| Leo Repp | 58b9f11 | 2021-11-22 11:57:47 +0100 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | # mkdirp |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Like `mkdir -p`, but in Node.js! |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Now with a modern API and no\* bugs! |
| 6 | |
| 7 | <small>\* may contain some bugs</small> |
| 8 | |
| 9 | # example |
| 10 | |
| 11 | ## pow.js |
| 12 | |
| 13 | ```js |
| 14 | const mkdirp = require('mkdirp') |
| 15 | |
| 16 | // return value is a Promise resolving to the first directory created |
| 17 | mkdirp('/tmp/foo/bar/baz').then(made => |
| 18 | console.log(`made directories, starting with ${made}`)) |
| 19 | ``` |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Output (where `/tmp/foo` already exists) |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ``` |
| 24 | made directories, starting with /tmp/foo/bar |
| 25 | ``` |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Or, if you don't have time to wait around for promises: |
| 28 | |
| 29 | ```js |
| 30 | const mkdirp = require('mkdirp') |
| 31 | |
| 32 | // return value is the first directory created |
| 33 | const made = mkdirp.sync('/tmp/foo/bar/baz') |
| 34 | console.log(`made directories, starting with ${made}`) |
| 35 | ``` |
| 36 | |
| 37 | And now /tmp/foo/bar/baz exists, huzzah! |
| 38 | |
| 39 | # methods |
| 40 | |
| 41 | ```js |
| 42 | const mkdirp = require('mkdirp') |
| 43 | ``` |
| 44 | |
| 45 | ## mkdirp(dir, [opts]) -> Promise<String | undefined> |
| 46 | |
| 47 | Create a new directory and any necessary subdirectories at `dir` with octal |
| 48 | permission string `opts.mode`. If `opts` is a string or number, it will be |
| 49 | treated as the `opts.mode`. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | If `opts.mode` isn't specified, it defaults to `0o777 & |
| 52 | (~process.umask())`. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | Promise resolves to first directory `made` that had to be created, or |
| 55 | `undefined` if everything already exists. Promise rejects if any errors |
| 56 | are encountered. Note that, in the case of promise rejection, some |
| 57 | directories _may_ have been created, as recursive directory creation is not |
| 58 | an atomic operation. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | You can optionally pass in an alternate `fs` implementation by passing in |
| 61 | `opts.fs`. Your implementation should have `opts.fs.mkdir(path, opts, cb)` |
| 62 | and `opts.fs.stat(path, cb)`. |
| 63 | |
| 64 | You can also override just one or the other of `mkdir` and `stat` by |
| 65 | passing in `opts.stat` or `opts.mkdir`, or providing an `fs` option that |
| 66 | only overrides one of these. |
| 67 | |
| 68 | ## mkdirp.sync(dir, opts) -> String|null |
| 69 | |
| 70 | Synchronously create a new directory and any necessary subdirectories at |
| 71 | `dir` with octal permission string `opts.mode`. If `opts` is a string or |
| 72 | number, it will be treated as the `opts.mode`. |
| 73 | |
| 74 | If `opts.mode` isn't specified, it defaults to `0o777 & |
| 75 | (~process.umask())`. |
| 76 | |
| 77 | Returns the first directory that had to be created, or undefined if |
| 78 | everything already exists. |
| 79 | |
| 80 | You can optionally pass in an alternate `fs` implementation by passing in |
| 81 | `opts.fs`. Your implementation should have `opts.fs.mkdirSync(path, mode)` |
| 82 | and `opts.fs.statSync(path)`. |
| 83 | |
| 84 | You can also override just one or the other of `mkdirSync` and `statSync` |
| 85 | by passing in `opts.statSync` or `opts.mkdirSync`, or providing an `fs` |
| 86 | option that only overrides one of these. |
| 87 | |
| 88 | ## mkdirp.manual, mkdirp.manualSync |
| 89 | |
| 90 | Use the manual implementation (not the native one). This is the default |
| 91 | when the native implementation is not available or the stat/mkdir |
| 92 | implementation is overridden. |
| 93 | |
| 94 | ## mkdirp.native, mkdirp.nativeSync |
| 95 | |
| 96 | Use the native implementation (not the manual one). This is the default |
| 97 | when the native implementation is available and stat/mkdir are not |
| 98 | overridden. |
| 99 | |
| 100 | # implementation |
| 101 | |
| 102 | On Node.js v10.12.0 and above, use the native `fs.mkdir(p, |
| 103 | {recursive:true})` option, unless `fs.mkdir`/`fs.mkdirSync` has been |
| 104 | overridden by an option. |
| 105 | |
| 106 | ## native implementation |
| 107 | |
| 108 | - If the path is a root directory, then pass it to the underlying |
| 109 | implementation and return the result/error. (In this case, it'll either |
| 110 | succeed or fail, but we aren't actually creating any dirs.) |
| 111 | - Walk up the path statting each directory, to find the first path that |
| 112 | will be created, `made`. |
| 113 | - Call `fs.mkdir(path, { recursive: true })` (or `fs.mkdirSync`) |
| 114 | - If error, raise it to the caller. |
| 115 | - Return `made`. |
| 116 | |
| 117 | ## manual implementation |
| 118 | |
| 119 | - Call underlying `fs.mkdir` implementation, with `recursive: false` |
| 120 | - If error: |
| 121 | - If path is a root directory, raise to the caller and do not handle it |
| 122 | - If ENOENT, mkdirp parent dir, store result as `made` |
| 123 | - stat(path) |
| 124 | - If error, raise original `mkdir` error |
| 125 | - If directory, return `made` |
| 126 | - Else, raise original `mkdir` error |
| 127 | - else |
| 128 | - return `undefined` if a root dir, or `made` if set, or `path` |
| 129 | |
| 130 | ## windows vs unix caveat |
| 131 | |
| 132 | On Windows file systems, attempts to create a root directory (ie, a drive |
| 133 | letter or root UNC path) will fail. If the root directory exists, then it |
| 134 | will fail with `EPERM`. If the root directory does not exist, then it will |
| 135 | fail with `ENOENT`. |
| 136 | |
| 137 | On posix file systems, attempts to create a root directory (in recursive |
| 138 | mode) will succeed silently, as it is treated like just another directory |
| 139 | that already exists. (In non-recursive mode, of course, it fails with |
| 140 | `EEXIST`.) |
| 141 | |
| 142 | In order to preserve this system-specific behavior (and because it's not as |
| 143 | if we can create the parent of a root directory anyway), attempts to create |
| 144 | a root directory are passed directly to the `fs` implementation, and any |
| 145 | errors encountered are not handled. |
| 146 | |
| 147 | ## native error caveat |
| 148 | |
| 149 | The native implementation (as of at least Node.js v13.4.0) does not provide |
| 150 | appropriate errors in some cases (see |
| 151 | [nodejs/node#31481](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/31481) and |
| 152 | [nodejs/node#28015](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/28015)). |
| 153 | |
| 154 | In order to work around this issue, the native implementation will fall |
| 155 | back to the manual implementation if an `ENOENT` error is encountered. |
| 156 | |
| 157 | # choosing a recursive mkdir implementation |
| 158 | |
| 159 | There are a few to choose from! Use the one that suits your needs best :D |
| 160 | |
| 161 | ## use `fs.mkdir(path, {recursive: true}, cb)` if: |
| 162 | |
| 163 | - You wish to optimize performance even at the expense of other factors. |
| 164 | - You don't need to know the first dir created. |
| 165 | - You are ok with getting `ENOENT` as the error when some other problem is |
| 166 | the actual cause. |
| 167 | - You can limit your platforms to Node.js v10.12 and above. |
| 168 | - You're ok with using callbacks instead of promises. |
| 169 | - You don't need/want a CLI. |
| 170 | - You don't need to override the `fs` methods in use. |
| 171 | |
| 172 | ## use this module (mkdirp 1.x) if: |
| 173 | |
| 174 | - You need to know the first directory that was created. |
| 175 | - You wish to use the native implementation if available, but fall back |
| 176 | when it's not. |
| 177 | - You prefer promise-returning APIs to callback-taking APIs. |
| 178 | - You want more useful error messages than the native recursive mkdir |
| 179 | provides (at least as of Node.js v13.4), and are ok with re-trying on |
| 180 | `ENOENT` to achieve this. |
| 181 | - You need (or at least, are ok with) a CLI. |
| 182 | - You need to override the `fs` methods in use. |
| 183 | |
| 184 | ## use [`make-dir`](http://npm.im/make-dir) if: |
| 185 | |
| 186 | - You do not need to know the first dir created (and wish to save a few |
| 187 | `stat` calls when using the native implementation for this reason). |
| 188 | - You wish to use the native implementation if available, but fall back |
| 189 | when it's not. |
| 190 | - You prefer promise-returning APIs to callback-taking APIs. |
| 191 | - You are ok with occasionally getting `ENOENT` errors for failures that |
| 192 | are actually related to something other than a missing file system entry. |
| 193 | - You don't need/want a CLI. |
| 194 | - You need to override the `fs` methods in use. |
| 195 | |
| 196 | ## use mkdirp 0.x if: |
| 197 | |
| 198 | - You need to know the first directory that was created. |
| 199 | - You need (or at least, are ok with) a CLI. |
| 200 | - You need to override the `fs` methods in use. |
| 201 | - You're ok with using callbacks instead of promises. |
| 202 | - You are not running on Windows, where the root-level ENOENT errors can |
| 203 | lead to infinite regress. |
| 204 | - You think vinyl just sounds warmer and richer for some weird reason. |
| 205 | - You are supporting truly ancient Node.js versions, before even the advent |
| 206 | of a `Promise` language primitive. (Please don't. You deserve better.) |
| 207 | |
| 208 | # cli |
| 209 | |
| 210 | This package also ships with a `mkdirp` command. |
| 211 | |
| 212 | ``` |
| 213 | $ mkdirp -h |
| 214 | |
| 215 | usage: mkdirp [DIR1,DIR2..] {OPTIONS} |
| 216 | |
| 217 | Create each supplied directory including any necessary parent directories |
| 218 | that don't yet exist. |
| 219 | |
| 220 | If the directory already exists, do nothing. |
| 221 | |
| 222 | OPTIONS are: |
| 223 | |
| 224 | -m<mode> If a directory needs to be created, set the mode as an octal |
| 225 | --mode=<mode> permission string. |
| 226 | |
| 227 | -v --version Print the mkdirp version number |
| 228 | |
| 229 | -h --help Print this helpful banner |
| 230 | |
| 231 | -p --print Print the first directories created for each path provided |
| 232 | |
| 233 | --manual Use manual implementation, even if native is available |
| 234 | ``` |
| 235 | |
| 236 | # install |
| 237 | |
| 238 | With [npm](http://npmjs.org) do: |
| 239 | |
| 240 | ``` |
| 241 | npm install mkdirp |
| 242 | ``` |
| 243 | |
| 244 | to get the library locally, or |
| 245 | |
| 246 | ``` |
| 247 | npm install -g mkdirp |
| 248 | ``` |
| 249 | |
| 250 | to get the command everywhere, or |
| 251 | |
| 252 | ``` |
| 253 | npx mkdirp ... |
| 254 | ``` |
| 255 | |
| 256 | to run the command without installing it globally. |
| 257 | |
| 258 | # platform support |
| 259 | |
| 260 | This module works on node v8, but only v10 and above are officially |
| 261 | supported, as Node v8 reached its LTS end of life 2020-01-01, which is in |
| 262 | the past, as of this writing. |
| 263 | |
| 264 | # license |
| 265 | |
| 266 | MIT |