global-prefix

Get the npm global path prefix.

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save global-prefix

This is partially based on the code used by npm internally to resolve the global prefix.

Usage

var prefix = require('global-prefix');
//=> '/usr/local' (this path will differ by system and user-defined config)

About

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Running Tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

Building docs

(This project's readme.md is generated by verb, please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the .verb.md readme template.)

To generate the readme, run the following command:

$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb

Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

• global-modules: The directory used by npm for globally installed npm modules. | homepage

• global-paths: Returns an array of unique "global" directories based on the user's platform and environment. The… more | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/global-paths "Returns an array of unique "global" directories based on the user's platform and environment. The resulting paths can be used for doing lookups for generators or other globally installed npm packages. Node.js / JavaScript.")

Contributors

Commits	Contributor
23	jonschlinkert
15	doowb
2	phated
1	rmbaad
1	avengerpenguin
1	jorrit
1	mathiasvr
1	tunnckoCore

Author

Jon Schlinkert

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License

Copyright © 2018, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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