The
stats.uid property is an inbuilt application programming interface of the fs.Stats class is used to get the numeric (number / bigint) identity of the user to which the file belongs to.
Syntax:
stats.uid;
Return Value: It returns a number or BigInt value which represents the identity of the user that owns the file.
Below examples illustrate the use of stats.uid property in Node.js:
Example 1:
Output:
using stat: numeric identity of the user is 9932440
using lstat: numeric identity of the user is 9932440
using stat: numeric identity of the user is 9932440
using lstat: numeric identity of the user is 9932440
Example 2:
Output:
(node:14456) ExperimentalWarning: The fs.promises API
is experimental
using stat synchronous: numeric identity of the user is 9932440
Note: The above program will compile and run by using the
node filename.js command and use the file_path correctly. This API will work correctly for POSIX system. In other systems like WINDOWS it will return 0.
Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_stats_uid
