It still works. This is what I have done. Created two folders
/home/anand/testing/dirpath - the npm module
/home/anand/testing/pathtest - test folder
dirpath has the following files
index.js
exports.path = __dirname;
and
package.json
{
"name": "dirpath",
"version": "0.0.1",
"private": true,
"main": "index.js",
"dependencies": {
},
"engines": {
"node": "v0.6.x"
}
}
run npm link in dirpath so that the module is available globally
pathtest has one file app.js
var dirpath = require('dirpath');
console.log(dirpath.path);
Make dirpath module available in current directory using npm link dirpath
Next run app.js and the console logs
/home/anand/node/Testing/dirpath
On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Alan Hoffmeister <alanhoffmeis...@gmail.com
> wrote:
> Yep, you understood, but what if i need to know the root path from a
> required() module that is somewhere eles on the system?
>
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> Att,
> Alan Hoffmeister
>
>
> 2012/5/26 Anand George <mranandgeo...@gmail.com>
>
>> 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 <
>> alanhoffmeis...@gmail.com> 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 <mranandgeo...@gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> 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 <
>>>> alanhoffmeis...@gmail.com> 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 <alanhoffmeis...@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>> @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 <msc...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On May 26, 9:13 pm, Alan Hoffmeister <alanhoffmeis...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> 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);
>>>>>>> };
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