file-is-binary
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Returns true if a file is binary. Checks the actual contents, since extensions are not reliable. Basic wrapper for isbinaryfile to support vinyl files.
Returns true if a file is binary. Checks the actual contents, since extensions are not reliable. Basic wrapper for isbinaryfile to support vinyl files.
Install with npm:
$ npm install --save file-is-binary
Uses isbinaryfile to check the file contents and return
var isBinary = require('file-is-binary');
var file = new File({path: 'foo.gif', contents: fs.readFileSync('foo.gif')});
console.log(isBinary(file));
var file = new File({path: 'bar.txt', contents: fs.readFileSync('bar.txt')});
console.log(isBinary(file));
//=> false
contents property on a file object. Abstraction from vinyl-fs to support stream or… more | homepagestat property on a file object. Abstraction from vinyl-fs to support stream or… more | homepage.isBinary() function to the file object, similar to file.isNull() and file.isStream(). | homepagePull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
Please read the contributing guide for advice on opening issues, pull requests, and coding standards.
(This project's readme.md is generated by verb, please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the .verb.md readme template.)
To generate the readme, run the following command:
$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
$ npm install && npm test
Jon Schlinkert
Copyright © 2017, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.
This file was generated by verb-generate-readme, v0.6.0, on May 19, 2017.
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Returns true if a file is binary. Checks the actual contents, since extensions are not reliable. Basic wrapper for isbinaryfile to support vinyl files.
The npm package file-is-binary receives a total of 32,536 weekly downloads. As such, file-is-binary popularity was classified as popular.
We found that file-is-binary 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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