commondir

What is commondir?

The commondir npm package is a simple utility that helps you find the common parent directory among an array of file paths. This can be particularly useful in file system operations where you need to determine the shared base directory for a group of files.

What are commondir's main functionalities?

Finding common directory

This feature allows you to find the common parent directory from an array of file paths. In the provided code, the common directory for '/usr/lib/node_modules' and '/usr/lib/node' is calculated, which results in '/usr/lib'.

const commondir = require('commondir');
const paths = ['/usr/lib/node_modules', '/usr/lib/node'];
const commonPath = commondir(paths);
console.log(commonPath); // Outputs: '/usr/lib'

Other packages similar to commondir

path-common

path-common is another npm package that provides functionality to find the common path among multiple paths. It is similar to commondir but might offer different methods or additional features for handling edge cases or specific path operations.

find-root

find-root is a package that helps in finding the root directory of a project by traversing up the current directory until a specific marker file (like 'package.json') is found. While it serves a different purpose, it is related in terms of navigating and determining directory structures, which can be somewhat similar to what commondir does.

README

commondir

compute the closest common parent directory among an array of directories

example

var commondir = require('commondir');
var dir = commondir(process.argv.slice(2))
console.log(dir);

output:

$ node dir.js /x/y/z /x/y /x/y/w/q
/x/y
$ node ../baz ../../foo/quux ./bizzy
/foo

methods

var commondir = require('commondir');

commondir(absolutePaths)

Compute the closest common parent directory for an array absolutePaths.

commondir(basedir, relativePaths)

Compute the closest common parent directory for an array relativePaths which will be resolved for each dir in relativePaths according to: path.resolve(basedir, dir).

install

With npm do:

npm install commondir

license

MIT