readcontrol

A way to read Debian control files

Installation

npm install --save readcontrol

Unit Tests

To run tests:

$ npm test

API

control.version

Exposes the module version

Version: 0.0.2

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control.read()

Parses the file at the given fp

Example

 control.read('./control', function(err, out) {
   if (err) throw err
   console.log(out)
   // => {
   // =>   package: 'com.curapps.test',
   // =>   name: 'Test',
   // =>   depends: ['mobilesubstrate', 'preferenceloader'],
   // =>   version: '2.0.0',
   // =>   architecture: 'iphoneos-arm',
   // =>   description: 'This is a test',
   // =>   maintainer: 'Evan Lucas',
   // =>   author: 'Evan Lucas',
   // =>   homepage: 'http://example.com',
   // =>   section: 'Tweaks'
   // => }
 })

Params

Name	Type(s)	Description
fp	String	The file path
cb	Function	function(err, obj)

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control.readSync()

Parses the file at the given fp

Example

 var out = control.readSync('./control')
 console.log(out)
 // => {
 // =>   package: 'com.curapps.test',
 // =>   name: 'Test',
 // =>   depends: ['mobilesubstrate', 'preferenceloader'],
 // =>   version: '2.0.0',
 // =>   architecture: 'iphoneos-arm',
 // =>   description: 'This is a test',
 // =>   maintainer: 'Evan Lucas',
 // =>   author: 'Evan Lucas',
 // =>   homepage: 'http://example.com',
 // =>   section: 'Tweaks'
 // => }

Params

Name	Type(s)	Description
fp	String	The file path

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