is-path-inside
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Check if a path is inside another path
$ npm install is-path-inside
import isPathInside from 'is-path-inside';
isPathInside('a/b/c', 'a/b');
//=> true
isPathInside('a/b/c', 'x/y');
//=> false
isPathInside('a/b/c', 'a/b/c');
//=> false
isPathInside('/Users/sindresorhus/dev/unicorn', '/Users/sindresorhus');
//=> true
Note that relative paths are resolved against process.cwd()
to make them absolute.
Important: This package is meant for use with path manipulation. It does not check if the paths exist nor does it resolve symlinks. You should not use this as a security mechanism to guard against access to certain places on the file system.
Type: string
The path that should be inside parentPath
.
Type: string
The path that should contain childPath
.
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Check if a path is inside another path
The npm package is-path-inside receives a total of 28,412,576 weekly downloads. As such, is-path-inside popularity was classified as popular.
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