/*
This example shows synchronous execution, blocking code.
console.log(contents); blocks process and that's why
console.log('Do something else!'); must wait
Max file that didn't crash nodeJS had 350MB
*/
//load modules
var fs = require('fs');
//synchronous file reading
var content = fs.readFileSync('./testfiles/largefile350mb.txt', 'utf8');
console.log(content);
//here process is blocked while file is not read completely. After that next console.log(); continue
console.log('Do something else!');
/*
Conclusion: Due to asynchronous execution, first is file dumped then appear 'Do something else'.
That's because console.log('Do something else!'); waits fs.readFileSync('largefile350mb.txt', 'utf8'); to be finished.
*/
$ps -aux | grep node (list all node processes) sasa 1208 0.3 0.4 1309952 75536 ? Ssl 2025 1595:39 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-panel/server/index.js sasa 1236 0.5 0.6 11822388 99488 ? Ssl 2025 2519:51 node /home/sasa/mikosoft_hr/www-mikosoft-hr/server/index.js sasa 1257 0.3 0.4 1308260 73400 ? Ssl 2025 1614:58 node /home/sasa/mikosoft-info/www-mikosoft-info/server/index.js sasa 1289 0.3 0.4 1301856 69524 ? Ssl 2025 1591:06 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-kiosk/server/index.js sasa 1363 4.2 3.3 12267320 551956 ? Ssl 2025 20385:29 node /home/sasa/voovuu/voovuu-pub/server/index.js sasa 1886 7.6 4.2 12349736 691196 ? Rsl 2025 36841:49 node /home/sasa/mikosoft-info/crypto-mikosoft-info/server/index. sasa 1214480 0.3 0.7 22311168 123676 ? Ssl 2025 1398:21 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js sasa 1214483 0.3 0.3 1101568 63996 ? Ssl 2025 1285:17 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js sasa 1214536 0.3 0.3 1100804 64608 ? Ssl 2025 1283:34 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js sasa 1214544 0.3 0.3 1102568 65432 ? Ssl 2025 1294:09 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js sasa 1214588 0.3 0.3 1102340 65508 ? Ssl 2025 1287:37 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js sasa 1214617 0.3 0.4 1102208 65972 ? Ssl 2025 1283:00 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js sasa 1214641 0.3 0.3 1166184 63640 ? Ssl 2025 1274:31 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js sasa 1214671 0.3 0.3 1100640 63152 ? Ssl 2025 1268:22 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js sasa 1215731 0.9 0.7 11847236 124812 ? Ssl 2025 3503:48 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-api/starter.js sasa 1216489 0.3 0.3 1101560 64256 ? Ssl 2025 1283:37 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js sasa 1399960 0.8 0.6 11808484 111140 ? Ssl Apr20 1941:11 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-www/server/index.js sasa 1631573 0.5 0.5 1304480 82000 ? Ssl May31 826:14 node /home/sasa/.pm2/modules/pm2-logrotate/node_modules/pm2-logr sasa 1824679 0.4 0.5 11798848 85176 ? Ssl Aug15 250:34 node /home/sasa/kriptus/kriptus-panel/server/index.js www-data 1834520 0.0 0.0 2608 588 ? S 10:39 0:00 sh -c ps -aux | grep node www-data 1834522 0.0 0.0 3304 644 ? S 10:39 0:00 grep node sasa 2448036 1.3 2.1 12052516 357400 ? Ssl Aug21 610:11 node /home/sasa/miko/miko-hr/server/index.js sasa 2628167 0.7 0.7 1176284 130928 ? Ssl 2025 3653:26 node /home/sasa/voovuu/voovuu-api/starter.js sasa 2663246 2.3 0.7 11874888 128412 ? Ssl Aug23 1011:42 node /home/sasa/kriptus/kriptus-api/starter.js sasa 3168557 0.6 0.6 11828828 104772 ? Ssl 2025 2828:40 node /home/sasa/mikosoft-info/dodo-mikosoft-info/server/index.js sasa 3169051 0.5 0.5 11799488 82888 ? Ssl 2025 2330:22 node /home/sasa/@mikosoft/dodo-examples/server/index.js sasa 3264954 0.6 0.5 1332864 85760 ? Ssl Feb21 2126:08 node /home/sasa/mikosoft-info/api-mikosoft-info/starter.js sasa 3358795 0.6 0.5 1266136 87932 ? Ssl Aug29 220:43 node /home/sasa/miko/miko-hr/api/starter.js sasa 3809381 0.3 0.5 11805476 94420 ? Ssl Sep02 100:44 node /home/sasa/dex8/dex8-worker/starter.js