serapath / tempfile-stream

makes a temporary file to write to, which is deleted on process.exit

tempfile-stream

makes a temporary file to write to, which is deleted on process.exit

usage

var tempfile = require('tempfile-stream')

var file$ = tempfile('.js') // specify extension if needed

var filename = file$.path()

file$.write('console.log("foobar")')

// test
var fs = require('fs')
console.log(filename)
fs.readFile(filename, function (error, filecontent) {
  if (error) throw error
  console.log(filecontent.toString())
})

tempfile-stream's Issues

use tmp lib

Right now, your module may cause data loss because it randomly overwrites files that exist. The great tmp library generates new random file names as long as they already exist.

You may also want to check out create-temp-file2.