# is-relative [![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/is-relative.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/is-relative) > Returns `true` if the path appears to be relative. ## Install ### Install with [npm](npmjs.org) ```bash npm i is-relative --save ``` ## Usage ### [isRelative](index.js#L16) * `filepath` **{String}**: Path to test. * `returns`: {Boolean} ```js var isRelative = require('is-relative'); isRelative('README.md'); //=> true ``` ## Author **Jon Schlinkert** + [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) + [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) ## License Copyright (c) 2014 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license *** _This file was generated by [verb](https://github.com/assemble/verb) on November 17, 2014._