I am trying to see if a file exists locally like this:
if (exec(`-f ~/.config/myApp/bookmarks.json`)) {
console.log('exists')
} else {
console.log('does not')
}
However, I get exists in the console whether the file exists or not
You should import the fs module into your code.
If you're running on the mainprocess, then do a simple const fs = require('fs'); but if you're on the renderer process then run const fs = require('electron').remote.require('fs')
Then with the fs module you can run a simple exists method on the file:
if (fs.existsSync(`~/.config/myApp/bookmarks.json`)) {
console.log('exists')
} else {
console.log('does not')
}
Although you really should check for this asynchronously:
fs.access(`~/.config/myApp/bookmarks.json`, (err) => {
if (err) {
console.log('does not exist')
} else {
console.log('exists')
}
})
