resolve-dir

Resolve a directory that is either local, global or in the user's home directory.

Install

Install with npm:

1$ npm install --save resolve-dir

Usage

1var resolve = require('resolve-dir');

Returns a local directory path unchanged

1resolve('a')
2//=> 'a'

Resolves the path to user home

1resolve('~')
2//=> '/Users/jonschlinkert'
3resolve('~/foo')
4//=> '/Users/jonschlinkert/foo'

Resolves the path to global npm modules

1resolve('@')
2//=> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
3resolve('@/foo')
4//=> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/foo'

About

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Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Building docs

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To generate the readme and API documentation with verb:

1$ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

1$ npm install -d && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.

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