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diff --git a/docs/guides/write-file/append.md b/docs/guides/write-file/append.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..40f534a62 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/guides/write-file/append.md @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +--- +name: Append content to a file +--- + +Bun implements the `node:fs` module, which includes the `fs.appendFile` and `fs.appendFileSync` functions for appending content to files. + +--- + +You can use `fs.appendFile` to asynchronously append data to a file, creating the file if it does not yet exist. The content can be a string or a `Buffer`. + +```ts +import { appendFile } from "node:fs/promises"; + +await appendFile("message.txt", "data to append"); +``` + +--- + +To use the non-`Promise` API: + +```ts +import { appendFile } from "node:fs"; + +appendFile("message.txt", "data to append", err => { + if (err) throw err; + console.log('The "data to append" was appended to file!'); +}); +``` + +--- + +To specify the encoding of the content: + +```js +import { appendFile } from "node:fs"; + +appendFile("message.txt", "data to append", "utf8", callback); +``` + +--- + +To append the data synchronously, use `fs.appendFileSync`: + +```ts +import { appendFileSync } from "node:fs"; + +appendFileSync("message.txt", "data to append", "utf8"); +``` + +--- + +See the [Node.js documentation](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fspromisesappendfilepath-data-options) for more information. |