chapter 2: initial samples

Chapter02/fetching-metadata/chmod-octal.js

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+'use strict'
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const file = './file.txt';
+
+fs.chmodSync("./file.txt", 0o664);

Chapter02/fetching-metadata/chmod.js

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+'use strict'
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const file = './file.txt';
+
+fs.chmodSync("./file.txt",
+    fs.constants.S_IRUSR | fs.constants.S_IWUSR |
+    fs.constants.S_IRGRP | fs.constants.S_IWGRP |
+    fs.constants.S_IROTH);

Chapter02/fetching-metadata/metadata.js

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+const fs = require('fs');
+const file = process.argv[2];
+
+function printMetadata(file) {
+    const fileStats = fs.statSync(file);
+    console.log(fileStats);
+};
+
+printMetadata(file);

Chapter02/fetching-metadata/metadata2.js

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+const fs = require('fs');
+const file = process.argv[2];
+
+function printMetadata(file) {
+    try {
+        const fileStats = fs.statSync(file);
+        console.log(fileStats);
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error("Error reading file path:", file);
+    }
+};
+
+printMetadata(file);