| # resolve-dir [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/resolve-dir) [](https://npmjs.org/package/resolve-dir) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/resolve-dir) |
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| > Resolve a directory that is either local, global or in the user's home directory. |
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| ## Install |
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| Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install --save resolve-dir |
| ``` |
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| ## Usage |
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| ```js |
| var resolve = require('resolve-dir'); |
| ``` |
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| Returns a local directory path unchanged |
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| ```js |
| resolve('a') |
| //=> 'a' |
| ``` |
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| Resolves the path to user home |
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| ```js |
| resolve('~') |
| //=> '/Users/jonschlinkert' |
| resolve('~/foo') |
| //=> '/Users/jonschlinkert/foo' |
| ``` |
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| Resolves the path to global npm modules |
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| ```js |
| resolve('@') |
| //=> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' |
| resolve('@/foo') |
| //=> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/foo' |
| ``` |
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| ## About |
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| ### Related projects |
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| * [expand-tilde](https://www.npmjs.com/package/expand-tilde): Bash-like tilde expansion for node.js. Expands a leading tilde in a file path to the… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-tilde) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-tilde "Bash-like tilde expansion for node.js. Expands a leading tilde in a file path to the user home directory, or `~+` to the cwd.") |
| * [findup-sync](https://www.npmjs.com/package/findup-sync): Find the first file matching a given pattern in the current directory or the nearest… [more](https://github.com/cowboy/node-findup-sync) | [homepage](https://github.com/cowboy/node-findup-sync "Find the first file matching a given pattern in the current directory or the nearest ancestor directory.") |
| * [resolve-modules](https://www.npmjs.com/package/resolve-modules): Resolves local and global npm modules that match specified patterns, and returns a configuration object… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/resolve-modules) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/resolve-modules "Resolves local and global npm modules that match specified patterns, and returns a configuration object for each resolved module.") |
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| ### Contributing |
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| Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new). |
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| ### Building docs |
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| _(This document was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme) (a [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb) generator), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in [.verb.md](.verb.md).)_ |
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| To generate the readme and API documentation with [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb): |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb |
| ``` |
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| ### Running tests |
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| Install dev dependencies: |
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| ```sh |
| $ npm install -d && npm test |
| ``` |
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| ### Author |
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| **Jon Schlinkert** |
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| * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| * [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) |
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| ### License |
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| Copyright © 2016, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert). |
| Released under the [MIT license](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/resolve-dir/blob/master/LICENSE). |
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| *** |
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| _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.2.0, on October 18, 2016._ |
