vinyl-string

For the terminally lazy

constructor(fileContents, options)

fileContents

The contents of the pretend file

Type: String or Buffer

options

An options object for the creation of a vinyl file.

options.keepOpen

Set to true to keep the stream open. Use when piping /into/ the vinyl-string object.

example

var vs = require('vinyl-string');
var vFile = vs(
  "my file contents!",
  {
    path: "filename.txt"
  }
);

vFile.pipe(gulp.dest("./output"));

/* if vFile is also a stream destination, set keepOpen: true */
var vs = require('vinyl-string');
var vFile = vs(
  "my file contents!",
  {
    path: "filename.txt",
    keepOpen: true // allow piping in to vFile
  }
);

gulp.src(["./src/*.txt"])
  .pipe(vFile)
  .pipe(gulp.dest("./output");