Method description:
Synchronized version of fs.realpath() .
Grammar:
fs.realpathSync(path, [cache])
Since this method belongs to the fs module, the fs module needs to be introduced before use (var fs= require(“fs”) )
Receive parameters:
path Path
cache ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ Optionally, a literal mapped path can be used to force a specific path to be resolved or to avoid the need for extra fs.stat to know the real path object.
Example:
var fs = require('fs');
// The dot indicates the path of the current file
var str = fs.realpathSync('.');
console.log(str);
Source code:
fs.realpathSync = function realpathSync(p, cache) {
// make p is absolute
p = pathModule.resolve(p);
if (cache && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(cache, p)) {
return cache[p];
}
var original = p,
seenLinks = {},
knownHard = {};
// current character position in p
var pos;
// the partial path so far, including a trailing slash if any
var current;
// the partial path without a trailing slash (except when pointing at a root)
var base;
// the partial path scanned in the previous round, with slash
var previous;
start();
function start() {
// Skip over roots
var m = splitRootRe.exec(p);
pos = m[0].length;
current = m[0];
base = m[0];
previous = '';
// On windows, check that the root exists. On unix there is no need.
if (isWindows && !knownHard[base]) {
fs.lstatSync(base);
knownHard[base] = true;
}
}
// walk down the path, swapping out linked pathparts for their real
// values
// NB: p.length changes.
while (pos < p.length) {
// find the next part
nextPartRe.lastIndex = pos;
var result = nextPartRe.exec(p);
previous = current;
current = result[0];
base = previous result[1];
pos = nextPartRe.lastIndex;
// continue if not a symlink
if (knownHard[base] || (cache && cache[base] === base)) {
continue;
}
var resolvedLink;
if (cache && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(cache, base)) {
// some known symbolic link. no need to stat again.
resolvedLink = cache[base];
} else {
var stat = fs.lstatSync(base);
if (!stat.isSymbolicLink()) {
knownHard[base] = true;
if (cache) cache[base] = base;
continue;
}
// read the link if it wasn't read before
// dev/ino always return 0 on windows, so skip the check.
var linkTarget = null;
if (!isWindows) {
var id = stat.dev.toString(32) ':' stat.ino.toString(32);
if (seenLinks.hasOwnProperty(id)) {
linkTarget = seenLinks[id];
}
}
if (util.isNull(linkTarget)) {
fs.statSync(base);
linkTarget = fs.readlinkSync(base);
}
resolvedLink = pathModule.resolve(previous, linkTarget);
// track this, if given a cache.
if (cache) cache[base] = resolvedLink;
if (!isWindows) seenLinks[id] = linkTarget;
}
// resolve the link, then start over
p = pathModule.resolve(resolvedLink, p.slice(pos));
start();
}
if (cache) cache[original] = p;
return p;
};