Reproduction:
const fs = require('fs')
const readCb = require('read')
async function read(opts) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
readCb(opts, (err, line) => {
resolve([err, line])
})
})
}
;(async () => {
const [err, password] = await read({ prompt: 'Password: ', silent: true })
console.log(password)
console.log(fs.readFileSync(0).toString())
})()
Run:
node --unhandled-rejections=strict main.js
Outcome:
fs.js:614
handleErrorFromBinding(ctx);
^
Error: EAGAIN: resource temporarily unavailable, read
at Object.readSync (fs.js:614:3)
at tryReadSync (fs.js:383:20)
at Object.readFileSync (fs.js:420:19)
at /home/ciro/test/main.js:70:18
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:95:5) {
errno: -11,
syscall: 'read',
code: 'EAGAIN'
}
read 1.0.7, node.js v14.17.0., Ubuntu 21.10.
Related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4708787/get-password-from-input-using-node-js/71868483#71868483