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path-exists (4.0.0)

Published 2026-02-24 14:02:30 +00:00 by atheaadmin

Installation

Setup this registry in your project .npmrc file:

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To install the package using npm, run the following command:

npm install path-exists@4.0.0

or add it to the package.json file:

"path-exists": "4.0.0"

For more information on the npm registry, see the documentation.

About this package

path-exists

Check if a path exists

NOTE: fs.existsSync has been un-deprecated in Node.js since 6.8.0. If you only need to check synchronously, this module is not needed.

While fs.exists() is being deprecated, there's still a genuine use-case of being able to check if a path exists for other purposes than doing IO with it.

Never use this before handling a file though:

In particular, checking if a file exists before opening it is an anti-pattern that leaves you vulnerable to race conditions: another process may remove the file between the calls to fs.exists() and fs.open(). Just open the file and handle the error when it's not there.

Install

$ npm install path-exists

Usage

// foo.js
const pathExists = require('path-exists');

(async () => {
	console.log(await pathExists('foo.js'));
	//=> true
})();

API

pathExists(path)

Returns a Promise<boolean> of whether the path exists.

pathExists.sync(path)

Returns a boolean of whether the path exists.

Related

• path-exists-cli - CLI for this module

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus

Dependencies

Development Dependencies

ID	Version
ava	^1.4.1
tsd	^0.7.2
xo	^0.24.0

Keywords

path exists exist file filepath fs filesystem file-system access stat

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4.0.0 2026-02-24

3.0.0 2026-02-24