Move File in ExpressJS/NodeJS

Question

I'm trying to move uploaded file from /tmp to home directory using NodeJS/ExpressJS:

fs.rename('/tmp/xxxxx', '/home/user/xxxxx', function(err){
    if (err) res.json(err);

console.log('done renaming');
});

But it didn't work and no error encountered. But when new path is also in /tmp, that will work.

Im using Ubuntu, home is in different partition. Any fix?

Thanks

Answer 1

This example taken from: Node.js in Action

A move() function that renames, if possible, or falls back to copying

var fs = require('fs');
module.exports = function move (oldPath, newPath, callback) {
fs.rename(oldPath, newPath, function (err) {
if (err) {
if (err.code === 'EXDEV') {
copy();
} else {
callback(err);
}
return;
}
callback();
});
function copy () {
var readStream = fs.createReadStream(oldPath);
var writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(newPath);
readStream.on('error', callback);
writeStream.on('error', callback);
readStream.on('close', function () {
fs.unlink(oldPath, callback);
});
readStream.pipe(writeStream);
}
}