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18 changes: 17 additions & 1 deletion doc/api/fs.md
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The following constants are exported by `fs.constants`.

Not every constant will be available on every operating system.
Not every constant will be available on every operating system;
this is especially important for Windows, where many of the POSIX specific
definitions are not available.
For portable applications it is recommended to check for their presence
before use.

To use more than one constant, use the bitwise OR `|` operator.

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The definitions are also available on Windows.

##### File copy constants

The following constants are meant for use with [`fs.copyFile()`][].
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The definitions are also available on Windows.

##### File open constants

The following constants are meant for use with `fs.open()`.
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</table>

On Windows, only `O_APPEND`, `O_CREAT`, `O_EXCL`, `O_RDONLY`, `O_RDWR`,
`O_TRUNC`, `O_WRONLY` and `UV_FS_O_FILEMAP` are available.

##### File type constants

The following constants are meant for use with the {fs.Stats} object's
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</table>

On Windows, only `S_IFCHR`, `S_IFDIR`, `S_IFLNK`, `S_IFMT`, and `S_IFREG`,
are available.

##### File mode constants

The following constants are meant for use with the {fs.Stats} object's
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On Windows, only `S_IRUSR` and `S_IWUSR` are available.

## Notes

### Ordering of callback and promise-based operations
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#include <dlfcn.h>
#endif

#if defined(_WIN32)
#include <io.h> // _S_IREAD _S_IWRITE
#ifndef S_IRUSR
#define S_IRUSR _S_IREAD
#endif // S_IRUSR
#ifndef S_IWUSR
#define S_IWUSR _S_IWRITE
#endif // S_IWUSR
#endif

#include <cerrno>
#include <csignal>
#include <limits>
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions test/parallel/test-fs-constants.js
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'use strict';
require('../common');
const fs = require('fs');
const assert = require('assert');

// Check if the two constants accepted by chmod() on Windows are defined.
assert.notStrictEqual(fs.constants.S_IRUSR, undefined);
assert.notStrictEqual(fs.constants.S_IWUSR, undefined);