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node-quick-temp
Create and remove temporary directories. Useful for build tools, like Broccoli
plugins. Smart about naming, and placing them in ./tmp
if possible, so you
don't have to worry about this.
Installation
npm install --save quick-temp
Usage
var quickTemp = require('quick-temp');
Creating a temporary directory
To make a temporary and assign its path to this.tmpDestDir
, call either one
of these:
quickTemp.makeOrRemake(this, 'tmpDestDir');
// or
quickTemp.makeOrReuse(this, 'tmpDestDir');
If this.tmpDestDir
already contains a path, makeOrRemake
will remove it
first and then create a new directory, whereas makeOrReuse
will be a no-op.
Both functions also return the path of the temporary directory.
An optional third argument lets you override the class-name component of the temporary directory name:
quickTemp.makeOrRemake(this, 'tmpDestDir', 'TreeMerger');
quickTemp.makeOrRemake(this, 'tmpDestDir', this.constructor.name); // default
Removing a temporary directory
To remove a previously-created temporary directory and all its contents, call
quickTemp.remove(this, 'tmpDestDir');
This will also assign this.tmpDestDir = null
. If this.tmpDestDir
is
already null or undefined, it will be a no-op.