temporary-directory

create a random temporary directory and easily clean it up when you are done

installation

npm install temporary-directory

example

var tmp = require('temporary-directory')

tmp(function created (err, dir, cleanup) {
  if (err) console.error('Error creating tmpdir!', err)

  // do cool stuff with dir here...
  
  // later, when you wanna destroy the tmpdir:
  cleanup(function cleanedUp (err) {
    if (err) console.error('Error removing tmpdir!', err)
  })
})

API

var tmpdir = require('temporary-directory')

returns a constructor function that can be used to create new temporary directories

tmpdir([name], callback)

name is optional, if you pass it then your tmpdir name will start with name-<random-id>, otherwise it defaults to tmp-<random-id>

callback will be called with err, dir, cleanup

• err is if there was an error creating your tmpdir
• dir is a string of the absolute path to your tmpdir (inside your require('os').tmpdir())
• cleanup is a function you can call (if you want) that will destroy the tmpdir and everything in it. it takes a single callback argument that takes a single error argument, but the callback is optional.