Deleting a file asynchronously using nodejs | Node.js Code Snippet

Deleting a file asynchronously using node.js

Overview

Deleting a file asynchronously using fs.unlink method of fs module of node.js

Code

													
//Name of the file : deletefile-async.js
var fs = require('fs');
var filename = 'assets/content.txt';
fs.unlink(filename, (err) => {
	if (err) 
		throw err;
	console.log('File deleted successfully');
});

Run

Now run the snippet using the following command :

													
>node deletefile-async.js
File deleted successfully