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parse-filepath
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Pollyfill for node.js
path.parse, parses a filepath into an object.
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Install with npm:
$ npm install parse-filepath --save
var parsePath = require('parse-filepath');
parsePath(filepath);
This can be used as a polyfill for the native node.js path.parse() method, and it also adds a few properties:
path: the original filepathisAbsolute: (getter) true if the given path is absoluteabsolute: (getter) fully resolved, absolute filepathdirname: alias for dirbasename: alias for baseextname: alias for extstem: alias for nameExample
var parsePath = require('parse-filepath');
console.log(parsePath('foo/bar/baz/index.js'));
Returns:
{ root: '',
dir: 'foo/bar/baz',
base: 'index.js',
ext: '.js',
name: 'index',
// aliases
extname: '.js',
basename: 'index.js',
dirname: 'foo/bar/baz',
stem: 'index',
// original path
path: 'foo/bar/baz/index.js',
// getters
absolute: [Getter/Setter],
isAbsolute: [Getter/Setter] }
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path.isAbolute. Returns true if a file path is absolute. | homepagetrue if the path appears to be relative. | homepagePull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
Generate readme and API documentation with verb:
$ npm install verb && npm run docs
Or, if verb is installed globally:
$ verb
Install dev dependencies:
$ npm install -d && npm test
Jon Schlinkert
Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.
This file was generated by verb, v, on March 29, 2016.
The 'path' module is a built-in Node.js module that provides utilities for working with file and directory paths. It offers similar functionalities to parse-filepath, such as parsing paths and extracting components. However, being a core module, it is more widely used and does not require installation.
The 'path-parse' package is a simple utility for parsing file paths into their components. It provides similar functionality to parse-filepath but is a smaller, more focused package. It is useful when you need a lightweight solution for path parsing.
The 'upath' package is a utility for working with file paths across different operating systems. It normalizes paths and provides parsing capabilities similar to parse-filepath. It is particularly useful for ensuring cross-platform compatibility in path handling.
FAQs
Pollyfill for node.js `path.parse`, parses a filepath into an object.
The npm package parse-filepath receives a total of 2,729,202 weekly downloads. As such, parse-filepath popularity was classified as popular.
We found that parse-filepath demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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