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| author | kierendixon <knitesoulja@hotmail.com> | 2017-06-22 02:29:47 +0300 |
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| committer | Rebecca Turner <me@re-becca.org> | 2017-06-27 02:49:07 +0300 |
| commit | f8e76d8566ae1965e57d348df74edad0643b66a6 (patch) | |
| tree | 9fa17e2e0478da79e3e3af639a90a3077abeffa0 /doc | |
| parent | 0711c08f779ac641ec42ecc96f604c8861008b28 (diff) | |
docs: Correct Windows prefix path in npm-folders docs.
Correct the default prefix config path for Windows operating systems
Credit: @kierendixon
Reviewed-By: @iarna
PR-URL: https://github.com/npm/npm/pull/17370
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/files/npm-folders.md | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/files/npm-folders.md b/doc/files/npm-folders.md index 62ecebc27..74c788344 100644 --- a/doc/files/npm-folders.md +++ b/doc/files/npm-folders.md @@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ This document will tell you what it puts where. ### prefix Configuration The `prefix` config defaults to the location where node is installed. -On most systems, this is `/usr/local`. On windows, this is the exact -location of the node.exe binary. On Unix systems, it's one level up, -since node is typically installed at `{prefix}/bin/node` rather than -`{prefix}/node.exe`. +On most systems, this is `/usr/local`. On Windows, it's `%AppData%\npm`. +On Unix systems, it's one level up, since node is typically installed at +`{prefix}/bin/node` rather than `{prefix}/node.exe`. When the `global` flag is set, npm installs things into this prefix. When it is not set, it uses the root of the current package, or the |