test/parallel/test-fs-watchfile-bigint.js

'use strict';
const common = require('../common');

const assert = require('assert');
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');

const enoentFile = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'non-existent-file');
const expectedStatObject = new fs.Stats(
  0n,                                        // dev
  0n,                                        // mode
  0n,                                        // nlink
  0n,                                        // uid
  0n,                                        // gid
  0n,                                        // rdev
  0n,                                        // blksize
  0n,                                        // ino
  0n,                                        // size
  0n,                                        // blocks
  0n,                                        // atim_msec
  0n,                                        // mtim_msec
  0n,                                        // ctim_msec
  0n                                         // birthtim_msec
);

tmpdir.refresh();

// If the file initially didn't exist, and gets created at a later point of
// time, the callback should be invoked again with proper values in stat object
let fileExists = false;
const options = { interval: 0, bigint: true };

const watcher =
  fs.watchFile(enoentFile, options, common.mustCall((curr, prev) => {
    if (!fileExists) {
      // If the file does not exist, all the fields should be zero and the date
      // fields should be UNIX EPOCH time
      assert.deepStrictEqual(curr, expectedStatObject);
      assert.deepStrictEqual(prev, expectedStatObject);
      // Create the file now, so that the callback will be called back once the
      // event loop notices it.
      fs.closeSync(fs.openSync(enoentFile, 'w'));
      fileExists = true;
    } else {
      // If the ino (inode) value is greater than zero, it means that the file
      // is present in the filesystem and it has a valid inode number.
      assert(curr.ino > 0n);
      // As the file just got created, previous ino value should be lesser than
      // or equal to zero (non-existent file).
      assert(prev.ino <= 0n);
      // Stop watching the file
      fs.unwatchFile(enoentFile);
      watcher.stop();  // Stopping a stopped watcher should be a noop
    }
  }, 2));

// 'stop' should only be emitted once - stopping a stopped watcher should
// not trigger a 'stop' event.
watcher.on('stop', common.mustCall(function onStop() {}));

watcher.start();  // Starting a started watcher should be a noop