The problem is that you aren't using readFileSync correctly: it returns the result of the read, so instead of:
fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/' + filename, 'ascii', function (err, readData) {
…
};
… you should do:
readData = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/' + filename, 'ascii);
-Matt
On Apr 1, 2012, at 6:53 PM, Matthew Hazlett wrote:
> Unfortunately, that did not solve the problem.
>
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>> Charlie McConnell Sunday, April 01, 2012 6:18 PM
>> did you just leave out the callback to your fs.writeFile, or did you not
>> provide one? If you're using fs.readFile - an asynchronous method - and not
>> providing a callback, that whole thing will be a race condition for you.
>> Either use fs.readFileSync, or provide a callback and don't try to access
>> the file until the callback.
>>
>>
>>
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>> Matthew Hazlett Sunday, April 01, 2012 6:14 PM
>> It already is a string. I just don't get it :-(
>>
>> Marak Squires Sunday, April 01, 2012 6:11 PM
>> Maybe try:
>>
>> JSON.parse(data.toString())
>>
>> ?
>>
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>> Matthew Hazlett Sunday, April 01, 2012 6:09 PM
>> I have traced the error to the JSON statement.
>>
>> when I return JSON.parse(data) ; it blows up with an unexpected end of file.
>>
>> When I console.log(JSON.parse(data)); it works fine. I'm confused!
>>
>>
>>
>> Matthew Hazlett Sunday, April 01, 2012 4:25 PM
>> This throws an error unexpected end of file.
>>
>> fs.readFile(__dirname + '/' + filename, function (err, data) {
>> if (err) throw err;
>> console.log(data);
>> });
>>
>> This is a oneline file created by:
>>
>> fs.writeFile(__dirname + '/' + filename, JSON.stringify(data));
>>
>> The file exists and the permissions are fine. Whats wrong?
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