parse-filepath

parse-filepath

Parse a filepath into an object. Falls back on the native node.js path.parse method if it exists.

Install with npm

$ npm i parse-filepath --save

Usage

var parsePath = require('parse-filepath');
parsePath('foo/bar/baz/index.html');

Returns:

{ path: 'foo/bar/baz/index.html',
  isAbsolute: false,
  absolute: '/Users/jonschlinkert/dev/parse-filepath/foo/bar/baz/index.html',
  root: '',
  dirname: 'foo/bar/baz',
  basename: 'index.html',
  extname: '.html',
  name: 'index' }

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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 © 2014-2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license.

This file was generated by verb-cli on July 29, 2015.

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