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Socket uncovered npm malware campaign mimicking popular Node.js libraries and packages from other ecosystems; packages steal data and execute remote code.
better-scanner
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File directory scanner that returns inodes given a directory.
npm install --save better-scanner
var scanner = require('better-scanner');
scanner.scan('/path/to/scan', function (filePath, inode, isDir) {
// Will be called multiple times for every file in the path
}, function () {
// This will run when finished.
})
Contributions welcome!
This library was initially made by the awesome team of engineers at Diamond.
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FAQs
Fast way to scan a directory and get all of the inodes
The npm package better-scanner receives a total of 22 weekly downloads. As such, better-scanner popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that better-scanner demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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