disposable-directory

Asynchronously creates a disposable directory in the OS temporary directory that gets deleted after the callback is done or errors.

Setup

To install from npm run:

npm install disposable-directory

Support

• Linux, macOS.
• Node.js ^10.17.0 || ^12.0.0 || >= 13.7.0.

API

Table of contents

• function disposableDirectory

function disposableDirectory

Asynchronously creates a disposable directory in the OS temporary directory that gets deleted after the callback is done or errors.

Returns: Promise<void> — Resolves once the callback is done and the disposable directory is deleted.

Examples

Ways to import.

import { disposableDirectory } from 'disposable-directory';

import disposableDirectory from 'disposable-directory/public/disposableDirectory.js';

Ways to require.

const { disposableDirectory } = require('disposable-directory');

const disposableDirectory = require('disposable-directory/public/disposableDirectory');

How to use a disposable directory.

const { disposableDirectory } = require('disposable-directory');

disposableDirectory(async (directoryPath) => {
  // Use the directory here.
})
  .then(() => {
    // The directory is gone.
  })
  .catch(() => {
    // The directory is gone.
  });