# fs-exists-sync [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/fs-exists-sync.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fs-exists-sync) [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/fs-exists-sync.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/fs-exists-sync) [![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/jonschlinkert/fs-exists-sync.svg?style=flat)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/fs-exists-sync) > Drop-in replacement for `fs.existsSync` with zero dependencies. Other libs I found either have crucial differences from fs.existsSync, or unnecessary dependencies. See README.md for more info. ## Install Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): ```sh $ npm install fs-exists-sync --save ``` ## Usage ```js var exists = require('fs-exists-sync'); console.log(exists('.')); //=> true console.log(exists(process.cwd())); //=> true console.log(exists('README.md')); //=> true console.log(exists('foo.txt')); //=> false console.log(exists('')); //=> false console.log(exists()); //=> false ``` ## Why another "exists" lib? I just want a _simple replacement for `fs.existsSync`_. Here is what I found: - [path-exists][]: Has dependencies to support a promises API - [fs-exists][]: async only - [file-exists][]: returns `false` if the path exists but is a directory. - [exists][]: nothing to do with `fs`. ## API ## Related projects You might also be interested in these projects: * [is-absolute](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-absolute): Polyfill for node.js `path.isAbolute`. Returns true if a file path is absolute. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-absolute) * [parse-filepath](https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-filepath): Pollyfill for node.js `path.parse`, parses a filepath into an object. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/parse-filepath) * [try-open](https://www.npmjs.com/package/try-open): Tries to open a file using fs.openSync (only necessary with sync), fails gracefully if the… [more](https://www.npmjs.com/package/try-open) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/try-open) ## Contributing Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/fs-exists-sync/issues/new). ## Building docs Generate readme and API documentation with [verb][]: ```sh $ npm install verb && npm run docs ``` Or, if [verb][] is installed globally: ```sh $ verb ``` ## Running tests Install dev dependencies: ```sh $ npm install -d && npm test ``` ## Author **Jon Schlinkert** + [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) + [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) ## License Copyright © 2016, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert). Released under the [MIT license](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/fs-exists-sync/blob/master/LICENSE). *** _This file was generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb), v0.9.0, on April 09, 2016._ [verb]: https://github.com/verbose/verb [path-exists]: https://github.com/sindresorhus/path-exists [fs-exists]: https://github.com/meryn/fs-exists [file-exists]: https://github.com/scottcorgan/file-exists [exists]: https://github.com/tjmehta/exists