WalkUp

• Walks up a directory tree from a give subdirectory
• Returns file names that match a pattern
• Emits match as results are found

WalkUp uses the glob library to do it's pattern matching.

Installation

Install with npm

npm install node-walkup

Example

var walkup = require("node-walkup")

options = {
  cwd: "/path/to/some/sub/dir/with/files"
}
walkup("*.json", options, function (err, matches) {
  // err is an error object or null.
  // matches is an array of objects
  //  [
  //    {
  //      dir: "/path/to/some/sub/dir/with/files",
  //      files: ["a.json"]
  //    },
  //    {
  //      dir: "/path/to/some/sub/dir/with",
  //      files: ["b.json", "c.json"]
  //    },
  //  ]
})

walkup(pattern, options, cb)

• pattern {String} Pattern to be matched
• options {Object}
• cb {Function(err, matches)}
  • err {Error | null}
  • matches {Array<Object>} where {Object}
    • dir: {String} dir where match was found
    • files: Array<String> filenames found matching the pattern in that dir

Perform an asynchronous glob search. If no matching files are found, then an empty array is returned.

Class: walkup.WalkUp

Create a WalkUp object by instantiating the walkup.WalkUp class.

var WalkUp = require("walkup").WalkUp
var matches = new WalkUp(pattern, options, cb)

It's an EventEmitter, and starts walking up the dir tree to find matches immediately.

Events

• end When the matching is finished, this is emitted with all the matches found.
• match Every time a match is found, this is emitted with the specific thing that matched.
• error Emitted when an unexpected error is encountered, or whenever any fs error occurs if options.strict is set.
• abort When abort() is called, this event is raised.

Methods

• abort Stop the search

Options

All the options that can be passed to glob can also be passed to WalkUp to change pattern matching behavior with a few exceptions where such options are unsuitable for walkup. Also, some have been added, or have walkup-specific ramifications.

All options are false by default, unless otherwise noted.

All options are added to the WalkUp object, as well.

• cwd The current working directory in which to search. Defaults to process.cwd(). See glob for a full list of options.

Glob options suppressed in walkup:

• noglobstar We're walking up a dir tree, so this is always set to false.
• matchBase Ditto.
• nonull Why not?