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path.join([...paths])
path.normalize(path)
path.parse(path)
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path.basename(path[, suffix])
path.delimiter
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path.extname(path)
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path.isAbsolute(path)
path.join([...paths])
path.normalize(path)
path.parse(path)
path.posix
path.relative(from, to)
path.resolve([...paths])
path.sep
path.toNamespacedPath(path)
path.win32
Path#
Source Code: lib/path.js
The node:path
module provides utilities for working with file and directory
paths. It can be accessed using:
const path = require('node:path');
Windows vs. POSIX#
The default operation of the node:path
module varies based on the operating
system on which a Node.js application is running. Specifically, when running on
a Windows operating system, the node:path
module will assume that
Windows-style paths are being used.
So using path.basename()
might yield different results on POSIX and Windows:
On POSIX:
path.basename('C:\\temp\\myfile.html');
// Returns: 'C:\\temp\\myfile.html'
On Windows:
path.basename('C:\\temp\\myfile.html');
// Returns: 'myfile.html'
To achieve consistent results when working with Windows file paths on any
operating system, use path.win32
:
On POSIX and Windows:
path.win32.basename('C:\\temp\\myfile.html');
// Returns: 'myfile.html'
To achieve consistent results when working with POSIX file paths on any
operating system, use path.posix
:
On POSIX and Windows:
path.posix.basename('/tmp/myfile.html');
// Returns: 'myfile.html'
On Windows Node.js follows the concept of per-drive working directory.
This behavior can be observed when using a drive path without a backslash. For
example, path.resolve('C:\\')
can potentially return a different result than
path.resolve('C:')
. For more information, see
this MSDN page.
path.basename(path[, suffix])
#
The path.basename()
method returns the last portion of a path
, similar to
the Unix basename
command. Trailing directory separators are
ignored.
path.basename('/foo/bar/baz/asdf/quux.html');
// Returns: 'quux.html'
path.basename('/foo/bar/baz/asdf/quux.html', '.html');
// Returns: 'quux'
Although Windows usually treats file names, including file extensions, in a
case-insensitive manner, this function does not. For example, C:\\foo.html
and
C:\\foo.HTML
refer to the same file, but basename
treats the extension as a
case-sensitive string:
path.win32.basename('C:\\foo.html', '.html');
// Returns: 'foo'
path.win32.basename('C:\\foo.HTML', '.html');
// Returns: 'foo.HTML'
A TypeError
is thrown if path
is not a string or if suffix
is given
and is not a string.
path.delimiter
#
Provides the platform-specific path delimiter:
;
for Windows:
for POSIX
For example, on POSIX:
console.log(process.env.PATH);
// Prints: '/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin'
process.env.PATH.split(path.delimiter);
// Returns: ['/usr/bin', '/bin', '/usr/sbin', '/sbin', '/usr/local/bin']
On Windows:
console.log(process.env.PATH);
// Prints: 'C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Program Files\node\'
process.env.PATH.split(path.delimiter);
// Returns ['C:\\Windows\\system32', 'C:\\Windows', 'C:\\Program Files\\node\\']
path.dirname(path)
#
The path.dirname()
method returns the directory name of a path
, similar to
the Unix dirname
command. Trailing directory separators are ignored, see
path.sep
.
path.dirname('/foo/bar/baz/asdf/quux');
// Returns: '/foo/bar/baz/asdf'
A TypeError
is thrown if path
is not a string.
path.extname(path)
#
The path.extname()
method returns the extension of the path
, from the last
occurrence of the .
(period) character to end of string in the last portion of
the path
. If there is no .
in the last portion of the path
, or if
there are no .
characters other than the first character of
the basename of path
(see path.basename()
) , an empty string is returned.
path.extname('index.html');
// Returns: '.html'
path.extname('index.coffee.md');
// Returns: '.md'
path.extname('index.');
// Returns: '.'
path.extname('index');
// Returns: ''
path.extname('.index');
// Returns: ''
path.extname('.index.md');
// Returns: '.md'
A TypeError
is thrown if path
is not a string.
path.format(pathObject)
#
The path.format()
method returns a path string from an object. This is the
opposite of path.parse()
.
When providing properties to the pathObject
remember that there are
combinations where one property has priority over another:
pathObject.root
is ignored ifpathObject.dir
is providedpathObject.ext
andpathObject.name
are ignored ifpathObject.base
exists
For example, on POSIX:
// If `dir`, `root` and `base` are provided,
// `${dir}${path.sep}${base}`
// will be returned. `root` is ignored.
path.format({
root: '/ignored',
dir: '/home/user/dir',
base: 'file.txt',
});
// Returns: '/home/user/dir/file.txt'
// `root` will be used if `dir` is not specified.
// If only `root` is provided or `dir` is equal to `root` then the
// platform separator will not be included. `ext` will be ignored.
path.format({
root: '/',
base: 'file.txt',
ext: 'ignored',
});
// Returns: '/file.txt'
// `name` + `ext` will be used if `base` is not specified.
path.format({
root: '/',
name: 'file',
ext: '.txt',
});
// Returns: '/file.txt'
// The dot will be added if it is not specified in `ext`.
path.format({
root: '/',
name: 'file',
ext: 'txt',
});
// Returns: '/file.txt'
On Windows:
path.format({
dir: 'C:\\path\\dir',
base: 'file.txt',
});
// Returns: 'C:\\path\\dir\\file.txt'
path.isAbsolute(path)
#
The path.isAbsolute()
method determines if path
is an absolute path.
If the given path
is a zero-length string, false
will be returned.
For example, on POSIX:
path.isAbsolute('/foo/bar'); // true
path.isAbsolute('/baz/..'); // true
path.isAbsolute('qux/'); // false
path.isAbsolute('.'); // false
On Windows:
path.isAbsolute('//server'); // true
path.isAbsolute('\\\\server'); // true
path.isAbsolute('C:/foo/..'); // true
path.isAbsolute('C:\\foo\\..'); // true
path.isAbsolute('bar\\baz'); // false
path.isAbsolute('bar/baz'); // false
path.isAbsolute('.'); // false
A TypeError
is thrown if path
is not a string.
path.join([...paths])
#
The path.join()
method joins all given path
segments together using the
platform-specific separator as a delimiter, then normalizes the resulting path.
Zero-length path
segments are ignored. If the joined path string is a
zero-length string then '.'
will be returned, representing the current
working directory.
path.join('/foo', 'bar', 'baz/asdf', 'quux', '..');
// Returns: '/foo/bar/baz/asdf'
path.join('foo', {}, 'bar');
// Throws 'TypeError: Path must be a string. Received {}'
A TypeError
is thrown if any of the path segments is not a string.
path.normalize(path)
#
The path.normalize()
method normalizes the given path
, resolving '..'
and
'.'
segments.
When multiple, sequential path segment separation characters are found (e.g.
/
on POSIX and either \
or /
on Windows), they are replaced by a single
instance of the platform-specific path segment separator (/
on POSIX and
\
on Windows). Trailing separators are preserved.
If the path
is a zero-length string, '.'
is returned, representing the
current working directory.
For example, on POSIX:
path.normalize('/foo/bar//baz/asdf/quux/..');
// Returns: '/foo/bar/baz/asdf'
On Windows:
path.normalize('C:\\temp\\\\foo\\bar\\..\\');
// Returns: 'C:\\temp\\foo\\'
Since Windows recognizes multiple path separators, both separators will be
replaced by instances of the Windows preferred separator (\
):
path.win32.normalize('C:////temp\\\\/\\/\\/foo/bar');
// Returns: 'C:\\temp\\foo\\bar'
A TypeError
is thrown if path
is not a string.
path.parse(path)
#
The path.parse()
method returns an object whose properties represent
significant elements of the path
. Trailing directory separators are ignored,
see path.sep
.
The returned object will have the following properties:
For example, on POSIX:
path.parse('/home/user/dir/file.txt');
// Returns:
// { root: '/',
// dir: '/home/user/dir',
// base: 'file.txt',
// ext: '.txt',
// name: 'file' }
┌─────────────────────┬────────────┐
│ dir │ base │
├──────┬ ├──────┬─────┤
│ root │ │ name │ ext │
" / home/user/dir / file .txt "
└──────┴──────────────┴──────┴─────┘
(All spaces in the "" line should be ignored. They are purely for formatting.)
On Windows:
path.parse('C:\\path\\dir\\file.txt');
// Returns:
// { root: 'C:\\',
// dir: 'C:\\path\\dir',
// base: 'file.txt',
// ext: '.txt',
// name: 'file' }
┌─────────────────────┬────────────┐
│ dir │ base │
├──────┬ ├──────┬─────┤
│ root │ │ name │ ext │
" C:\ path\dir \ file .txt "
└──────┴──────────────┴──────┴─────┘
(All spaces in the "" line should be ignored. They are purely for formatting.)
A TypeError
is thrown if path
is not a string.
path.posix
#
The path.posix
property provides access to POSIX specific implementations
of the path
methods.
The API is accessible via require('node:path').posix
or require('node:path/posix')
.
path.relative(from, to)
#
The path.relative()
method returns the relative path from from
to to
based
on the current working directory. If from
and to
each resolve to the same
path (after calling path.resolve()
on each), a zero-length string is returned.
If a zero-length string is passed as from
or to
, the current working
directory will be used instead of the zero-length strings.
For example, on POSIX:
path.relative('/data/orandea/test/aaa', '/data/orandea/impl/bbb');
// Returns: '../../impl/bbb'
On Windows:
path.relative('C:\\orandea\\test\\aaa', 'C:\\orandea\\impl\\bbb');
// Returns: '..\\..\\impl\\bbb'
A TypeError
is thrown if either from
or to
is not a string.
path.resolve([...paths])
#
The path.resolve()
method resolves a sequence of paths or path segments into
an absolute path.
The given sequence of paths is processed from right to left, with each
subsequent path
prepended until an absolute path is constructed.
For instance, given the sequence of path segments: /foo
, /bar
, baz
,
calling path.resolve('/foo', '/bar', 'baz')
would return /bar/baz
because 'baz'
is not an absolute path but '/bar' + '/' + 'baz'
is.
If, after processing all given path
segments, an absolute path has not yet
been generated, the current working directory is used.
The resulting path is normalized and trailing slashes are removed unless the path is resolved to the root directory.
Zero-length path
segments are ignored.
If no path
segments are passed, path.resolve()
will return the absolute path
of the current working directory.
path.resolve('/foo/bar', './baz');
// Returns: '/foo/bar/baz'
path.resolve('/foo/bar', '/tmp/file/');
// Returns: '/tmp/file'
path.resolve('wwwroot', 'static_files/png/', '../gif/image.gif');
// If the current working directory is /home/myself/node,
// this returns '/home/myself/node/wwwroot/static_files/gif/image.gif'
A TypeError
is thrown if any of the arguments is not a string.
path.sep
#
Provides the platform-specific path segment separator:
\
on Windows/
on POSIX
For example, on POSIX:
'foo/bar/baz'.split(path.sep);
// Returns: ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
On Windows:
'foo\\bar\\baz'.split(path.sep);
// Returns: ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
On Windows, both the forward slash (/
) and backward slash (\
) are accepted
as path segment separators; however, the path
methods only add backward
slashes (\
).
path.toNamespacedPath(path)
#
On Windows systems only, returns an equivalent namespace-prefixed path for
the given path
. If path
is not a string, path
will be returned without
modifications.
This method is meaningful only on Windows systems. On POSIX systems, the
method is non-operational and always returns path
without modifications.
path.win32
#
The path.win32
property provides access to Windows-specific implementations
of the path
methods.
The API is accessible via require('node:path').win32
or require('node:path/win32')
.