File operation patterns

Skill Tibsfox/gsd-skill-creator/project-claude/skills/file-operation-patterns

Safe file operation patterns. Use when performing bulk file operations or writing deployment scripts.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add Tibsfox/gsd-skill-creator --skill file-operation-patterns

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File Operation Patterns

Safe Patterns

# Create directory tree (idempotent)
mkdir -p path/to/nested/dir

# Copy preserving permissions
cp -rp src/ dst/

# Atomic write (prevents partial reads)
tmpfile=$(mktemp "${target}.XXXXXX")
echo "$content" > "$tmpfile"
mv "$tmpfile" "$target"

# Safe deletion (guard variables)
[ -n "$DIR" ] && [ "$DIR" != "/" ] && rm -rf "$DIR"

# Incremental sync
rsync -av src/ dst/

Anti-Patterns

Don't	Do
`rm -rf $DIR` unguarded	Guard with `[ -n "$DIR" ]`
Write directly to target	Write to temp, then `mv`
Assume dir exists	`mkdir -p` first
Ignore permissions	`cp -p` or explicit `chmod`

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