how to use the mkdtemp function from fs-extra in javascript

To use the mkdtemp function from fs-extra in JavaScript, you first need to install the fs-extra package. You can do this using npm by running the following command:

index.tsx
npm install fs-extra
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Once you have installed fs-extra, you can use the mkdtemp function to create a temporary directory with a unique name. The mkdtemp function takes two arguments:

• prefix (required): A string that specifies the beginning of the temporary directory's name. This string must be at least three characters long.
• options (optional): An object that specifies additional options. Currently, the only option available is encoding, which specifies the character encoding to use when creating the directory name. The default is 'utf8'.

Here's an example of how to use mkdtemp:

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const fs = require('fs-extra');

async function createTempDir() {
  const prefix = 'my-temp-dir-';
  const tempDir = await fs.mkdtemp(prefix);
  console.log(`Created temporary directory: ${tempDir}`);
}

createTempDir();
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In this example, prefix is set to 'my-temp-dir-', so the temporary directory's name will start with that string. The await keyword is used to wait for the mkdtemp function to complete before logging the name of the temporary directory to the console.

Note that mkdtemp returns a Promise, so it must be used in an async function or with .then() and .catch() to handle success or errors.