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is-unc-path
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Returns true if a filepath is a windows UNC file path.
Install with npm:
$ npm install --save is-unc-path
var isUncPath = require('is-unc-path');
true
Returns true for windows UNC paths:
isUncPath('\\/foo/bar');
isUncPath('\\\\foo/bar');
isUncPath('\\\\foo\\admin$');
isUncPath('\\\\foo\\admin$\\system32');
isUncPath('\\\\foo\\temp');
isUncPath('\\\\/foo/bar');
isUncPath('\\\\\\/foo/bar');
false
Returns false for non-UNC paths:
isUncPath('/foo/bar');
isUncPath('/');
isUncPath('/foo');
isUncPath('/foo/');
isUncPath('c:');
isUncPath('c:.');
isUncPath('c:./');
isUncPath('c:./file');
isUncPath('c:/');
isUncPath('c:/file');
Customization
Use .source to use the regex as a component of another regex:
var myRegex = new RegExp(isUncPath.source + 'foo');
\\).D:)Changes
TypeError if value is not a stringpath.isAbolute. Returns true if a file path is absolute. | homepagetrue if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern… more | homepagetrue if the path appears to be relative. | homepagePull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
(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 July 13, 2017.
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Returns true if a filepath is a windows UNC file path.
The npm package is-unc-path receives a total of 10,154,862 weekly downloads. As such, is-unc-path popularity was classified as popular.
We found that is-unc-path 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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