# tmpz

> Copy a file or directory to OS temporary directory with a random name. Also you can remove it later.

Latest version **1.0.1** (published 2017-04-06) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

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

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.1 |
| Published | 2017-04-06 |
| First published | 2017-02-03 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >= 4.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 0 |
| Author | Jose Luis Quintana |
| Maintainers | joseluisq |
| Keywords | copy, remove, random, temporary, temp, directory, file |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/tmpz
- Repository: https://github.com/joseluisq/tmpz
- Homepage: https://github.com/joseluisq/tmpz#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/joseluisq/tmpz/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/tmpz

## Dependencies (1)

- [fs-extra](https://npm.io/package/fs-extra.md) ^2.1.2

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## Recent versions

- 1.0.1 (latest) — 2017-04-06
- 1.0.0 — 2017-02-03

## README

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> Copy a file or directory to OS temporary directory with a random name. Also you can remove it later.

## Prerequisites

[NodeJS](https://nodejs.org) v4.0 or greater.

## Install

```sh
npm install tmpz --save-dev
```

## Usage

```js
const tmpz = require('tmpz')

try {
  const dest = tmpz.copy('./my_directory')
  console.log(dest)
  // > /tmp/393a6d0851bb6c10214f92bbaa9c833d

  // Removing the temp dir in 7 seconds
  setTimeout(() => tmpz.remove(dest), 7000)
} catch (err) {
  console.error(err)
}
```

## License
MIT license

© 2017 [José Luis Quintana](http://quintana.io)

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