read-up

Read multiple files with a given filename and aggregate the results

Install

$ npm install --save read-up

Usage

var readUp = require('read-up')

readUp('data.txt', function (err, data) {
  console.log(data[0])
  // === cat './a/b/c/data.txt'  
})

# File tree
.
├── a
│   ├── b
│   │   ├── c
│   │   │   └── data.txt
│   │   ├── data-alternate.txt
│   │   ├── data.txt
│   │   └── ignored.txt
│   └── data.txt
└── data.txt

API

readUp(filenames, [options], callback) -> undefined

Reads upwards looking for filenames in each directory. Results are returned in the order they were read, so the deepest files come first.

filenames

Required
Type: array[string] / string

One or more filenames to search for in each directory.

options

cwd

Type: string
Default: process.cwd()

The directory where traversal will begin.

root

Type: string
Default: /

The directory where traversal will end.

callback

Required
Type: function
Arguments: err, results

A callback that will be called with an error or an array of Buffer objects representing file data. results are ordered by read-time.

License

MIT © Ben Drucker