doc: synchronize argument names for appendFile()

The documentation used `file` for the first argument to `appendFile()`
functions. However, the code and (more importantly) thrown errors
referred to it as `path`. The latter is especially important because
context is not provided. So you're looking for a function that takes
`path` but that string doesn't appear in your code *or* in the
documentation. It's not until the end user looks at the source code of
Node.js that they can figure out what's going on. This is why it is
important that the names of variables in the documentation match that in
the code. If we want to change this to `file`, then that's OK, but we
need to do it in the source code and error messages too, not just in the
docs. Changing the docs is the smallest change to synchronize everything
so that's what this change does.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/20489
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 8ac0cf4833..644dde0500 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ try {
 }
 ```
 
-## fs.appendFile(file, data[, options], callback)
+## fs.appendFile(path, data[, options], callback)
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.6.7
 changes:
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ changes:
     description: The `file` parameter can be a file descriptor now.
 -->
 
-* `file` {string|Buffer|URL|number} filename or file descriptor
+* `path` {string|Buffer|URL|number} filename or file descriptor
 * `data` {string|Buffer}
 * `options` {Object|string}
   * `encoding` {string|null} **Default:** `'utf8'`
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ If `options` is a string, then it specifies the encoding. Example:
 fs.appendFile('message.txt', 'data to append', 'utf8', callback);
 ```
 
-The `file` may be specified as a numeric file descriptor that has been opened
+The `path` may be specified as a numeric file descriptor that has been opened
 for appending (using `fs.open()` or `fs.openSync()`). The file descriptor will
 not be closed automatically.
 
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ fs.open('message.txt', 'a', (err, fd) => {
 });
 ```
 
-## fs.appendFileSync(file, data[, options])
+## fs.appendFileSync(path, data[, options])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.6.7
 changes:
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ changes:
     description: The `file` parameter can be a file descriptor now.
 -->
 
-* `file` {string|Buffer|URL|number} filename or file descriptor
+* `path` {string|Buffer|URL|number} filename or file descriptor
 * `data` {string|Buffer}
 * `options` {Object|string}
   * `encoding` {string|null} **Default:** `'utf8'`
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ If `options` is a string, then it specifies the encoding. Example:
 fs.appendFileSync('message.txt', 'data to append', 'utf8');
 ```
 
-The `file` may be specified as a numeric file descriptor that has been opened
+The `path` may be specified as a numeric file descriptor that has been opened
 for appending (using `fs.open()` or `fs.openSync()`). The file descriptor will
 not be closed automatically.
 
@@ -3687,12 +3687,12 @@ condition, since other processes may change the file's state between the two
 calls. Instead, user code should open/read/write the file directly and handle
 the error raised if the file is not accessible.
 
-### fsPromises.appendFile(file, data[, options])
+### fsPromises.appendFile(path, data[, options])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v10.0.0
 -->
 
-* `file` {string|Buffer|URL|FileHandle} filename or `FileHandle`
+* `path` {string|Buffer|URL|FileHandle} filename or `FileHandle`
 * `data` {string|Buffer}
 * `options` {Object|string}
   * `encoding` {string|null} **Default:** `'utf8'`
@@ -3706,7 +3706,7 @@ resolved with no arguments upon success.
 
 If `options` is a string, then it specifies the encoding.
 
-The `file` may be specified as a `FileHandle` that has been opened
+The `path` may be specified as a `FileHandle` that has been opened
 for appending (using `fsPromises.open()`).
 
 ### fsPromises.chmod(path, mode)