File system snapshot - serialize and deserialize file system trees to binary (CBOR) or JSON format.
npm install @jsonjoy.com/fs-snapshot
fs moduleimport * as fs from 'fs';
import { toSnapshotSync, fromSnapshotSync } from '@jsonjoy.com/fs-snapshot';
// Create a snapshot of a directory
const snapshot = toSnapshotSync({ fs, path: '/path/to/directory' });
// Restore the snapshot to a different location
fromSnapshotSync(snapshot, { fs, path: '/path/to/restore' });
import * as fs from 'fs';
import { toSnapshot, fromSnapshot } from '@jsonjoy.com/fs-snapshot';
// Create a snapshot of a directory
const snapshot = await toSnapshot({ fs: fs.promises, path: '/path/to/directory' });
// Restore the snapshot to a different location
await fromSnapshot(snapshot, { fs: fs.promises, path: '/path/to/restore' });
Binary snapshots are more compact and faster to serialize/deserialize:
import * as fs from 'fs';
import { toBinarySnapshotSync, fromBinarySnapshotSync } from '@jsonjoy.com/fs-snapshot';
// Create a binary snapshot
const binary = toBinarySnapshotSync({ fs, path: '/path/to/directory' });
// Restore from binary snapshot
fromBinarySnapshotSync(binary, { fs, path: '/path/to/restore' });
JSON snapshots are human-readable and easier to debug:
import * as fs from 'fs';
import { toJsonSnapshotSync, fromJsonSnapshotSync } from '@jsonjoy.com/fs-snapshot';
// Create a JSON snapshot
const jsonSnapshot = toJsonSnapshotSync({ fs, path: '/path/to/directory' });
// Restore from JSON snapshot
fromJsonSnapshotSync(jsonSnapshot, { fs, path: '/path/to/restore' });
Snapshots are represented as tuples with the following structure:
[0, metadata, { entries }][1, metadata, Uint8Array][2, { target: string }]Apache-2.0