4.1.0

dist/smartfile.fs.d.ts

@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ export declare let isDirectory: (pathArg: any) => boolean;
  * Checks if a given path points to an existing file
  */
 export declare let isFile: (pathArg: any) => boolean;
-/**
- * ensures that a directory is in place
- */
-export declare let ensureDir: (dirPathArg: string) => plugins.q.Promise<{}>;
-/**
- * ensures that a directory is in place
- */
-export declare let ensureDirSync: (dirPathArg: string) => void;
 /**
  * copies a file from A to B on the local disk
  */
@@ -37,21 +29,46 @@ export declare let copy: (fromArg: string, toArg: string) => plugins.q.Promise<{
  * copies a file SYNCHRONOUSLY from A to B on the local disk
  */
 export declare let copySync: (fromArg: string, toArg: string) => boolean;
+/**
+ * ensures that a directory is in place
+ */
+export declare let ensureDir: (dirPathArg: string) => plugins.q.Promise<{}>;
+/**
+ * ensures that a directory is in place
+ */
+export declare let ensureDirSync: (dirPathArg: string) => void;
+/**
+ * ensures that a file is on disk
+ * @param filePath the filePath to ensureDir
+ * @param the fileContent to place into a new file in case it doesn't exist yet
+ * @returns Promise<void>
+ * @exec ASYNC
+ */
+export declare let ensureFile: (filePathArg: any, initFileStringArg: any) => plugins.q.Promise<void>;
+/**
+ * ensures that a file is on disk
+ * @param filePath the filePath to ensureDir
+ * @param the fileContent to place into a new file in case it doesn't exist yet
+ * @returns Promise<void>
+ * @exec SYNC
+ */
+export declare let ensureFileSync: (filePathArg: string, initFileStringArg: string) => void;
 /**
  * removes a file or folder from local disk
  */
-export declare let remove: (pathArg: string) => plugins.q.Promise<{}>;
+export declare let remove: (pathArg: string) => plugins.q.Promise<void>;
 /**
  * removes a file SYNCHRONOUSLY from local disk
  */
 export declare let removeSync: (pathArg: string) => boolean;
 /**
- *
+ * removes an array of filePaths from disk
- * @param filePathArg
- * @returns {*}
  */
-export declare let toGulpStreamSync: (filePathArg: string) => any;
+export declare let removeMany: (filePathArrayArg: string[]) => plugins.q.Promise<void[]>;
-export declare let toGulpDestSync: (folderPathArg: string) => any;
+/**
+ * like removeFilePathArray but SYNCHRONOUSLY
+ */
+export declare let removeManySync: (filePathArrayArg: string[]) => void;
 /**
  *
  * @param filePathArg
@@ -64,7 +81,7 @@ export declare let toObjectSync: (filePathArg: any, fileTypeArg?: any) => any;
  * @param filePath
  * @returns {string|Buffer|any}
  */
-export declare let toStringSync: (filePath: any) => any;
+export declare let toStringSync: (filePath: any) => string;
 /**
  *
  * @param filePathArg
@@ -111,6 +128,7 @@ export declare let listAllItems: (pathArg: string, regexFilter?: RegExp) => plug
 export declare let listAllItemsSync: (pathArg: string, regexFilter?: RegExp) => string[];
 /**
  * lists a file tree using a miniMatch filter
+ * note: if the miniMatch Filter is an absolute path, the cwdArg will be omitted
  * @returns Promise<string[]> string array with the absolute paths of all matching files
  */
-export declare let listFileTree: (dirPath: string, miniMatchFilter: string) => plugins.q.Promise<string[]>;
+export declare let listFileTree: (dirPathArg: string, miniMatchFilter: string) => plugins.q.Promise<string[]>;

dist/smartfile.memory.d.ts

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export declare let toVinylArraySync: (arrayArg: string[], optionsArg?: {
     filename?: string;
     base?: string;
     relPath?: string;
-}) => any[];
+}) => plugins.vinyl[];
 /**
  * takes a vinylFile object and converts it to String
  */

dist/smartfile.plugins.d.ts

@@ -2,15 +2,12 @@ import 'typings-global';
 export import beautylog = require('beautylog');
 export import fs = require('fs');
 export import fsExtra = require('fs-extra');
-export declare let gulp: any;
 export declare let glob: any;
-export declare let g: {
-    remoteSrc: any;
-};
 export import path = require('path');
 export import q = require('q');
+export declare let request: any;
+export declare let requireReload: any;
+export import smartpath = require('smartpath');
 export import vinyl = require('vinyl');
 export declare let vinylFile: any;
 export declare let yaml: any;
-export declare let request: any;
-export declare let requireReload: any;

dist/smartfile.plugins.js

@@ -3,16 +3,13 @@ require("typings-global");
 exports.beautylog = require("beautylog");
 exports.fs = require("fs");
 exports.fsExtra = require("fs-extra");
-exports.gulp = require('gulp');
 exports.glob = require('glob');
-exports.g = {
-    remoteSrc: require('gulp-remote-src')
-};
 exports.path = require("path");
 exports.q = require("q");
+exports.request = require('request');
+exports.requireReload = require('require-reload');
+exports.smartpath = require("smartpath");
 exports.vinyl = require("vinyl");
 exports.vinylFile = require('vinyl-file');
 exports.yaml = require('js-yaml');
-exports.request = require('request');
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dist/smartfile.remote.d.ts

@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 import 'typings-global';
 import plugins = require('./smartfile.plugins');
 export declare let toFs: (from: string, toPath: string) => plugins.q.Promise<{}>;
-/**
- *
- * @param filePathArg
- * @returns {*}
- */
-export declare let toGulpStreamSync: (filePathArg: string, baseArg: string) => any;
 /**
  *
  * @param fromArg

dist/smartfile.remote.js

@@ -10,17 +10,6 @@ exports.toFs = function (from, toPath) {
     });
     return done.promise;
 };
-/**
- *
- * @param filePathArg
- * @returns {*}
- */
-exports.toGulpStreamSync = function (filePathArg, baseArg) {
-    let stream = plugins.g.remoteSrc(filePathArg, {
-        base: baseArg
-    });
-    return stream;
-};
 /**
  *
  * @param fromArg
@@ -61,4 +50,4 @@ exports.toString = (fromArg) => {
     });
     return done.promise;
 };
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package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "smartfile",
-  "version": "4.0.20",
+  "version": "4.1.0",
   "description": "offers smart ways to work with files in nodejs",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "typings": "dist/index.d.ts",
@@ -31,13 +31,12 @@
     "@types/vinyl": "^1.1.29",
     "beautylog": "^5.0.23",
     "fs-extra": "^0.30.0",
-    "glob": "^7.0.6",
+    "glob": "^7.1.0",
-    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "gulp-remote-src": "^0.4.1",
     "js-yaml": "^3.6.1",
     "q": "^1.4.1",
     "request": "^2.75.0",
     "require-reload": "0.2.2",
+    "smartpath": "^3.2.2",
     "typings-global": "^1.0.14",
     "vinyl": "^1.2.0",
     "vinyl-file": "^2.0.0"

test/test.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import 'typings-test'
 import * as smartfile from '../dist/index'
 import beautylog = require('beautylog')
-let gulp = require('gulp')
-let gFunction = require('gulp-function')
 import path = require('path')
 import * as should from 'should'
 let vinyl = require('vinyl')
@@ -81,8 +79,25 @@ describe('smartfile'.yellow, function () {
             it('should remove an entire directory', function () {
                 
             })
-            it('should remove single files', function () {
+            it('smartfile.fs.remove -> should remove single files', function (done) {
-
+                smartfile.fs.remove('./test/temp/mytestRenamed.yaml')
+                    .then(() => { done() })
+            })
+            it('smartfile.fs.removeSync -> should remove single files synchronouly',function() {
+                smartfile.fs.removeSync('./test/temp/testfile1.txt')
+                should(smartfile.fs.fileExistsSync('./test/temp/testfile1.txt')).be.false()
+            })
+            it('smartfile.fs.removeMany -> should remove and array of files',function(done) {
+                smartfile.fs.removeMany(['./test/temp/testfile1.txt','./test/temp/testfile2.txt']).then(() => {
+                    should(smartfile.fs.fileExistsSync('./test/temp/testfile1.txt')).be.false()
+                    should(smartfile.fs.fileExistsSync('./test/temp/testfile2.txt')).be.false()
+                    done()
+                })
+            })
+            it('smartfile.fs.removeManySync -> should remove and array of single files synchronouly',function() {
+                smartfile.fs.removeManySync(['./test/temp/testfile1.txt','./test/temp/testfile2.txt'])
+                should(smartfile.fs.fileExistsSync('./test/temp/testfile1.txt')).be.false()
+                should(smartfile.fs.fileExistsSync('./test/temp/testfile2.txt')).be.false()
             })
         })
     })
@@ -96,13 +111,6 @@ describe('smartfile'.yellow, function () {
     })
 
     describe('.fs'.yellow, function () {
-        describe('toGulpStreamSync() and toGulpDestSync', function () {
-            it('should produce a gulp stream', function (done) {
-                smartfile.fs.toGulpStreamSync('./test/my*')
-                    .pipe(smartfile.fs.toGulpDestSync('./test/temp/'))
-                    .pipe(gFunction(done, 'atEnd'))
-            })
-        })
         describe('.toObjectSync()'.yellow, function () {
             it('should read an ' + '.yaml'.blue + ' file to an object', function () {
                 let testData = smartfile.fs.toObjectSync('./test/mytest.yaml')
@@ -141,7 +149,6 @@ describe('smartfile'.yellow, function () {
             it('should produce a valid gulp stream', function () {
                 let localArray = ['test1', 'test2', 'test3']
                 smartfile.memory.toGulpStream(localArray)
-                    .pipe(gulp.dest('./test/temp/'))
             })
         })
         describe('toVinylFileSync()', function () {
@@ -194,15 +201,6 @@ describe('smartfile'.yellow, function () {
     })
 
     describe('.remote', function () {
-        describe('toGulpStreamSync()', function () {
-            it('should produce a gulp stream', function (done) {
-                this.timeout(5000)
-                smartfile.remote.toGulpStreamSync(
-                    'mytest.txt', 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pushrocks/smartfile/master/test/'
-                ).pipe(smartfile.fs.toGulpDestSync('./test/temp/'))
-                    .pipe(gFunction(done, 'atEnd'))
-            })
-        })
         describe('.toString()', function () {
             it('should load a remote file to a variable', function (done) {
                 this.timeout(5000)

ts/smartfile.fs.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import 'typings-global'
 
 import plugins = require('./smartfile.plugins')
 import SmartfileInterpreter = require('./smartfile.interpreter')
-
+import * as memory from './smartfile.memory'
 /*===============================================================
 ============================ Checks =============================
 ===============================================================*/
@@ -54,22 +54,6 @@ export let isFile = function(pathArg): boolean{
 ============================ FS ACTIONS =========================
 ===============================================================*/
 
-/**
- * ensures that a directory is in place
- */
-export let ensureDir = (dirPathArg: string) => {
-    let done = plugins.q.defer()
-    plugins.fsExtra.ensureDir(dirPathArg,done.resolve)
-    return done.promise
-}
-
-/**
- * ensures that a directory is in place
- */
-export let ensureDirSync = (dirPathArg: string) => {
-    plugins.fsExtra.ensureDirSync(dirPathArg)
-}
-
 /**
  * copies a file from A to B on the local disk
  */
@@ -89,11 +73,56 @@ export let copySync = function(fromArg: string,toArg: string): boolean{
     return true
 }
 
- /**
+/**
+ * ensures that a directory is in place
+ */
+export let ensureDir = (dirPathArg: string) => {
+    let done = plugins.q.defer()
+    plugins.fsExtra.ensureDir(dirPathArg,done.resolve)
+    return done.promise
+}
+
+/**
+ * ensures that a directory is in place
+ */
+export let ensureDirSync = (dirPathArg: string) => {
+    plugins.fsExtra.ensureDirSync(dirPathArg)
+}
+
+/**
+ * ensures that a file is on disk
+ * @param filePath the filePath to ensureDir
+ * @param the fileContent to place into a new file in case it doesn't exist yet
+ * @returns Promise<void>
+ * @exec ASYNC
+ */
+export let ensureFile = (filePathArg, initFileStringArg): plugins.q.Promise<void> => {
+    let done = plugins.q.defer<void>()
+    ensureFileSync(filePathArg, initFileStringArg)
+    done.resolve()
+    return done.promise
+}
+
+/**
+ * ensures that a file is on disk
+ * @param filePath the filePath to ensureDir
+ * @param the fileContent to place into a new file in case it doesn't exist yet
+ * @returns Promise<void>
+ * @exec SYNC
+ */
+export let ensureFileSync = (filePathArg: string, initFileStringArg: string): void => {
+    if (fileExistsSync(filePathArg)) {
+        return null
+    } else {
+        memory.toFsSync(initFileStringArg, filePathArg)
+    }
+}
+
+/**
  * removes a file or folder from local disk
  */
-export let remove = function(pathArg: string){
+export let remove = function(pathArg: string): plugins.q.Promise<void> {
-    let done = plugins.q.defer()
+    let done = plugins.q.defer<void>()
     plugins.fsExtra.remove(pathArg,function(){
         done.resolve()
     })
@@ -108,23 +137,30 @@ export let removeSync = function(pathArg: string): boolean{
     return true
 }
 
+/**
+ * removes an array of filePaths from disk
+ */
+export let removeMany = function(filePathArrayArg: string[]){
+    let promiseArray: plugins.q.Promise<void>[] = []
+    for (let filePath of filePathArrayArg) {
+        promiseArray.push(remove(filePath))
+    }
+    return plugins.q.all(promiseArray)
+}
+
+/**
+ * like removeFilePathArray but SYNCHRONOUSLY
+ */
+export let removeManySync = function(filePathArrayArg: string[]): void {
+    for (let filePath of filePathArrayArg) {
+        removeSync(filePath)
+    }
+}
+
 /*===============================================================
 ============================ Write/Read =========================
 ===============================================================*/
 
-/**
- *
- * @param filePathArg
- * @returns {*}
- */
-export let toGulpStreamSync = function(filePathArg: string){
-    let stream = plugins.gulp.src(filePathArg)
-    return stream
-}
-
-export let toGulpDestSync = function(folderPathArg: string){
-    return plugins.gulp.dest(folderPathArg)
-}
 
 /**
  *
@@ -272,10 +308,20 @@ export let listAllItemsSync = function(pathArg: string, regexFilter?: RegExp): s
 
 /**
  * lists a file tree using a miniMatch filter
+ * note: if the miniMatch Filter is an absolute path, the cwdArg will be omitted
  * @returns Promise<string[]> string array with the absolute paths of all matching files
  */
-export let listFileTree = (dirPath: string, miniMatchFilter: string): plugins.q.Promise<string[]> => {
+export let listFileTree = (dirPathArg: string, miniMatchFilter: string): plugins.q.Promise<string[]> => {
     let done = plugins.q.defer<string[]>()
+
+    // handle absolute miniMatchFilter
+    let dirPath: string
+    if (plugins.path.isAbsolute(miniMatchFilter)) {
+        dirPath = '/'
+    } else {
+        dirPath = dirPathArg
+    }
+
     let options = {
         cwd: dirPath
     }

ts/smartfile.plugins.ts

@@ -2,15 +2,12 @@ import 'typings-global'
 export import beautylog = require('beautylog')
 export import fs = require('fs')
 export import fsExtra = require('fs-extra')
-export let gulp = require('gulp')
 export let glob = require('glob')
-export let g = {
-    remoteSrc: require('gulp-remote-src')
-}
 export import path = require('path')
 export import q = require('q')
+export let request = require('request')
+export let requireReload = require('require-reload')
+export import smartpath = require('smartpath')
 export import vinyl = require('vinyl')
 export let vinylFile = require('vinyl-file')
 export let yaml = require('js-yaml')
-export let request = require('request')
-export let requireReload = require('require-reload')

ts/smartfile.remote.ts

@@ -11,18 +11,6 @@ export let toFs = function(from: string,toPath: string) {
     return done.promise
 }
 
-/**
- *
- * @param filePathArg
- * @returns {*}
- */
-export let toGulpStreamSync = function(filePathArg: string,baseArg: string){
-    let stream = plugins.g.remoteSrc(filePathArg, {
-        base: baseArg
-    })
-    return stream
-}
-
 /**
  *
  * @param fromArg