Yep, you understood, but what if i need to know the root path from a required() module that is somewhere eles on the system?
-- Att, Alan Hoffmeister 2012/5/26 Anand George <[email protected]> > 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 > -- 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
