node - fs.writeFile creates a blank file

Question

I\'m trying to write a new file inside a grunt-search callback.

The process takes and object, traverses through it for some data, creates a new array, and then write

Answer 1

Your problem should be that the fs.writeFile starts "asynchronous". Try to change the localArray in here (hardcode it to see if it works):

fs.writeFile( 'i18n/localize_template.json', localArray, callback)

And there it should work. The solution i think it is that you should use fs.writeFileSync, or to initialize the localArray outside the oncomplete function, before it starts.