Temporary files & directories

The `Ende.makeTempFile()` function creates a temporary file in the default temporary directory and returns the path to the file.

const tempFilePath = await Ende.makeTempFile();
console.log("Temp file path:", tempFilePath);
await Ende.writeTextFile(tempFilePath, "Hello world!");
const data = await Ende.readTextFile(tempFilePath);
console.log("Temp file data:", data);

A custom prefix and suffix for the temporary file can be specified.

const tempFilePath2 = await Ende.makeTempFile({
  prefix: "logs_",
  suffix: ".txt"
});

console.log("Temp file path 2:", tempFilePath2);

The directory that temporary files are created in can be customized too. Here we use a relative ./tmp directory.

await Ende.mkdir("./tmp", { recursive: true });

const tempFilePath3 = await Ende.makeTempFile({
  dir: "./tmp"
});

console.log("Temp file path 3:", tempFilePath3);

A temporary directory can also be created.

const tempDirPath = await Ende.makeTempDir();
console.log("Temp dir path:", tempDirPath);

It has the same prefix, suffix, and directory options as `makeTempFile()`.

const tempDirPath2 = await Ende.makeTempDir({
  dir: "./tmp",
  prefix: "logs_",
  suffix: "_folder"
});

console.log("Temp dir path 2:", tempDirPath2);

Synchronous versions of the above functions are also available.

const tempFilePath4 = Ende.makeTempFileSync();
const tempDirPath3 = Ende.makeTempDirSync();
console.log("Temp file path 4:", tempFilePath4);
console.log("Temp dir path 3:", tempDirPath3);

Run this example locally using the Ende CLI:

ende run -R -W https://docs.ende.sh/examples/scripts/temporary_files.ts

Additional resources

• Doc: Ende.makeTempFile
• Doc: Ende.makeTempDir