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## walkdir

Find files. Walks a directory tree emitting events based on what it finds. Presents a familliar callback/emitter/sync interface. Walk a tree of any depth. This is a performant option any pull requests to make it more so will be taken into consderation.. 

## Example

```js

var walk = require('walkdir');

//async with path callback 

walk('../', function(path, stat) {
  console.log('found: ', path);
});

//use async emitter to capture more events

var emitter = walk('../');

emitter.on('file', function(filename, stat) {
  console.log('file from emitter: ', filename);
});


//sync with callback

walk.sync('../', function(path, stat) {
  console.log('found sync:', path);
});

//sync just need paths

var paths = walk.sync('../');
console.log('found paths sync: ', paths);

// async await/promise!
let result = await walk.async('../',{return_object:true})
//result['path'] = {statObject}

```

## install

	npm install walkdir

## arguments

walkdir(path, [options], [callback])
walkdir.sync(path, [options], [callback]);

- path
  - the starting point of your directory walk

- options. supported options are
  - general

```js
{
  /**
  * follow symlinks. default FALSE
  */
  "follow_symlinks"?: boolean,
  /**
    * only go one level deep. convenience param.
    */ 
  "no_recurse"?: boolean,
  /**
    * only travel to max depth. emits an error if hit.
    */
  "max_depth"?: number,
  /**
    * on filesystems where inodes are not unique like windows (or perhaps hardlinks) some files may not be emitted due to inode collision.
    * turning off this behavior may be required but at the same time may lead to hitting max_depth via link loop.
    */
  "track_inodes"?: boolean;
  /**
    * make this syncronous. the same as calling walkdir.sync
    */
  "sync"?:boolean,
  /**
    * return an object of {path:stat} instead of just the resolved path names
    */
  "return_object"?: boolean,
  /**
    * dont build up an internal list or object of all of the paths. this can be an important optimization for listing HUGE trees.
    */
  "no_return"?: boolean,
  /**
    * filter. filter an array of paths from readdir
    */
  "filter"?:(directory:string,files:string[])=>string[]|Promise<string[]>,
  /**
    *  pass in a custom fs object like gracfeful-fs
    *  needs stat, lstat, readdir, readlink and sync verisons if you use sync:true
    */
  "fs"?:any,
  /*** 
   * default True. if false this will use stat insteqad of lstat and not find links at all.
   */
  "find_links?":boolean,
}
```

  - walkdir.sync/walkdir.async only

	```js
	{
	  "return_object": false, // if true the sync return will be in {path:stat} format instead of [path,path,...]
	  "no_return": false, // if true null will be returned and no array or object will be created with found paths. useful for large listings
	}
	```

- callback
  - this is bound to the path event of the emitter. its optional in all cases.

	```js
	callback(path, stat)
	```

## events

non error type events are emitted with (path,stat). stat is an instanceof fs.Stats

### path
fired for everything

### file
fired only for regular files

### directory
fired only for directories

### link
fired when a symbolic link is found

### end
fired when the entire tree has been read and emitted.

### socket
fired when a socket descriptor is found

### fifo
fired when a fifo is found

### characterdevice
fired when a character device is found

### blockdevice
fired when a block device is found

### targetdirectory
fired for the stat of the path you provided as the first argument. is is only fired if it is a directory.

### empty
fired for empty directory

## error events
error type events are emitted with (path,error). error being the error object returned from an fs call or other opperation.

### error
if the target path cannot be read an error event is emitted. this is the only failure case.

### fail
when stat or read fails on a path somewhere in the walk and it is not your target path you get a fail event instead of error.
This is handy if you want to find places you dont have access too.

## notes
the async emitter returned supports 3 methods

###end
  stop a walk in progress

###pause
  pause the walk. no more events will be emitted until resume

###resume
  resume the walk

### ignore(path or array of paths)
  will not traverse these directories. may be called in the path event handler to ignore dynamically. 
  ```js
  var walk = require('walkdir');
  var p = require('path');
  walk('/', function(path, stat) {
    // ignore all .git directories.
    if (p.basename(path) === '.git') {
      this.ignore(path)
    }
  })
  ```

### cancel a walk in progress
  ```js
  //cancel a walk in progress within callback.

  var walk = require('walkdir');
  walk('../', function(path, stat) {
    this.end();
  });

  //cancel a walk in progress with emitter handle
  var walk = require('walkdir');
  var emitter = walk('../');

  doSomethingAsync(function() {
    emitter.end();
  })
  ```

## thanks
thanks to substack. the interface for this module is based off of node-findit

## contributing
see `CONTRIBUTING.md` for guidelines. this is an open opensource project.