binary-version-check

Check whether a binary version satisfies a semver range

Useful when you have a thing that only works with specific versions of a binary.

Install

npm install binary-version-check

Usage

$ curl --version
curl 7.30.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.0)

import binaryVersionCheck from 'binary-version-check';

try {
    await binaryVersionCheck('curl', '>=8');
} catch (error) {
    console.log(error);
    //=> 'InvalidBinaryVersion: curl 7.30.0 doesn't satisfy the version requirement of >=8'
}

API

binaryVersionCheck(binary, semverRange, options?)

binary

Type: string

The name or path of the binary to check.

semverRange

Type: string

The semver range to check against.

options

Type: object

args

Type: string[]
Default: ['--version']

The CLI arguments used to get the binary version.

Related

• binary-version-check-cli - CLI for this package