How to get the location(path) of the unsaved/untitled new file created in vscode, using node js?

Question

I'm new to creating extension in vscode. I am creating an extension that loads the file using 'fs' and make some changes to the file and write back the file. it works flawlessly for a file that is saved. But it shows:

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory

for unsaved/untitled file. I used const loc = vscode.window.activeTextEditor.document.uri.fsPath;

can someone please help me how to get the location of unsaved/untitled file.

Answer 1

An unsaved file does not and cannot have a path. It simply doesn't exist yet in the filesystem. When you create the editor, you will get a reference to the new content and that's it.