Ah, I didn't know that was a thing! That sounds like the thing I most
likely want. (Underlying OS differences are less likely to matter for these
cases.)

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 2:03 PM Alon Zakai <[email protected]> wrote:

> Another option is NODERAWFS. That just lets the code access the filesystem
> directly through node's APIs.
>
> The main problem there is that node filesystem commands can behave
> differently on different OSes (because of underlying OS differences,
> probably, but could also be node oddities I guess). If you avoid corner
> cases though then this mode can work well.
>
> - Alon
>
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 11:56 AM 'Steven Johnson' via emscripten-discuss <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have a bunch of pre-existing tests and benchmarks written in vanilla
>> C++ that load images (png, jpeg, etc) from the local filesystem as part of
>> their normal operation. I'm now cross-compiling them into wasm using
>> emscripten, and running them in a wasm-enabled shell (d8 or Node); what
>> options do I have that will minimize the amount of editing I need to do to
>> each test?
>>
>> Based on what I've read so far:
>>
>>    - I could modify my Makefiles to use --embed_file when building each
>>    test. Pro: the tests can work without editing the C++ source. Con: build
>>    time is extremely slow; doesn't allow any test outputs or byproducts to be
>>    easily written to local filesystem (e.g for debugging)
>>    - If I require Node instead of d8, I could use FS.mount(NODEFS) to
>>    map the local filesystem in a way that the wasm code can see. Pros:
>>    actually provides file access and file output. Cons: requires adding
>>    awkward boilerplate to every test I want to run in this environment;
>>    requires Node rather than d8
>>
>> Are there other options I'm missing? (Fortunately, running these tests in
>> a browser environment isn't yet a requirement, though it may be eventually.)
>>
>> (A close-enough-to-ideal solution for me would be if Node allowed some
>> commandline / config setup that did the filesystem mapping automatically;
>> if such a thing exists, I haven't found it, but I am a newcomer to Node so
>> could have easily missed it.)
>>
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