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I have some project, and I run it with node main.js / make test etc. What I need is to get this directory from a script. Not only from main.js, but also from any submodule. I tried with path plugin and __directory, but I get a path of the current file (for example submodule). I also tried require('path').dirname(require.main.filename), but when I run make test I get mocha dirname instead of my project directory. What is the easiest way to solve this?
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We can get the path of the present script in node. js by using __dirname and __filename module scope variables. __dirname: It returns the directory name of the current module in which the current script is located. __filename: It returns the file name of the current module.
Using __dirname in a Node script will return the path of the folder where the current JavaScript file resides. Using ./ will give you the current working directory.
cwd() returns the current working directory, i.e. the directory from which you invoked the node command. __dirname returns the directory name of the directory containing the JavaScript source code file.
You can use the f. readdir() method to list all files available in a directory in Node. js. This method asynchronously reads the contents of the given directory and returns an array of the file names excluding .
process.cwd() will provide that.
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__dirname gives you the path where a file resides.
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