[question] Is it possible to read the entire file-system from the executable?

Is this a BUG or a FEATURE REQUEST?: A question, maybe a bug.

Hi there,

I am using nexe to bundle my application into a “single” binary. ❤️

I have managed to get it running, but I cannot see/list the entire file-system correctly from my application started from the binary. Is this a known limitation, a possible bug or I have messed up something with the configuration.

I have seen the documentation for the nexe-fs, but freely speaking, it was not clear to me how to use it, if I have to use it at all.

My repository is here: https://github.com/kittaakos/theia-nexe If you want to try it in Gitpod: https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/kittaakos/theia-nexe Or you can get an executable for Linux and macOS from here: https://dev.azure.com/kittaakos/theia-sandbox/_build/results?buildId=230

Thank you!

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PS:

I cannot see/list the entire file-system correctly

If this is unclear, but nexe supposed to fully support FS read/write, I am happy to describe the oddities I have experienced.

[ArashMotamedi]

fs.promises.readdir works

[kittaakos]

have you managed to achieve that with nexe at the end?

No, I have not. But I have not re-evaluated it since https://github.com/nexe/nexe/issues/613#issuecomment-488577972.