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| > Write data to a file, replacing the file if it already exists and creating any intermediate directories if they don't already exist. Thin wrapper around node's native fs methods. |
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| ## Install |
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| Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install --save write |
| ``` |
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| ## Usage |
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| ```js |
| var writeFile = require('write'); |
| ``` |
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| ## API |
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| ### [writeFile](index.js#L40) |
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| Asynchronously writes data to a file, replacing the file if it already exists and creating any intermediate directories if they don't already exist. Data can be a string or a buffer. Returns a promise if a callback function is not passed. |
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| **Params** |
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| * `filepath` **{string|Buffer|integer}**: filepath or file descriptor. |
| * `data` **{string|Buffer|Uint8Array}**: String to write to disk. |
| * `options` **{object}**: Options to pass to [fs.writeFile](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_writefile_file_data_options_callback) and/or [mkdirp](https://github.com/substack/node-mkdirp) |
| * `callback` **{Function}**: (optional) If no callback is provided, a promise is returned. |
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| **Example** |
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| ```js |
| var writeFile = require('write'); |
| writeFile('foo.txt', 'This is content...', function(err) { |
| if (err) console.log(err); |
| }); |
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| // promise |
| writeFile('foo.txt', 'This is content...') |
| .then(function() { |
| // do stuff |
| }); |
| ``` |
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| ### [.promise](index.js#L82) |
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| The promise version of [writeFile](#writefile). Returns a promise. |
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| **Params** |
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| * `filepath` **{string|Buffer|integer}**: filepath or file descriptor. |
| * `val` **{string|Buffer|Uint8Array}**: String or buffer to write to disk. |
| * `options` **{object}**: Options to pass to [fs.writeFile](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_writefile_file_data_options_callback) and/or [mkdirp](https://github.com/substack/node-mkdirp) |
| * `returns` **{Promise}** |
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| **Example** |
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| ```js |
| var writeFile = require('write'); |
| writeFile.promise('foo.txt', 'This is content...') |
| .then(function() { |
| // do stuff |
| }); |
| ``` |
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| ### [.sync](index.js#L120) |
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| The synchronous version of [writeFile](#writefile). Returns undefined. |
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| **Params** |
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| * `filepath` **{string|Buffer|integer}**: filepath or file descriptor. |
| * `data` **{string|Buffer|Uint8Array}**: String or buffer to write to disk. |
| * `options` **{object}**: Options to pass to [fs.writeFileSync](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_writefilesync_file_data_options) and/or [mkdirp](https://github.com/substack/node-mkdirp) |
| * `returns` **{undefined}** |
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| **Example** |
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| ```js |
| var writeFile = require('write'); |
| writeFile.sync('foo.txt', 'This is content...'); |
| ``` |
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| ### [.stream](index.js#L151) |
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| Uses `fs.createWriteStream` to write data to a file, replacing the file if it already exists and creating any intermediate directories if they don't already exist. Data can be a string or a buffer. Returns a new [WriteStream](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_class_fs_writestream) object. |
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| **Params** |
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| * `filepath` **{string|Buffer|integer}**: filepath or file descriptor. |
| * `options` **{object}**: Options to pass to [mkdirp](https://github.com/substack/node-mkdirp) and [fs.createWriteStream](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_createwritestream_path_options) |
| * `returns` **{Stream}**: Returns a new [WriteStream](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_class_fs_writestream) object. (See [Writable Stream](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_class_stream_writable)). |
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| **Example** |
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| ```js |
| var fs = require('fs'); |
| var writeFile = require('write'); |
| fs.createReadStream('README.md') |
| .pipe(writeFile.stream('a/b/c/other-file.md')) |
| .on('close', function() { |
| // do stuff |
| }); |
| ``` |
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| ## Release history |
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| ### v1.0.2 - 2017-07-11 |
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| * improved documentation |
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| ### v1.0.0 - 2017-07-09 |
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| **Added** |
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| * [promise support](#promise) |
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| **Changed** |
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| * The main export will now return a promise if no callback is passed |
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| ## About |
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| ### Related projects |
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| * [delete](https://www.npmjs.com/package/delete): Delete files and folders and any intermediate directories if they exist (sync and async). | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/delete "Delete files and folders and any intermediate directories if they exist (sync and async).") |
| * [read-data](https://www.npmjs.com/package/read-data): Read JSON or YAML files. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/read-data "Read JSON or YAML files.") |
| * [read-yaml](https://www.npmjs.com/package/read-yaml): Very thin wrapper around js-yaml for directly reading in YAML files. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/read-yaml "Very thin wrapper around js-yaml for directly reading in YAML files.") |
| * [write-data](https://www.npmjs.com/package/write-data): Write a YAML or JSON file to disk. Automatically detects the format to write based… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/write-data) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/write-data "Write a YAML or JSON file to disk. Automatically detects the format to write based on extension. Or pass `ext` on the options.") |
| * [write-json](https://www.npmjs.com/package/write-json): Write a JSON file to disk, also creates intermediate directories in the destination path if… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/write-json) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/write-json "Write a JSON file to disk, also creates intermediate directories in the destination path if they don't already exist.") |
| * [write-yaml](https://www.npmjs.com/package/write-yaml): Write YAML. Converts JSON to YAML writes it to the specified file. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/write-yaml "Write YAML. Converts JSON to YAML writes it to the specified file.") |
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| ### Contributing |
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| Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new). |
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| ### Contributors |
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| | **Commits** | **Contributor** | |
| | --- | --- | |
| | 33 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) | |
| | 1 | [tunnckoCore](https://github.com/tunnckoCore) | |
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| ### Building docs |
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| _(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_ |
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| To generate the readme, run the following command: |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb |
| ``` |
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| ### Running tests |
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| Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command: |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install && npm test |
| ``` |
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| ### Author |
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| **Jon Schlinkert** |
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| * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| * [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) |
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| ### License |
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| Copyright © 2017, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert). |
| Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE). |
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| *** |
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| _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.6.0, on July 11, 2017._ |