mktemp

mktemp command for node.js

Installation

``sh
$ npm install mktemp
`

Usage

`js
var mktemp = require('mktemp');

mktemp.createFile('XXXXX.txt', function(err, path) {
if (err) throw err;

// path match a /^[\da-zA-Z]{5}\.txt$/
console.log(path);
});

// return value match a /^[\da-zA-Z]{5}\.tmp$/
mktemp.createFileSync('XXXXX.tmp');

mktemp.createDir('XXXXXXX', function(err, path) {
if (err) throw err;

// path match a /^[\da-zA-Z]{7}$/
console.log(path);
});

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

mktemp functions are replace to random string from placeholder "X" in template. see example:

`js
mktemp.createFileSync('XXXXXXX'); // match a /^[\da-zA-Z]{7}$/
mktemp.createFileSync('XXX.tmp'); // match a /^[\da-zA-Z]{3}\.tmp$/
mktemp.createFileSync('XXX-XXX'); // match a /^XXX-[\da-zA-Z]{3}$/
`

Functions

$3

* template
* String - filename template
* callback
* function(err, path) - callback function
* err : Error|Null - error object
* path : String - path

create blank file of unique filename.
permission is 0600.

$3

* template
* String - filename template
* return
* String - path

sync version createFile.

$3

* template
* String - dirname template
* callback
* function(err, path) - callback function
* err : Error|Null - error object
* path : String - path

create directory of unique dirname.
permission is 0700.

$3

* template
* String - dirname template
* return
* String - path

sync version createDir.

Test

`sh
$ npm install
$ npm test
``

Contributors

* Michael Ficarra

License

The MIT license. Please see LICENSE file.