fs-backwards-stream

exact same api as fs.createReadStream except reads chunks backwards. similar to fs-reverse except doesnt parse lines.

Stream data from start to end. if start is less than end they are switched rather then just not being useful.

var backwardsStream = require('fs-backwards-stream')
 
var s = backwardsStream(filename)
 
s.on('data',function(buf){
  console.log(buf.toString());
})
 

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start of file  <---- end of file

options

• start

  • where to start reading. defaults to the end of the file

• end

  • where to stop reading. defaults to 0. ie i start from 1000 and stop at 10

• block

  • number of bytes to read at a time (default: 1024 bytes)

• shorterFirst

  • if the filesize is not a multiple of the blocksize, make the first block read (from the nd of the file) shorter, instead of the last (in the beginning of the file) (default: false)