node/test/parallel/test-fs-readfilesync-pipe-large.js

'use strict';
const common = require('../common');
const assert = require('assert');
const path = require('path');

// simulate `cat readfile.js | node readfile.js`

if (common.isWindows || common.isAix) {
  common.skip(`No /dev/stdin on ${process.platform}.`);
  return;
}

const fs = require('fs');

if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
  process.stdout.write(fs.readFileSync('/dev/stdin', 'utf8'));
  return;
}

const filename = path.join(common.tmpDir, '/readfilesync_pipe_large_test.txt');
const dataExpected = 'a'.repeat(999999);
common.refreshTmpDir();
fs.writeFileSync(filename, dataExpected);

const exec = require('child_process').exec;
const f = JSON.stringify(__filename);
const node = JSON.stringify(process.execPath);
const cmd = `cat ${filename} | ${node} ${f} child`;
exec(cmd, { maxBuffer: 1000000 }, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
  assert.ifError(err);
  assert.strictEqual(stdout, dataExpected, 'it reads the file and outputs it');
  assert.strictEqual(stderr, '', 'it does not write to stderr');
  console.log('ok');
});

process.on('exit', function() {
  fs.unlinkSync(filename);
});