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January 14, 2023
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fs.readdir permission denied to read directory, but I can read files from directory

  • January 14, 2023
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const fs = require("fs");
const paths = fs.readdirSync("test");
console.log(paths);

above gives the error: "Permission denied to read  directory. Engine: UXPScript File: I (uxp://uxp-internal/webfs-scripts.js)"

The below works fine:

const fs = require("fs");
let txt = fs.readFileSync("test\\test.txt", {encoding: "utf-8"});
console.log(txt);

lstatSync gives [console] {"_info":{"isFile":false,"isDirectory":true}}
Giving it all possible permissions, and opening InDesign as admin didn't help.

I'm on Windows 10 Pro

 

Is there any other way to grep the content of the directory?

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Correct answer 琥珀 猫太郎

You may need to specify a "file:" scheme.
In my case the following UXP Script worked.

const myFs = require("fs");
const myFilesAndDirectoriesList  = myFs.readdirSync("file:C:/Users/user/Desktop");

 

 

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琥珀 猫太郎Correct answer
Inspiring
January 14, 2023

You may need to specify a "file:" scheme.
In my case the following UXP Script worked.

const myFs = require("fs");
const myFilesAndDirectoriesList  = myFs.readdirSync("file:C:/Users/user/Desktop");

 

 

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    Olga27210278vxwmAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    January 14, 2023

    Thank you very much! It works if I provide a full path.

    However, it reads files from the local path, but returns a blank error message and  "-4058" in the console if  I try local path to the folder like this:

    "file:test"
"file:\\test"
"file:test\\"
"file:\\test\\"

     What is "4085"? Is there any way around it?

    琥
    琥珀 猫太郎
    Inspiring
    January 15, 2023

    I don't know if local path can be used.

    You can get home directory path.

    require("fs").readdirSync(`file:${require("os").homedir()}/Desktop`);

     

     

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