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 NOTE: `fs.existsSync` has been un-deprecated in Node.js since 6.8.0. If you only need to check synchronously, this module is not needed.
7 While [`fs.exists()`](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_exists_path_callback) is being [deprecated](https://github.com/iojs/io.js/issues/103), there's still a genuine use-case of being able to check if a path exists for other purposes than doing IO with it.
9 Never use this before handling a file though:
11 > 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.
17 $ npm install path-exists
25 const pathExists = require('path-exists');
28 console.log(await pathExists('foo.js'));
38 Returns a `Promise<boolean>` of whether the path exists.
40 ### pathExists.sync(path)
42 Returns a `boolean` of whether the path exists.
47 - [path-exists-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/path-exists-cli) - CLI for this module
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