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Comparing version 2.0.0 to 3.0.0

dist/index.d.ts

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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,7 +1,16 @@

# Changelog
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
## [3.0.0] - 2020-07-20
### Changed
- Completely rewrite in TypeScript
## [2.0.0] - 2018-11-02
* Read file synchronously option
* Search on '/etc/os-release', '/usr/lib/os-release' or in a specified custom file
* Code improvements (now requires Node >= 8)
### Changed
- Read file synchronously option
- Search on '/etc/os-release', '/usr/lib/os-release' or in a specified custom file
- Code improvements (now requires Node >= 8)
## [1.0.0] - 2018-02-10
* First public version
- First public version
{
"name": "linux-release-info",
"version": "2.0.0",
"productName": "Linux Release Info",
"version": "3.0.0",
"description": "Get Linux release info (distribution name, version, arch, release, etc.) from 'os-release' file and from native os module. On Windows and Darwin it only returns common node os module info (platform, hostname, release and arch)",
"main": "index.js",
"main": "dist/index.js",
"types": "dist/index.d.ts",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
"test": "node test.js",
"build": "tsc",
"watch": "tsc -w",
"publish": "npm publish",
"lint": "xo"
},

@@ -28,7 +34,12 @@ "repository": {

"homepage": "https://github.com/samuelcarreira/linux-release-info#readme",
"devDependencies": {},
"engines": {
"node": ">=8.0"
},
"dependencies": {}
"devDependencies": {
"typescript": "^3.9.7",
"xo": "^0.32.1"
},
"files": [
"dist/**/*"
]
}

@@ -1,17 +0,22 @@

linux-release-info
=================
# Linux Release Info
Get Linux release info (distribution name, version, arch, release, etc.) from '/etc/os-release' or '/usr/lib/os-release' files and from native os module. On Windows and Darwin platforms it only returns common node os module info (platform, hostname, release, and arch)
### Highlights
* Lightweight without any dependencies (only native Node modules)
* Asynchronous file reading
* Synchronous file reading (NEW feature version >= 2.0.0)
* Specify custom os-release file
## Key Features
* **Secure and lightweight:** (without any dependencies, only native Node modules)
* **Asynchronous file reading**
* **Synchronous file reading (NEW feature version >= 2.0.0)**
* **Specify custom os-release file**
* **Written in TypeScript**
* **Well documented and easy to use**
## Installation
```
npm install --save linux-release-info
npm install --save linux-release-info
```
or
```
yarn add linux-release-info
```

@@ -21,3 +26,3 @@ ## Usage

```
const releaseInfo = require('linux-release-info');
const {releaseInfo} = require('linux-release-info');

@@ -51,9 +56,9 @@ releaseInfo()

## Options
- `options` `<Object>`
- `mode` `<string>`: 'sync' or 'async' mode. Default is *async* mode
- `custom_file` `<string>`: custom complete filepath with os info. If not provided the system will search on the '/etc/os-release' and '/usr/lib/os-release' files. Default is `null/none`
- `debug` `<boolean>`: show console debug messages. Default is `false`
Property | Type | Default | Description
---------------- | -------- | ---------- | ----------------------
`mode` | `string` | `async` | 'sync' or 'async' mode
`custom_file` | `string` | `null/none` | custom complete filepath with os info. If not provided the system will search on the `/etc/os-release` and `/usr/lib/os-release` files
`debug` | `boolean` | `false` | shows console debug messages
### Sample outputs

@@ -86,7 +91,8 @@ **Linux**

arch: 'arm',
release: '4.9.59-v7+',
pretty_name: 'Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)',
release: '4.19.118-v7+',
pretty_name: 'Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)',
name: 'Raspbian GNU/Linux',
version_id: '9',
version: '9 (stretch)',
version_id: '10',
version: '10 (buster)',
version_codename: 'buster',
id: 'raspbian',

@@ -148,10 +154,12 @@ id_like: 'debian',

If you want info about Windows or Mac releases, you can try the following modules from sindresorhus:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/win-release
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/win-release
or
https://www.npmjs.com/package/macos-release
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/macos-release
## License
Licensed under MIT
- Licensed under MIT
Copyright (c) 2018 [Samuel Carreira]
- Copyright (c) 2018-2020 [Samuel Carreira]
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