Casper::Unique::File

Helper to use mkstemp on MRI ruby. This gem provides the create module method that creates a uniquely named file inside the specified folder. The filename has six characters and the created file is empty.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'casper-unique-file'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install casper-unique-file

Usage

Just call Casper::Unique::File::create passing the name of the folder where the file should be created and the extension if needed. Returns the unique file name. On failure returns nil.

[ casper-unique-file ⇣⇡ master ᚶ ] $ ./bin/console
2.1.5 :001 > Casper::Unique::File::create('/tmp', '.pdf')
 => "/tmp/ZtkM4u.pdf"
2.1.5 :002 >

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake clean compile compile the C code. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/casper2020/casper-unique-file.