Tidy Dir

Simplified way to work with files and folders in NodeJS.

How to use

Prerequisite

Node JS

https://nodejs.org/

Examples

mkTree()

Makes directiories, inclusing the necessary path. For example ./foo/bar/hello if foo/bar does not exists, it will make it. Returns a promise. If directories exist returned promise will be resolved. If it can't make any of the directiories, the returned promise will be rejected.

@dirs - paths of dirs | string,array

Notes:

• Paths may use either / or \
• if dir or any dirs in path exist already, there is no error thrown (since the desired result is already there)

mkFile()

Makes files, including the necessary path.

@files - file object @file.path - path must include filename and extension @file.content - content of the file - string @file.options - options (see fs.writeFile for node) - string (sets character encoding)|object|undefined(defaults to 'utf8', if you want the buffer obj put null as encoding)

Notes:

• Paths may use either / or \
• it will make any missing dirs in the filepath
• overwrites existing files with same path (if file already exists at same path, it will overwrite it)

Possible params:
- path, content, options
- {path, content, options}, options 
- [{path,content,options}], options
 
//options within object overrides param options

listTree()

Returns tree content as an object with a two properties, files and dirs (both are arrays of strings).

rmFile()

Removes file(s).

rmDir()

Like the native rmdir from Node's fs module, but:

• is promisified
• allows multiple dirs as arugment (array of paths)

rmTree()

Removes tree(s) and all it's content (all contained files and folders).

emptyTree()

Removes all contents (files and directories) within a given path.

readTree()

path, options, filter
{path, options, filter}, options, filter
[path], options, filter
[{path, options, filter}], options, filter

readFile()

Reads files For single file path returns single file obj for array of file paths returns array of file objects

@files - file object @file.path - path must include filename and extension @file.options - options (see fs.writeFile for node) - string (sets character encoding)|object|undefined(defaults to 'utf8', if you want the buffer obj put null as encoding)

Notes:

• For non-text items you should set options = null or options.encoding = null

path, options, filter
{path, options}, options, filter
[path], options, filter
[{path, options}], options, filter

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mk()

Will figure out based on path (see tidypath isFile()) and will make a tree or file accordingly.

Put differently, automagical synonym for both mkFile() and mkTree().

read()

Will figure out based on path (see tidypath isFile()) and will read a tree or file accordingly.

Put differently, automagical synonym for both readFile() and readTree().

rm()

Will figure out based on path (see tidypath isFile()) and will remove a tree or file accordingly.

Put differently, automagical synonym for both rmFile() and rmTree().

empty()

Synonym for emptyTree()

list()

Synonym for listTree()

ls()

Synonym for listTree()