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Tmp

A simple temporary file and directory creator for node.js.

About

The main difference between bruce's node-temp is that that mine more aggressively checks for the exitence of the newly created temporary file.

The API is slightly different, mine does not yet provide synchronous calls and all the parameters are optional. And you can even set whether you want to remove the temporary file on process exit or not.

How to install

npm install tmp

Usage

File creation

var tmp = require('tmp');

tmp.file(function _tempFileCreated(err, path, fd) {
  if (err) throw err;

  console.log("File: ", path);
  console.log("Filedescriptor: ", fd);
});

Directory creation

var tmp = require('tmp');

tmp.dir(function _tempDirCreated(err, path) {
  if (err) throw err;

  console.log("Dir: ", path);
});

Advanced usage

File creation

var tmp = require('tmp');

tmp.file({ mode: 0644, prefix: 'prefix-', postfix: '.txt' }, function _tempFileCreated(err, path, fd) {
  if (err) throw err;

  console.log("File: ", path);
  console.log("Filedescriptor: ", fd);
});

Directory creation

tmp.dir({ mode: 0750, prefix: 'myTmpDir_' }, function _tempDirCreated(err, path) {
  if (err) throw err;

  console.log("Dir: ", path);
});

mkstemps like

tmp.dir({ template: '/tmp/tmp-XXXXXX' }, function _tempDirCreated(err, path) {
  iff (err) throw err;

  console.log("Dir: ", path);
});

Options

All options are optional :)

mode: the file mode to create with it fallbacks to 0600 on file creation and 0700 on directory creation
prefix: the optional prefix, fallback to tmp- if not provided
postfix: the optional postfix, fallbacks to .tmp on file creation
template: mkstemps like filename template, no default
dir: the optional temporary directory, fallbacks to system default (guesses from environment)
tries: how many times should the function tries to get a unique filename before giving up, default 3