mktemp

mktemp

mktemp for node.js

Installation

$ npm install mktemp

Usage

var mktemp = require('mktemp');

mktemp.createFile('file-XXXXXX', function(err, path) {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log(path);  // match for /^file-[\da-zA-Z]{6}$/
});

mktemp.createFileSync('file-XXX');
// return value is match for /^file-[\da-zA-Z]{3}$/

mktemp.createDir('dir-XXXXX', function(err, path) {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log(path);  // match for /^dir-[\da-zA-Z]{5}$/
});

mktemp.createDirSync('dir-XXX');
// return value is match for /^dir-[\da-zA-Z]{3}$/

mktemp functions replace to random string from placeholder of "X" near end of line.

'XXXXXXXXXXX'  // /^[\da-zA-Z]{11}$/
'abc-XXXXXXX'  // /^abc-[\da-zA-Z]{7}$/
'XXX-XXXXXXX'  // /^XXX-[\da-zA-Z]{7}$/
'XXX-XXX.tmp'  // /^XXX-[\da-zA-Z]{3}\.tmp$/

Functions

createFile(template, callback)

• template string - filename template
• callback function(err, path) - callback function
  • err - error object
  • path - replaced path

create blank file of random filename. permission is 0600.

createFileSync(template)

• template string - filename template
• return string - replaced path

sync version createFile.

createDir(template, callback)

• template string - dirname template
• callback function(err, path) - callback function
  • err - error object
  • path - replaced path

create directory of random dirname. permission is 0700.

createDirSync(template)

• template string - dirname template
• return string - replaced path

sync version createDir.

Test

$ npm install
$ npm test

Contributors

• Michael Ficarra

License

The MIT License. Please see LICENSE file.

Changelog

0.3.0 / 2013-04-06

• changed to create random name again if file exists
• deleted mode parameter