stopgap

Easily create/remove temporary directories

Sometimes you just need a quick and easy way to create temporary directories. Directories are created in the standard OS temporary directory.

Additionally, this module is delivered as:

• ES Module: dist/stopgap.mjs
• CommonJS: dist/stopgap.js

Install

$ npm install --save stopgap

Usage

import stopgap from 'stopgap';

const { path, remove } = await stopgap();
// path ~> /var/folders/c7/fqpgnx7x5654w6z_k3syl11r0000gn/T/sg-LC48Pf
// remove ~> call function to delete directory

// clean up
await remove();

API

stopgap(opts)

Returns: { path: String, remove: Function }

Creates a temporary directory in the OS default temp directory, and returns the an object with two properties:

path

Type: String

The path to the created directory. By default this is created as a hidden folder in the users home directory.

remove

Type: Function Returns: Promise

Invoking this function removes and clean out the temporary directory.

Important: Everything inside the directory is removed recursively.

opts.prefix

Type: String

Custom prefix for folder. Defaults to sg-.

opts.dir

Type: String

Custom path for the directory. Path is created recursively.

Defaults to the system tmp directory.

License

MIT © Terkel Gjervig