Find Up

Find Up traverses up from the current path searching for a file or a folder. The main use cases include finding a config file or a lock file for a CLI that can run from anywhere within a given project.

For example, consider the following directory structure

/
└── Users
    └── Gilfoyle
        ├── unicorn.png
        └── foo
            └── bar
                ├── baz
                └── example.js

You would like to find the path to unicorn.png from within the bar directory. The usage for this case is:

use std::env;
use find_up::find;

fn main() {
    let current_dir = env::current_dir().unwrap();
    let current_dir_path = current_dir.to_str().unwrap();

    let find_unicorn = find_up::find("unicorn.png");
    let find_unicorn_from_here = find_up::find_up(current_dir_path, "unicorn.png");

    if find_unicorn.is_some() {
        println!("{}", find_unicorn.unwrap());
	println!("{}", find_unicorn_from_here.unwrap());
    } else {
        println!("File not found!");
    }
}

/*
 *  Output:
 *  /Users/Gilfoyle/unicorn.png
 */

This project is inspired by find-up, a JavaScript library by Sindre Sorhus built with the same end goal. It is a popular add on for building CLI and simple package managers with Node.js.

Note: This is still in early development phase and as such is not available as a public crate.