fox-archives / is_exe

Test if a file is executable

is_exe

A port of the https://github.com/isaacs/isexe package for Deno.

NOTE: currently not working for windows

Usage

deno run --allow-read --allow-env main.ts

// main.ts
import { isExecutable } from 'https://deno.land/x/is_exe/mod.ts'

try {
  const isExe = await isExecutable('./file')
  isExe && console.log('file is executable')
} catch {
  console.log('error reading file')
}

Versions

You can pin per version:

https://deno.land/x/is_exe/v1.1.0/mod.ts

API

isExecutable(filePath, [options])

Options

• ignoreErrors treat all errors as "no, this is not executable", but don't raise them.
• uid number to use as the user id
• gid number to use as the group id
• pathExt list of path extensions to use instead of PATHEXT environment variable on Windows (not implemented)