1 # path-exists [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/path-exists.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/path-exists)
3 > Check if a path exists
5 Because [`fs.exists()`](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_exists_path_callback) is being [deprecated](https://github.com/iojs/io.js/issues/103), but there's still a genuine use-case of being able to check if a path exists for other purposes than doing IO with it.
7 Never use this before handling a file though:
9 > In particular, checking if a file exists before opening it is an anti-pattern that leaves you vulnerable to race conditions: another process may remove the file between the calls to `fs.exists()` and `fs.open()`. Just open the file and handle the error when it's not there.
15 $ npm install --save path-exists
23 const pathExists = require('path-exists');
25 pathExists('foo.js').then(exists => {
36 Returns a promise for a boolean of whether the path exists.
38 ### pathExists.sync(path)
40 Returns a boolean of whether the path exists.
45 - [path-exists-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/path-exists-cli) - CLI for this module
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