__dirname return the path of the script that is calling it, not the app
root path...
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Alan Hoffmeister
2012/5/26 Anand George <mranandgeo...@gmail.com>
> If you need to find the app path couldn't you just use __dirname.
>
>
> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Alan Hoffmeister <
> alanhoffmeis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think that I got the answer:
>>
>> //mymodyle.js
>> path = require('path');
>> exports.path = path.dirname(process.mainModule.filename);
>>
>> Can I trust on the information passed by process.mainModule.filename?
>>
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>> Alan Hoffmeister
>>
>>
>>
>> 2012/5/26 Alan Hoffmeister <alanhoffmeis...@gmail.com>
>>
>>> @mscdex Thanks, but what if the parent is inside a folder on the main
>>> path? It would return /home/myuser/somefolder instead of /home/mysuser.
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2012/5/26 mscdex <msc...@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> On May 26, 9:13 pm, Alan Hoffmeister <alanhoffmeis...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > How can I get the main path of the app?
>>>>
>>>> // module
>>>> var path = require('path');
>>>>
>>>> exports.path = function() {
>>>> return path.dirname(module.parent.filename);
>>>> };
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