Walk up the directory tree until the specified path is found.
npm install walk-back





Example
``js`
import walkBack from 'walk-back'
.Kind: Exported function
| Param | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| startAt | string | the directory to start in |
| lookingFor | string | the path we're looking for |
Example
`js
> walkBack('/Users/lloyd/Documents/75lb/walk-back', 'package.json')
'/Users/lloyd/Documents/75lb/walk-back/package.json'> walkBack('/Users/lloyd/Documents/75lb/walk-back', '75lb')
'/Users/lloyd/Documents/75lb'
> walkBack('/Users/lloyd/Documents/75lb/walk-back', '.bash_profile')
'/Users/lloyd/.bash_profile'
> walkBack('.', '.bash_profile')
'/Users/lloyd/.bash_profile'
> walkBack('/Users/lloyd/Documents/75lb/walk-back', 'non-existent.file')
null
``*
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