| write-file-atomic |
| ----------------- |
| |
| This is an extension for node's `fs.writeFile` that makes its operation |
| atomic and allows you set ownership (uid/gid of the file). |
| |
| ### var writeFileAtomic = require('write-file-atomic')<br>writeFileAtomic(filename, data, [options], [callback]) |
| |
| * filename **String** |
| * data **String** | **Buffer** |
| * options **Object** | **String** |
| * chown **Object** default, uid & gid of existing file, if any |
| * uid **Number** |
| * gid **Number** |
| * encoding **String** | **Null** default = 'utf8' |
| * fsync **Boolean** default = true |
| * mode **Number** default, from existing file, if any |
| * tmpfileCreated **Function** called when the tmpfile is created |
| * callback **Function** |
| |
| Atomically and asynchronously writes data to a file, replacing the file if it already |
| exists. data can be a string or a buffer. |
| |
| The file is initially named `filename + "." + murmurhex(__filename, process.pid, ++invocations)`. |
| Note that `require('worker_threads').threadId` is used in addition to `process.pid` if running inside of a worker thread. |
| If writeFile completes successfully then, if passed the **chown** option it will change |
| the ownership of the file. Finally it renames the file back to the filename you specified. If |
| it encounters errors at any of these steps it will attempt to unlink the temporary file and then |
| pass the error back to the caller. |
| If multiple writes are concurrently issued to the same file, the write operations are put into a queue and serialized in the order they were called, using Promises. Writes to different files are still executed in parallel. |
| |
| If provided, the **chown** option requires both **uid** and **gid** properties or else |
| you'll get an error. If **chown** is not specified it will default to using |
| the owner of the previous file. To prevent chown from being ran you can |
| also pass `false`, in which case the file will be created with the current user's credentials. |
| |
| If **mode** is not specified, it will default to using the permissions from |
| an existing file, if any. Expicitly setting this to `false` remove this default, resulting |
| in a file created with the system default permissions. |
| |
| If options is a String, it's assumed to be the **encoding** option. The **encoding** option is ignored if **data** is a buffer. It defaults to 'utf8'. |
| |
| If the **fsync** option is **false**, writeFile will skip the final fsync call. |
| |
| If the **tmpfileCreated** option is specified it will be called with the name of the tmpfile when created. |
| |
| Example: |
| |
| ```javascript |
| writeFileAtomic('message.txt', 'Hello Node', {chown:{uid:100,gid:50}}, function (err) { |
| if (err) throw err; |
| console.log('It\'s saved!'); |
| }); |
| ``` |
| |
| This function also supports async/await: |
| |
| ```javascript |
| (async () => { |
| try { |
| await writeFileAtomic('message.txt', 'Hello Node', {chown:{uid:100,gid:50}}); |
| console.log('It\'s saved!'); |
| } catch (err) { |
| console.error(err); |
| process.exit(1); |
| } |
| })(); |
| ``` |
| |
| ### var writeFileAtomicSync = require('write-file-atomic').sync<br>writeFileAtomicSync(filename, data, [options]) |
| |
| The synchronous version of **writeFileAtomic**. |