real-executable-path


Find the first instance of an executable in the PATH, with expanding all symbolic links

``javascript
const realExecutablePath = require('real-executable-path');
const which = require('which');

which('npm', (err, binPath) => {
binPath; //=> '/usr/local/bin/npm'
});

realExecutablePath('npm').then(binPath => {
binPath; //=> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js'
});
`

Installation

Use npm.

`
npm install real-executable-path
`

API

`javascript
const realExecutablePath = require('real-executable-path');
`

$3

binName: string (an executable name in the PATH)
options: Object (node-which options except for all)
Return: Promise`

It finds the first instance of the given executable in the PATH environment variable, expands all symbolic links and resolves the canonicalized absolute pathname.

Related projects

* real-executable-paths – Returns all matched paths, instead of just the first one
* real-which – CLI

License

ISC License © 2017 - 2018 Shinnosuke Watanabe