Coming back to your question npm install -g mymodule will not be available when you require it using
mymodule = require('mymodule') See http://blog.nodejs.org/2011/03/23/npm-1-0-global-vs-local-installation/ On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Alan Hoffmeister <alanhoffmeis...@gmail.com > wrote: > @mscdex that's it. > > I need this to parse config files, and now I can require() my parser from > everywhere without the need to send the app path :) > > -- > Att, > Alan Hoffmeister > > > > 2012/5/27 Anand George <mranandgeo...@gmail.com> > >> Ok. I get it now. And thanks for both solutions offered. Guess it's >> useful in cases like the socket.io implementation where you wish to link >> some client-side libraries in the path. >> >> >> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 11:10 AM, mscdex <msc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On May 26, 11:33 pm, Anand George <mranandgeo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Next run app.js and the console logs >>> > >>> > /home/anand/node/Testing/dirpath >>> >>> I think he wants the path of app.js from the module, so: '/home/anand/ >>> node/Testing/pathtest' is what he is expecting. >>> >>> -- >>> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >>> Posting guidelines: >>> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "nodejs" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >>> >> >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en