find-file-sync

Find a file recursively from top to bottom. Synchronously.

Example

Return the first file found in the specified directory with the specified name:

var findFileSync = require('find-file-sync');
var file = findFileSync(process.cwd(), 'file.js');

Find a file in a directory ignoring specific directories:

var findFileSync = require('find-file-sync');
 
// Exclude an array of directories or a single directory.
var packageJson = findFileSync(process.cwd(), 'package.json', [ 'node_modules', '.git' ]);
var main = findFileSync(process.cwd(), 'index.js', 'node_modules');

Find files from an array of possibilities. This will return the first of any of the files in the array:

var findFileSync = require('find-file-sync');
 
// Exclude an array of directories or a single directory.
var main = findFileSync(process.cwd(), ['index.js', 'app.js', 'server.js'], [ 'node_modules', '.git' ]);

Notes

Does not follow symbolic links.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Matt Hernandez

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.