interface NpmHost {
    platform: NodeJS.Platform;
    execPath: string;
    env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
    exists: (p: string) => boolean;
}
/** npm's `bin/npm-cli.js` on Windows: the one npm itself reports when this
 *  process runs under npm (`npm_execpath`), else the copy installed next to
 *  node.exe, which is where the Windows Node installer puts it. */
export declare function windowsNpmCli(host?: NpmHost): string | undefined;
/** `[command, args]` that runs `npm <args>` without a shell. */
export declare function npmInvocation(args: string[], host?: NpmHost): [string, string[]];
export {};
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