path-locator

Locate files or folders in the directory where Node was started.

Install

Install locally:

npm install path-locator

Install globally:

npm install -g path-locator

Usage

Simply import the package and use the locate method:

var pathLocator = require('path-locator');
var path = pathLocator.locate('login.js');

directory

This property returns the full path of where Node was started.

var pathLocator = require('path-locator');
console.log(pathLocator.directory);
// /Users/name/projects/awesome_project/

locate(filename, [options])

Locate a file or folder using the filename parameter with an optional options object. It starts on the directory where Node was started and search recursively for the file or folder. It will return a string with the full path of the file in the file system or undefined if it didn't find anything.

This method runs synchronously.

Avaliable properties for options:

• basePath: Adds a path to the main path to locate files or folders.
• isFolder: Change the kind of source to locate. The default is false.
• exclude: A list of folder to not search inside.

var pathLocator = require('path-locator');

console.log(pathLocator.locate('login.test.js'))
// /Users/name/projects/awesome_project/tests/login.test.js

console.log(pathLocator.locate('login.js'), { basePath: 'source/v1' })
// /Users/name/projects/awesome_project/source/v1/login.js
console.log(pathLocator.locate('login.js'), { basePath: 'source/v2' })
// /Users/name/projects/awesome_project/source/v2/login.js

console.log(pathLocator.locate('v2'), { isFolder: true })
// /Users/name/projects/awesome_project/source/v2

console.log(pathLocator.locate('login.js'), { exclude: ['source/v1'] })
// /Users/name/projects/awesome_project/source/v2/login.js

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 Ricardo Rauber Pereira

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