Like the unix which utility.
Finds the first instance of a specified executable in the PATH
environment variable. Does not cache the results, so hash -r is not
needed when the PATH changes.
var which = require('which')
// async usage
which('node', function (er, resolvedPath) {
// er is returned if no "node" is found on the PATH
// if it is found, then the absolute path to the exec is returned
})
// sync usage
// throws if not found
var resolved = which.sync('node')
// Pass options to override the PATH and PATHEXT environment vars.
which('node', { path: someOtherPath }, function (er, resolved) {
if (er)
throw er
console.log('found at %j', resolved)
})If you pass in options, then path and pathExt are relevant.