I finally figured this out. If I use a node script, "#!/usr/bin/env node", instead of a bash script, "#!/bin/bash", then the node script can simply reference __dirname. It was really hard and messy using bash. I guess this is what several of you were trying to tell me.
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 1:40 AM, Floby <[email protected]> wrote: > I assume your module structure looks like this > > /bin/myBin.js > /lib/myUtil.js > index.js > package.json > > > /// index.js > exports.util = require('./lib/myUtil') > exports.projectDir = __dirname > > > /// bin/myBin.js > var dir = require('../').projectDir > > > Does that do what you want? > > On Saturday, 3 August 2013 21:24:20 UTC+2, Mark Hahn wrote: >> >> I'm using an npm bin config to create a symlink to a script in my project >> folder. When that bin script runs, it has a working directory of the dir >> the symlink is in, not the project folder. How do I find the project >> folder location inside that bin script? > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
