9.0.0

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@pushrocks/smartfile",
-  "version": "8.0.11",
+  "version": "9.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@pushrocks/smartfile",
-      "version": "8.0.11",
+      "version": "9.0.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@pushrocks/smartfile-interfaces": "^1.0.7",

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@pushrocks/smartfile",
   "private": false,
-  "version": "8.0.11",
+  "version": "9.0.0",
   "description": "offers smart ways to work with files in nodejs",
   "main": "dist_ts/index.js",
   "typings": "dist_ts/index.d.ts",

ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import * as fs from './smartfile.fs';
 import * as memory from './smartfile.memory';
 
 export interface ISmartfileConstructorOptions {
-  path?: string;
+  path: string;
-  contentBuffer?: Buffer;
+  contentBuffer: Buffer;
-  base?: string;
+  base: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -21,20 +21,26 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
    * creates a Smartfile from a filePath
    * @param filePath
    */
-  public static async fromFilePath(filePath: string) {
+  public static async fromFilePath(filePath: string, baseArg: string = process.cwd()) {
     filePath = plugins.path.resolve(filePath);
     const fileBuffer = fs.toBufferSync(filePath);
     const smartfile = new Smartfile({
-      path: filePath,
       contentBuffer: fileBuffer,
+      base: baseArg,
+      path: plugins.path.relative(baseArg, filePath),
     });
     return smartfile;
   }
 
-  public static async fromBuffer(filePath: string, contentBufferArg: Buffer) {
+  public static async fromBuffer(
+    filePath: string,
+    contentBufferArg: Buffer,
+    baseArg: string = process.cwd()
+  ) {
     const smartfile = new Smartfile({
       contentBuffer: contentBufferArg,
-      path: filePath,
+      base: baseArg,
+      path: plugins.path.relative(baseArg, filePath),
     });
 
     return smartfile;
@@ -43,11 +49,13 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
   public static async fromString(
     filePath: string,
     contentStringArg: string,
-    encodingArg: 'utf8' | 'binary'
+    encodingArg: 'utf8' | 'binary',
+    baseArg = process.cwd()
   ) {
     const smartfile = new Smartfile({
       contentBuffer: Buffer.from(contentStringArg, encodingArg),
-      path: filePath,
+      base: baseArg,
+      path: plugins.path.relative(baseArg, filePath),
     });
 
     return smartfile;
@@ -122,11 +130,12 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
    * - no argument write to exactly where the file was picked up
    */
   public async write() {
-    await memory.toFs(this.contentBuffer, this.path);
+    await memory.toFs(this.contentBuffer, plugins.path.join(this.base, this.path));
   }
 
   /**
    * writes the file to path given as argument
+   * note: if the path is not absolute, takes process.cwd() as base
    * @param filePathArg
    */
   public async writeToDiskAtPath(filePathArg: string) {
@@ -152,14 +161,14 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
    * read file from disk
    */
   public async read() {
-    this.contentBuffer = await fs.toBuffer(this.path);
+    this.contentBuffer = await fs.toBuffer(plugins.path.join(this.base, this.path));
   }
 
   /**
    * deletes the file from disk at its original location
    */
   public async delete() {
-    await fs.remove(this.path);
+    await fs.remove(plugins.path.join(this.base, this.path));
   }
 
   // -----------------------------------------------
@@ -186,7 +195,7 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
    * return relative path of file
    */
   public get relative(): string {
-    return plugins.path.relative(this.base, this.path);
+    return this.path;
   }
 
   /**