fipy

Fipy is a simple package to help you copy files from one directory to another.

Example

import { FileCopy } from 'fipy';

const fipy = new FileCopy({
    source: 'my/source/folder',
    destination: 'my/destination/folder',
    fileGlob: /.*\.txt/,
    recursive: true,
    folderGlob: /.*/,
    overwrite: false,
    createDestinationFolder: true
});

fipy.on('fileCopied', (file, destinationFile) => {
    console.log(`Copied ${file} to ${destinationFile}`);
});

fipy.copyFiles();

API

Settings

The settings object is used to configure the file copy process. It has the following properties:

source

The source folder to copy files from. This is a required property.
Type: string

destination

The destination folder to copy files to. This is a required property.
Type: string

fileGlob

The glob pattern to match files to copy. This is a required property.
Type: RegExp

recursive

Whether to copy files recursively. This is an optional property.
Type: boolean

folderGlob

The glob pattern to match folders to copy. Only used if recursive is true. This is an optional property.
Type: RegExp

overwrite

Whether to overwrite existing files. This is an optional property.
Type: boolean

createDestinationFolder

Whether to create the destination folder if it doesn't exist. Also creates subfolders if recursive is true. This is an optional property.
Type: boolean

copyFiles

Copies files from one directory to another.
Parameters: optional rename function.
The rename function is called for each file that is copied. It has the following parameters:
- file: The filename that is being copied. Type: string
It must return a string with the new filename.

Emits the following events:

• fileCopied: Emitted when a file is copied. Parameters: file and destinationFile
• error: Emitted when an error occurs. Parameters: errorMessage

moveFiles

Moves files from one directory to another.
Parameters: optional rename function.
The rename function is called for each file that is moved. It has the following parameters:
- file: The filename that is being moved. Type: string
It must return a string with the new filename.

Emits the following events:

• fileCopied: Emitted when a file is moved. Parameters: file and destinationFile
• fileDeleted: Emitted when a file is deleted. Parameters: file
• error: Emitted when an error occurs. Parameters: errorMessage

on

Adds an event listener.
Available events:

• fileCopied: Emitted when a file is copied. Parameters: file and destinationFile
• fileDeleted: Emitted when a file is deleted. Parameters: file
• error: Emitted when an error occurs. Parameters: errorMessage