bin-version-check

Check whether a binary version satisfies a semver range

Useful when you have a thing that only works with specific versions of a binary.

Install

1npm install bin-version-check

Usage

1$ curl --version
2curl 7.30.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.0)

1import binaryVersionCheck from 'bin-version-check';
2
3try {
4	await binaryVersionCheck('curl', '>=8');
5} catch (error) {
6	console.log(error);
7	//=> 'InvalidBinaryVersion: curl 7.30.0 doesn't satisfy the version requirement of >=8'
8}

API

binaryVersionCheck(binary, semverRange, options?)

binary

Type: string

Name or path of the binary to check.

semverRange

Type: string

Semver range to check against.

options

Type: object

args

Type: string[]
Default: ['--version']

CLI arguments used to get the binary version.

Related

• bin-version-check-cli - CLI for this module