This article covers how to convert absolute paths of files or programs to relative paths in the Node.js programming language. Converting between absolute paths ←→ relative paths is a frequently used implementation in programming and coding. It’s convenient to remember.
Apparently Node.js can’t load files with absolute path specifications by default. It’s the same with Ruby, but for someone who normally uses Bash, I find it tedious to have to convert.
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To get the relative path of a file relative to the current script file, use the following:
var path = require('path');
path.relative( __dirname , "/mnt/c/path/to/file.js"Usage example:
var noderc = require( path.relative( __dirname , process.env.NODE_RC_FILE ) );