest);
source.on('end', function() { /* copied */ });
source.on('error', function(err) { /* error */ });