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Synchronous validation of a path existing either as a file or as a directory.
Synchronous validation of a path existing either as a file or as a directory.
const { exists, FILE, FOLDER, READABLE } = require('@kwsites/file-exists');
// check for a folder existing
assert(exists(__dirname, FOLDER));
assert(!exists(__filename, FOLDER));
// check for a file existing
assert(!exists(__filename, FILE));
assert(exists(__filename, FILE));
// when no type is specified, both folders and files are allowed
assert(exists(__dirname));
assert(exists(__filename));
// alternatively specify both files and folders
assert(exists(__dirname, FILE + FOLDER));
// or just that the path is readable (can be either a file or folder)
assert(exists(__filename, READABLE));
This library uses debug to handle logging, to enable logging, use either the environment variable:
"DEBUG=@kwsites/file-exists" node ./your-app.js
Or explicitly enable logging using the debug
library itself:
require('debug').enable('@kwsites/file-exists');
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Synchronous validation of a path existing either as a file or as a directory.
The npm package @kwsites/file-exists receives a total of 2,918,142 weekly downloads. As such, @kwsites/file-exists popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @kwsites/file-exists demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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