bin-links

Linking Binaries

This feature allows the bin-links package to create symlinks for the binaries specified in the package.json file of a node module. The code sample demonstrates how to use bin-links to link binaries for a local package installation.

const binLinks = require('bin-links');

binLinks({
  path: '/path/to/package',
  pkg: { bin: { 'my-binary': './cli.js' } },
  global: false,
  force: true
}).then(() => {
  console.log('Binaries linked successfully.');
}).catch((err) => {
  console.error('Error linking binaries:', err);
});

Linking Global Binaries

This feature is similar to the previous one but is used for linking binaries globally. When the 'global' option is set to true, the binaries are linked in the global bin directory, making them accessible from anywhere in the system.

const binLinks = require('bin-links');

binLinks({
  path: '/path/to/package',
  pkg: { bin: { 'my-binary': './cli.js' } },
  global: true,
  force: true
}).then(() => {
  console.log('Global binaries linked successfully.');
}).catch((err) => {
  console.error('Error linking global binaries:', err);
});