..:: Source code - fs-async2.js ::..

/*
Another way of writing fs-async.js
 */

//load modules
var fs = require('fs');


var callback = function(err, content){
	console.log(content);
}

//asynchronous file reading
fs.readFile('./testfiles/largefile200mb.txt', callback);

console.log('Do something else!');
 

..:: NodeJS Console - fs-async2.js ::..

$ node fs-async2.js
Do something else!
undefined
$ps -aux | grep node (list all node processes)
sasa         831  0.5  0.4 1301716 73012 ?       Ssl  Jun15   6:26 node /home/sasa/.pm2/modules/pm2-logrotate/node_modules/pm2-logr
sasa         843  0.4  0.6 11696264 99844 ?      Ssl  Jun15   5:51 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-api/starter.js
sasa         858  0.3  0.3 1032208 60824 ?       Ssl  Jun15   4:40 node /home/sasa/regoch/regoch-www/server
sasa         867  0.3  0.3 1292724 59376 ?       Ssl  Jun15   4:34 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-panel/server/index.js
sasa         886  0.7  0.5 11796276 83028 ?      Ssl  Jun15  10:16 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-www/server/index.js
sasa         888  0.3  0.4 11789848 74340 ?      Ssl  Jun15   4:55 node /home/sasa/mikosoft_hr/www-mikosoft-hr/server/index.js
sasa         904  0.6  0.4 1329612 81592 ?       Ssl  Jun15   8:20 node /home/sasa/mikosoft-info/api-mikosoft-info/starter.js
sasa         910  0.3  0.3 1296564 63968 ?       Ssl  Jun15   4:33 node /home/sasa/mikosoft-info/www-mikosoft-info/server/index.js
sasa         969  0.3  0.3 1027636 54464 ?       Ssl  Jun15   4:30 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-kiosk/server/index.js
sasa         970  0.4  0.5 11798440 85672 ?      Ssl  Jun15   6:14 node /home/sasa/mikosoft-info/dodo-mikosoft-info/server/index.js
sasa        1010  0.4  0.5 1137940 91828 ?       Ssl  Jun15   5:46 node /home/sasa/voovuu/voovuu-api/starter.js
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sasa        1242  0.3  0.4 22282012 80368 ?      Ssl  Jun15   4:52 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js
sasa        1323  0.3  0.3 1099356 63348 ?       Ssl  Jun15   4:41 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js
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sasa        1398  0.3  0.3 1099360 64044 ?       Ssl  Jun15   4:40 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js
sasa        1400  0.3  0.3 1099356 63916 ?       Ssl  Jun15   4:42 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js
sasa        1465  0.3  0.3 1099360 64020 ?       Ssl  Jun15   4:38 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js
sasa        1475  0.4  0.7 11837056 118952 ?     Ssl  Jun15   5:12 node /home/sasa/mikosoft-info/crypto-mikosoft-info/server/index.
www-data   64324  0.0  0.0   2608   600 ?        S    00:53   0:00 sh -c ps -aux | grep node
www-data   64326  0.0  0.0   3304   732 ?        S    00:53   0:00 grep node