npm-run-path

npm-run-path

Get your PATH prepended with locally installed binaries

In npm run scripts you can execute locally installed binaries by name. This enables the same outside npm.

Install

npm install npm-run-path

Usage

import childProcess from 'node:child_process';
import {npmRunPath, npmRunPathEnv} from 'npm-run-path';

console.log(process.env.PATH);
//=> '/usr/local/bin'

console.log(npmRunPath());
//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/foo/node_modules/.bin:/Users/sindresorhus/dev/node_modules/.bin:/Users/sindresorhus/node_modules/.bin:/Users/node_modules/.bin:/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/bin'

// `foo` is a locally installed binary
childProcess.execFileSync('foo', {
	env: npmRunPathEnv()
});

API

npmRunPath(options?)

options: Options
Returns: string

Returns the augmented PATH string.

npmRunPathEnv(options?)

options: Options
Returns: object

Returns the augmented process.env object.

options

Type: object

cwd

Type: string | URL
Default: process.cwd()

The working directory.

execPath

Type: string | URL
Default: process.execPath

The path to the current Node.js executable.

This can be either an absolute path or a path relative to the cwd option.

addExecPath

Type: boolean
Default: true

Whether to push the current Node.js executable's directory (execPath option) to the front of PATH.

preferLocal

Type: boolean
Default: true

Whether to push the locally installed binaries' directory to the front of PATH.

path

Type: string
Default: PATH

The PATH to be appended.

Set it to an empty string to exclude the default PATH.

Only available with npmRunPath(), not npmRunPathEnv().

env

Type: object
Default: process.env

Accepts an object of environment variables, like process.env, and modifies the PATH using the correct PATH key. Use this if you're modifying the PATH for use in the child_process options.

Only available with npmRunPathEnv(), not npmRunPath().

Related

• npm-run-path-cli - CLI for this module
• execa - Execute a locally installed binary

Similar packages

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cross-env

cross-env is a package that allows you to set environment variables across platforms. It's similar to npm-run-path in that it helps with environment configuration for npm scripts, but it focuses on cross-platform compatibility rather than enhancing the PATH variable.

env-cmd

env-cmd is a package that allows you to execute commands using an environment from an env file. It is similar to npm-run-path in that it manipulates the environment for running scripts, but it does so by reading environment variables from files rather than modifying the PATH.

path-key

path-key is a simple package that returns the environment variable name for the PATH, which is platform-specific. It is related to npm-run-path in the sense that it deals with the PATH environment variable, but it does not enhance or modify the PATH itself.