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-rw-r--r--doc/api/fs.md12
-rw-r--r--lib/internal/fs/streams.js8
-rw-r--r--test/parallel/test-file-write-stream3.js18
3 files changed, 26 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 523520b223..53a504f3ec 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -1470,9 +1470,11 @@ returned by this method has a default `highWaterMark` of 64 kb.
`options` can include `start` and `end` values to read a range of bytes from
the file instead of the entire file. Both `start` and `end` are inclusive and
-start counting at 0. If `fd` is specified and `start` is omitted or `undefined`,
-`fs.createReadStream()` reads sequentially from the current file position.
-The `encoding` can be any one of those accepted by [`Buffer`][].
+start counting at 0, allowed values are in the
+[0, [`Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER`][]] range. If `fd` is specified and `start` is
+omitted or `undefined`, `fs.createReadStream()` reads sequentially from the
+current file position. The `encoding` can be any one of those accepted by
+[`Buffer`][].
If `fd` is specified, `ReadStream` will ignore the `path` argument and will use
the specified file descriptor. This means that no `'open'` event will be
@@ -1548,7 +1550,8 @@ changes:
* Returns: {fs.WriteStream} See [Writable Stream][].
`options` may also include a `start` option to allow writing data at
-some position past the beginning of the file. Modifying a file rather
+some position past the beginning of the file, allowed values are in the
+[0, [`Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER`][]] range. Modifying a file rather
than replacing it may require a `flags` mode of `r+` rather than the
default mode `w`. The `encoding` can be any one of those accepted by
[`Buffer`][].
@@ -4953,3 +4956,4 @@ the file contents.
[chcp]: https://ss64.com/nt/chcp.html
[inode]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inode
[support of file system `flags`]: #fs_file_system_flags
+[`Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number/MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/streams.js b/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
index 501c9ee4d2..7174990ebb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
@@ -243,13 +243,7 @@ function WriteStream(path, options) {
this.closed = false;
if (this.start !== undefined) {
- if (typeof this.start !== 'number') {
- throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('start', 'number', this.start);
- }
- if (this.start < 0) {
- const errVal = `{start: ${this.start}}`;
- throw new ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE('start', '>= 0', errVal);
- }
+ checkPosition(this.start, 'start');
this.pos = this.start;
}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream3.js b/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream3.js
index db16318a5c..618fbdf884 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream3.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-file-write-stream3.js
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ function run_test_3() {
assert.strictEqual(fileData, fileDataExpected_3);
run_test_4();
+ run_test_5();
});
file.on('error', function(err) {
@@ -184,7 +185,22 @@ const run_test_4 = common.mustCall(function() {
const err = {
code: 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE',
message: 'The value of "start" is out of range. ' +
- 'It must be >= 0. Received {start: -5}',
+ 'It must be >= 0 and <= 2 ** 53 - 1. Received -5',
+ type: RangeError
+ };
+ common.expectsError(fn, err);
+});
+
+
+const run_test_5 = common.mustCall(function() {
+ // Error: start must be <= 2 ** 53 - 1
+ const fn = () => {
+ fs.createWriteStream(filepath, { start: 2 ** 53, flags: 'r+' });
+ };
+ const err = {
+ code: 'ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE',
+ message: 'The value of "start" is out of range. ' +
+ 'It must be >= 0 and <= 2 ** 53 - 1. Received 9007199254740992',
type: RangeError
};
common.expectsError(fn, err);