# resolve-bin [![build status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/thlorenz/resolve-bin.png)](http://travis-ci.org/thlorenz/resolve-bin)

Resolves the full path to the bin file of a given package by inspecting the `"bin"` field in its package.json.

```js
var resolveBin = require('resolve-bin');

// package.json: "bin": "bin/tap.js"
resolveBin('tap', function (err, bin) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log(bin);  
});

// => [..]/resolve-bin/node_modules/tap/bin/tap.js
```

## Installation

    npm install resolve-bin

## API


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<h4 class="name" id="resolveBin"><span class="type-signature"></span>resolveBin<span class="signature">(name, <span class="optional">opts</span>, cb)</span><span class="type-signature"></span></h4>
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<p>Resolves the full path to the bin file of a given package by inspecting the &quot;bin&quot; field in its package.json.</p>
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<td class="name"><code>name</code></td>
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<span class="param-type">string</span>
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<td class="description last"><p>module name, i.e. 'tap'</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>opts</code></td>
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<span class="param-type">Object</span>
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<td class="name"><code>executable</code></td>
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<span class="param-type">string</span>
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<td class="description last"><p>(default: @name) executable name (e.g. 'buster-test')</p></td>
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<td class="description last"><p>called back with the full path to the bin file of the module or an error if it couldn't be resolved</p></td>
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<a href="https://github.com/thlorenz/resolve-bin/blob/master/index.js">index.js</a>
<span>, </span>
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<p>Synchronous version of resolveBin</p>
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<td class="name"><code>name</code></td>
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<span class="param-type">string</span>
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<td class="description last"><p>module name, i.e. 'tap'</p></td>
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<td class="name"><code>opts</code></td>
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<span class="param-type">Object</span>
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&lt;optional><br>
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<td class="description last"><p>options</p>
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<td class="name"><code>executable</code></td>
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<span class="param-type">string</span>
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<td class="description last"><p>(default: @name) executable name (e.g. 'buster-test')</p></td>
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<a href="https://github.com/thlorenz/resolve-bin/blob/master/index.js">index.js</a>
<span>, </span>
<a href="https://github.com/thlorenz/resolve-bin/blob/master/index.js#L55">lineno 55</a>
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## License

MIT