is-unc-path

is-unc-path

Returns true if a filepath is a windows UNC file path.

Install with npm

$ npm i is-unc-path --save

Usage

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');

Rules for UNC paths

• The computer name is always preceded by a double backward-slash (\\).
• UNC paths cannot contain a drive letter (such as D:)

Related projects

• dotfile-regex: Regular expresson for matching dotfiles.
• dotdir-regex: Regex for matching dot-directories, like .git/
• dirname-regex: Regular expression for matching the directory part of a file path.
• is-glob: Returns true if the given string looks like a glob pattern.
• path-regex: Regular expression for matching the parts of a file path.
• unc-path-regex: Returns true if a filepath is a windows UNC file path.

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm i -d && npm test

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license.

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