is-absolute
Advanced tools
The is-absolute npm package is a utility that helps determine if a given file path is an absolute path. This can be particularly useful in file system operations where the distinction between absolute and relative paths is important.
Check if a path is absolute
This feature allows you to check if a given path is absolute. An absolute path is one that starts from the root directory, as opposed to a relative path which is relative to the current working directory.
const isAbsolute = require('is-absolute');
console.log(isAbsolute('/home/user')); // true
console.log(isAbsolute('home/user')); // falseThe path-is-absolute package provides similar functionality to is-absolute by determining if a given path is absolute. It is a lightweight package and can be used as a drop-in replacement for is-absolute.
The path module is a core Node.js module that provides utilities for working with file and directory paths. It includes a method called path.isAbsolute() which can be used to check if a path is absolute. This module offers a broader range of path-related utilities compared to is-absolute.
Return true if a file path is absolute.
Based on the isAbsolute utility method in express.
npm i is-absolute --save
var isAbsolute = require('is-absolute');
console.log(isAbsolute('a/b/c.js'));
//=> 'false';
Install dev dependencies.
npm i -d && npm test
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue
true if the path appears to be relative.true if the given string looks like a glob pattern.Jon Schlinkert
Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Jon Schlinkert
Released under the MIT license
This file was generated by verb-cli on March 05, 2015.
FAQs
Returns true if a file path is absolute. Does not rely on the path module and can be used as a polyfill for node.js native `path.isAbolute`.
The npm package is-absolute receives a total of 5,907,627 weekly downloads. As such, is-absolute popularity was classified as popular.
We found that is-absolute 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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