Using the following code example in io.js 3.2.0 64bit on Windows 10 and calling the following code with node example.js
'use strict';
const fs = require('fs');
fs.readdir('I_DONT_EXIST', function (/**Error*/ err, /**string[]*/ files) {
if (err) {
console.log(err.stack);
}
});
I get
{ [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '...\I_DONT_EXIST']
errno: -4058,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'scandir',
path: '...\\I_DONT_EXIST' }
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir '...\I_DONT_EXIST'
at Error (native)
So, I get at Error (native)instead of the actual error tracing, although I ask err.stack.
Wouldn't that be the actual stack trace?
EDIT:
Here is a tiny piece of code that demonstrates my last (third) comment on the answer below.
'use strict';
const fs = require('fs');
fs.readdir('I_DONT_EXIST', function (/**Error*/ err, /**string[]*/ files) {
if (err) {
console.log('\n== 1) Original error');
console.log(JSON.stringify(err, Reflect.ownKeys(err), 4));
console.log('\n== 2) Original error "stack" property');
console.log(err.stack);
const e = new Error(err);
e.code = err.code;
console.log('\n\n== 3) New error');
console.log(JSON.stringify(e, Reflect.ownKeys(e), 4));
console.log('\n== 4) New error "stack" property');
console.log(e.stack);
console.log('\n\n== 5) Throw the error');
throw e;
}
});
The result that I get, showing that I did not even get the file location, where the error finally occurs when I look at the original error object, but get one in a new one, is:
== 1) Original error
{
"stack": "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir 'C:\\Users\\xxx\\I_DONT_EXIST'",
"message": "ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir 'C:\\Users\\xxx\\I_DONT_EXIST'",
"errno": -4058,
"code": "ENOENT",
"syscall": "scandir",
"path": "C:\\Users\\xxx\\I_DONT_EXIST"
}
== 2) Original error "stack" property
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir 'C:\Users\xxx\I_DONT_EXIST'
== 3) New error
{
"stack": "Error: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir 'C:\\Users\\xxx\\I_DONT_EXIST'\n at C:\\Users\\xxx\\test.js:11:19",
"message": "Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir 'C:\\Users\\xxx\\I_DONT_EXIST'",
"code": "ENOENT"
}
== 4) New error "stack" property
Error: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir 'C:\Users\xxx\I_DONT_EXIST'
at C:\Users\xxx\test.js:11:19
== 5) Throw the error
C:\Users\xxx\test.js:20
throw e;
^
Error: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir 'C:\Users\xxx\I_DONT_EXIST'
at C:\Users\xxx\test.js:11:19