andersmandersen / TemporaryDirectory

⚡ Working with temporary directory made easy for .Net Core

Temporary Directory .Net Core

⚡ Working with temporary directory made easy ☕️

**Temporary Directory ** is a simple class to work with temporary directory for .Net Core developers.

🔧 Installation

Using the .NET Core command-line interface (CLI) tools:

$ dotnet add package TemporaryDirectory

or with the Package Manager Console:

$ Install-Package TemporaryDirectory

🚀 Usage

Creating temporary directory

To create a temporary directory at the system temporary directory call the create method:

TemporaryDirectoryHandler directory = new TemporaryDirectoryHandler().Create();

Naming temporary directory

To create a temporary directory with a specific name:

TemporaryDirectoryHandler directory = new TemporaryDirectoryHandler().SetName("MyFolder").Create();

Force creating temporary directory

In case the directory already exists you can force create the directory. It will delete the old folder and create the directory againg:

TemporaryDirectoryHandler directory = new TemporaryDirectoryHandler().SetName("MyFolder").SetForce(true).Create();

Creating temporary directory a custom location

If you wise to create the folder at another location you can specify this in the constructor:

TemporaryDirectoryHandler directory = new TemporaryDirectoryHandler(location).Create();

Retrive the path of the temporary directory

You can use the method GetPath to either get the path of the directory or a specific file:

TemporaryDirectoryHandler directory = new TemporaryDirectoryHandler().Create();
string path = directory.GetPath();

TemporaryDirectoryHandler directory = new TemporaryDirectoryHandler().Create();
string path = directory.GetPath("my-file.txt");

Empty temporary directory

You can empty a directory with method Empty:

TemporaryDirectoryHandler directory = new TemporaryDirectoryHandler().Create();
directory.Empty();

Delete temporary directory

You can delete a directory with method Empty:

TemporaryDirectoryHandler directory = new TemporaryDirectoryHandler().Create();
bool result = directory.Delete();

🤼 How to Contribute

Feel free to contribute with pull requests, bug reports or enhancement suggestions. We love PR's

🎉 Credits

• Spatie