Also note there are bindings to nodejs for js_of_ocaml [1] developped by
Edgar Aroutiounian. I have not checked if the functions you need are in
there, but if they're not, you could contribute them to this project.

Hope that helps,
  philippe.

[1] https://github.com/fxfactorial/ocaml-nodejs

2017-01-14 8:49 GMT+01:00 Nicolás Ojeda Bär <nicolas.ojeda.bar@lexifi.com>:

> Hi Helmut,
>
> I am a js_of_ocaml beginner, but it sounds like you could do it using :
>
>   Js.Unsafe.fun_call (Js.Unsafe.js_expr "readdirSync") [| .. args ,
> wrapped with Js.Unsafe.inject .. |]
>
> You can look at the docs at https://ocsigen.org/js_of_
> ocaml/2.8.3/manual/bindings, especially under
> "Binding a JS function", where there is an example with the function
> "decodeURI".
>
> Cheers!
>
> Best wishes,
> Nicolas
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 12:58 AM, Helmut Brandl <helmut.brandl@gmx.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello List,
>>
>> I am trying to use js_of_ocaml to compile my ocaml project for the nodejs
>> ecosystem. Since js_of_ocaml does not compile calls to the 'unix' library I
>> have to call some javascript functions directly from ocaml. All I need is
>> to be able to call the javascript functions
>>
>> - readdirSync
>> - mkdirSync
>> - rmdirSync
>> - statSync
>>
>> and receive the results in ocaml.
>>
>> I have looked into the documentation and into the examples, but I have
>> not found a way on how to do this. All examples are for use in the browser.
>> Maybe its a stupid question and it is so simple that I, as a beginner in
>> js_of_ocaml, just don't see it.
>>
>> Can anybody give me a hint? Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Regards
>> Helmut
>>
>>
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