Ok, only to be aligned, can you write down a concrete use case? Now you switched to a require issue, not fs.
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Gagle <[email protected]> wrote: > But now suppose you have another file called b.js that is required by a.js > and is stored in a different directory and uses a relative path. You can't > use __dirname. > > El lunes, 26 de agosto de 2013 15:32:17 UTC+2, ajlopez escribió: >> >> Ah! I see.. >> >> But this is not a problem for require, but for fs. >> >> Ok, in my code I would use >> >> if (fs.existsSync(path.join(__**dirname, "settings.json")) >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Gagle <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> $ pwd >>> /home/user1 >>> $ mkdir dir >>> $ cat > dir/app.js >>> console.log (process.cwd ()); >>> $ node dir/app.js >>> /home/user1 >>> $ cd dir && node app.js >>> /home/user1/dir >>> >>> Now suppose you have this code: >>> >>> //app.js >>> var fs = require ("fs"); >>> if (fs.existsSync ("settings.json")){ >>> doSomethingUseful (); >>> }else{ >>> //Warning!! >>> saveToDatabaseDefaultSettings (); >>> } >>> >>> And execute the main file with a relative path: >>> >>> node dir/app >>> >>> You will enter into the else case because settings.json is stored >>> inside dir but the cwd is not dir, so you expect the path >>> ./dir/settings.json but in fact the path is ./settings.json. >>> >>> El lunes, 26 de agosto de 2013 15:05:10 UTC+2, ajlopez escribió: >>>> >>>> Gagle, can you write down a concrete use case? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Gagle <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Because it's local to the file, it doesn't work anywhere. >>>>> >>>>> El lunes, 26 de agosto de 2013 14:46:55 UTC+2, mks escribió: >>>>> >>>>>> __dirname is local to any file. 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