i guess only by try and error. if you want to put the content of the file to json, you will use encoding anyway, because json is a text format. so, i don't know what kind of data is in the files, but i would just use utf8 and see if anything comes out of it.
Am Dienstag, 22. Januar 2013 11:54:14 UTC+1 schrieb Vladimir Starkov: > > How to detect if file is text or binary using Nodejs? > > > I need it to put file content in json and if file is text, I will use > encoding parameter in fs.readFile, and if the file is binary, I will read > it without encoding -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
