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nedb/lib/customUtils.js

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var fs = require('fs')
, crypto = require('crypto')
, path = require('path')
, mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
;
/**
* Check if a directory exists and create it on the fly if it is not the case
* cb is optional, signature: err
*/
function ensureDirectoryExists (dir, cb) {
var callback = cb || function () {}
;
mkdirp(dir, function (err) { return callback(err); });
}
/**
* Return a random alphanumerical string of length len
* There is a very small probability (less than 1/1,000,000) for the length to be less than len
* (il the base64 conversion yields too many pluses and slashes) but
* that's not an issue here
* The probability of a collision is extremely small (need 3*10^12 documents to have one chance in a million of a collision)
* See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
*/
function uid (len) {
return crypto.randomBytes(Math.ceil(Math.max(8, len * 2)))
.toString('base64')
.replace(/[+\/]/g, '')
.slice(0, len);
}
module.exports.ensureDirectoryExists = ensureDirectoryExists;
module.exports.uid = uid;