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The path-exists npm package is used to check if a file or directory exists on the file system without using fs.existsSync. It is built on top of Node.js's fs.promises API and provides a simple promise-based interface.
Check if a path exists
This feature allows you to check if a file or directory exists asynchronously by returning a promise that resolves to either true or false.
const pathExists = require('path-exists');
(async () => {
const exists = await pathExists('/path/to/file');
console.log(exists);
//=> true or false
})();
Check if a path exists synchronously
This feature provides a synchronous way to check if a file or directory exists, returning a boolean value immediately.
const pathExists = require('path-exists');
const exists = pathExists.sync('/path/to/file');
console.log(exists);
//=> true or false
fs-extra is a package that extends the built-in fs module, providing additional methods and ensuring consistency across platforms. It includes the 'pathExists' and 'pathExistsSync' methods, which are similar to the functionality provided by path-exists. fs-extra offers a broader set of file system operations, making it a more comprehensive choice for file system interactions.
make-dir is a package that focuses on creating directories and their parent directories if they don't exist. While it doesn't provide a direct method to check for the existence of a path, it is related in the sense that it handles the existence of directories as part of its operation. It differs from path-exists as it is more about directory creation than existence checking.
Check if a path exists
NOTE: fs.existsSync
has been un-deprecated in Node.js since 6.8.0. If you only need to check synchronously, this module is not needed.
While fs.exists()
is being deprecated, there's still a genuine use-case of being able to check if a path exists for other purposes than doing IO with it.
Never use this before handling a file though:
In particular, checking if a file exists before opening it is an anti-pattern that leaves you vulnerable to race conditions: another process may remove the file between the calls to
fs.exists()
andfs.open()
. Just open the file and handle the error when it's not there.
$ npm install path-exists
// foo.js
const pathExists = require('path-exists');
(async () => {
console.log(await pathExists('foo.js'));
//=> true
})();
Returns a Promise<boolean>
of whether the path exists.
Returns a boolean
of whether the path exists.
MIT © Sindre Sorhus
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Check if a path exists
The npm package path-exists receives a total of 49,966,926 weekly downloads. As such, path-exists popularity was classified as popular.
We found that path-exists demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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