Node.js - batchdir

Batch create directories or delete them.

Why?

I got tired of checking whether a group of directories exist before I create or make them. Even worse, when you have to check three directories:

var fs = require('fs')
  , mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 
var dirs = ['/tmp/a', '/tmp/b', '/tmp/c'];
var i = 0;
 
function again(callback) {
  if (i < dirs.length) {
    fs.exists(dirs[i], function(itDoes) {
      if (!itDoes)
        fs.mkdir(dirs[i], function(err) {
          if (err) {
            callback(err); //<--- error return
          } else {
            i += 1;
            again(callback);
          }
        })
      else
        i += 1;
        again(callback);  
    });
  } else {
    callback(); //<--- done
  }
}
 
again(function(err){
  if (err) 
    console.log('We have an error.')
  else
    console.log('Done.');
});

Yuck.

Why not the following:

var batchdir = require('batchdir');
 
var dirs = ['/tmp/a', '/tmp/b', '/tmp/c'];
batchdirs(dirs).mkdirs(function(err) {
  if (err) 
    console.log('We have an error.')
  else
    console.log('Done.');
})

Much cleaner.

Installation

npm install batchdir

Methods

batchdirs()

Contsructor function.

Args:

1. Array or strings.

batchdirs(['d1', 'd2'])
//or
batchdirs('d1', 'd2')

create() / mkdirs() / mkdir() / make()

Creates the directory(ies) if they don't exist. Will make full path like mkdir -p.

Args:

1. Callback function containing an Error object if one existed.

batchdirs(dirs).create(function(err) { });

remove() / delete() / rmrf()

Deletes directory(ies) if they do exist. Will delete all of the contents like rm -rf.

Args:

1. Callback function containing an Error object if one existed.

batchdirs(dirs).remove(function(err) { });

Author

JP Richardson (@jprichardson) read my coding blog Procbits.

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License

(MIT License)

Copyright 2012, JP Richardson jprichardson@gmail.com