-g & --global are unrecognised options

[RampantDespair]

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Steps to Reproduce

.ncurc:

N/A

Dependencies:

{
  "corepack": "0.30.0",
  "npm-check-updates": "17.1.13",
  "npm": "11.0.0"
}

Steps:

1. Installed npm-check-updates globally using npm (npm install -g npm-check-updates)
2. Attempted to check global packages using ncu -g
3. Received error: "unrecognised option '-g'. Use --help for further details."

Current Behavior

The command ncu -g fails with an error about unrecognized option '-g'

Expected Behavior

The command should check for updates to global packages.

Console output

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.5247]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>node -v
v23.6.0

C:\Windows\system32>npm -g ls
C:\nvm4w\nodejs -> .\
+-- corepack@0.30.0
+-- npm-check-updates@17.1.13
`-- npm@11.0.0


C:\Windows\system32>ncu -g
==ERROR== unrecognised option '-g'. Use --help for further details.

C:\Windows\system32>ncu --global
==ERROR== unrecognised option '--global'. Use --help for further details.

[raineorshine]

It's likely that you have a different ncu executable on your PATH. The unrecognized option message of npm-check-updates looks like error: unknown option '-z'.

You can confirm with the fully qualified npm-check-updates -g. Use which ncu or a similar command on your system to identify which ncu is in your PATH.

[RampantDespair]

@raineorshine
Yep you are correct:

C:\Windows\system32>where ncu
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Nsight Compute 2024.2.0\ncu.bat
C:\nvm4w\nodejs\ncu
C:\nvm4w\nodejs\ncu.cmd

Thanks for the help