# tmpr

> Creates a temorary directory and gives you the path to it.

Latest version **1.0.3** (published 2015-04-25) · ISC license · 0 weekly downloads

> **Deprecated.** This package is deprecated.

## Install

```sh
npm install tmpr
pnpm add tmpr
yarn add tmpr
bun add tmpr
```

## Health

**Score 10/100 (F)** — status: deprecated.

Negative: deprecated.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.3 |
| Published | 2015-04-25 |
| First published | 2015-04-23 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | ISC |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 2 |
| Author | Bret Comnes |
| Maintainers | bret |
| Keywords | temporary, directory |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/tmpr
- Repository: https://github.com/bcomnes/node-tmpr
- Homepage: https://github.com/bcomnes/node-tmpr#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/bcomnes/node-tmpr/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/tmpr

## Dependencies (1)

- [mkdirp](https://npm.io/package/mkdirp.md) ^0.5.0

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## Recent versions

- 1.0.3 (latest) — 2015-04-25
- 1.0.2 — 2015-04-24
- 1.0.1 — 2015-04-23
- 1.0.0 — 2015-04-23

## README

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Creates a temorary directory and then gives you the path to it.  `mkdirp`(`os.tmpdir` + `crypto.randomBytes`), tests, and possibly a few other conerns.

![demo](https://cdn.rawgit.com/bcomnes/node-tmpr/f871976d5f391b772573d36d1cbafe8fbe6cb4be/tmpr.gif)

# Install

```
$ npm i tmpr -g
```

## API

```js
var tmpr = require('tmpr')

tmpr(function(err, path) {
  console.log('Temp dir created at ' + path)
})
```

## References

- https://iojs.org/api/os.html#os_os_tmpdir
- https://iojs.org/api/crypto.html#crypto_crypto_randombytes_size_callback
- https://github.com/substack/node-mkdirp
- https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf

> [ogd] bret: require('os').tmpdir

> [ogd] i use that with require('mkdirp') and require('rimraf') a lot

> [ogd] bret: usually like ~~(Math.random() * 1000000) + Date.now()

> [ogd] could also do require('crypto').randomBytes(16).toString('hex')

> -- [#pdxnode](irc://chat.us.freenode.net/pdxnode) [2015-03-02 09:51:02]

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