Not sure if I understood your question right. console.log(__dirname) in app.js which is in the path /home/myuser/app.js will return /home/myuser.
Isn't this what you intend. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Alan Hoffmeister <[email protected] > wrote: > __dirname return the path of the script that is calling it, not the app > root path... > -- > Att, > Alan Hoffmeister > > > > 2012/5/26 Anand George <[email protected]> > >> 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 < >> [email protected]> 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? >>> >>> -- >>> Att, >>> Alan Hoffmeister >>> >>> >>> >>> 2012/5/26 Alan Hoffmeister <[email protected]> >>> >>>> @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. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Att, >>>> Alan Hoffmeister >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2012/5/26 mscdex <[email protected]> >>>> >>>>> On May 26, 9:13 pm, Alan Hoffmeister <[email protected]> >>>>> 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); >>>>> }; >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> 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 [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> 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 [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
