bf - a nodejs file descriptor abstraction that you can use with Buffer signatures.

Motivation

The stream API cannot seek easily, bl works fine, but load all your file in memory (that i cannot afford). The fs API is "good enough" yet i need the buffer signatures (readUInt & co) - hence bufferfile.

API/example

const bf = require('bf');

  //opens file descriptor
var file = new bf('somefile.txt', 'r');

  //read an int from fd
var int = file.readInt32BE(1024);

Extra signatures

• buffer.close() - close the fd (!)

bufferfile provide an internal offset so you can

• buffer.seek(pos)
• all readXX are based on the internal offet (as default default)
• all readXX are doubled with "consumeXX" signature that'll make the internal offset walk

Credits

• 131 - author
• Joshua Holbrook who gave me the package name
• bl - good complementary