os-paths

os-paths

Generate portable common OS paths (home, temp, ...)

 

Installation

npm install os-paths

Requirements

NodeJS >= 6.0

Usage

const osPaths = require('os-paths');

osPaths.home();
//(*nix) => '/home/rivy'
//(win)  => 'C:\Users\rivy'

osPaths.temp();
//(*nix) => '/tmp'
//(win)  => 'C:\Windows\temp'

API

Initialization

require('os-paths'): OSPaths()

const osPaths = require('os-paths');

The object returned by the module constructor is an OSPaths function object, augmented with attached methods. When called directly (eg, const p = osPaths()), it returns a newly constructed OSPaths object. Since the OSPaths object contains no instance state, all constructed objects will be functionally identical.

Methods

All module methods return simple, platform-compatible, path strings which are normalized and have no trailing path separators.

The path strings are not guaranteed to already exist on the file system. So, the user is responsible for directory construction, if/when needed. However, since all of these are standard OS directories, they should all exist without the need for user intervention.

If/when necessary, make-dir or mkdirp can be used to create the directories.

osPaths.home(): string

Returns the home directory for user

osPaths.temp(): string

Returns the directory for temporary files

Discussion

XDG

All XDG-related methods have been relocated to the xdg-portable and xdg-app-paths modules.

Building and Contributing

Build requirements

• NodeJS >= 6.0
• a JavaScript package/project manager (npm or yarn)

optional

• git-changelog ... enables changelog automation

Build/test

npm install
npm test

Project development scripts

> npm run help
...
usage: `npm run TARGET [TARGET..]`

TARGETs:

coverage            calculate and display (or send) code coverage [alias: 'cov']
fix                 fix package issues (automated/non-interactive)
fix:lint            fix `ESLint` issues
fix:style           fix `Prettier` formatting issues
help                display help
lint                check for package code 'lint'
lint:lint           check for code 'lint' (using `ESLint`)
lint:spell          check for spelling errors (using `cSpell`)
lint:style          check for format imperfections (using `Prettier`)
lint:types          check for type declaration errors (using `tsd`)
test                test package
test:code           test package code
update:changelog    update CHANGELOG (using `git changelog ...`)

Contributions

Contributions are welcome.

Any pull requests should be based off of the default branch (master). And, whenever possible, please include tests for any new code, ensuring that local (via npm test) and remote CI testing passes.

By contributing to the project, you are agreeing to provide your contributions under the same license as the project itself.

Related

• xdg-app-paths ... easy XDG for applications
• xdg-portable ... XDG Base Directory paths (cross-platform)

License

MIT © Roy Ivy III, Sindre Sorhus