resolve-up

Resolve paths to globally installed npm modules using glob patterns. Useful for getting paths to yeoman or Generate generators, etc.

You might also be interested in global-paths.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save resolve-up

Usage

var resolveUp = require('resolve-up');
console.log(resolveUp('generate-*'));

Results in an array of absolute file paths, like:

[ '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/generate-eslint',
  '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/generate-package',
  '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/generate-project' ]

About

Related projects

• findup-sync: Find the first file matching a given pattern in the current directory or the nearest… more | homepage
• global-modules: The directory used by npm for globally installed npm modules. | homepage
• global-paths: Returns an array of unique "global" directories based on the user's platform and environment. The… more | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/global-paths "Returns an array of unique "global" directories based on the user's platform and environment. The resulting paths can be used for doing lookups for generators or other globally installed npm packages. Node.js / JavaScript.")
• global-prefix: Get the npm global path prefix. | homepage

Contributing

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

Building docs

(This project's readme.md is generated by verb, please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the .verb.md readme template.)

To generate the readme, run the following command:

$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb

Running tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2017, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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