process.cwd() returns the directory from which you invoked the node command.
__dirname returns the directory name of the directory containing the JavaScript source code file
Example: you have a project with following folder structure
test
├── index.js
└── lib
└── lib.js
lib.js
console.log('./lib/lib.js')
console.log(process.cwd())
console.log(__dirname)
index.js
require('./lib/lib.js')
console.log('index.js')
console.log(process.cwd())
console.log(__dirname)
We do 2 cases:
Administrator@MRNC-N9NJM89QFO MINGW64 /d/AppServ/www/node2/test $ node index.js ./lib/lib.js D:\AppServ\www\node2\test D:\AppServ\www\node2\test\lib index.js D:\AppServ\www\node2\test D:\AppServ\www\node2\test Administrator@MRNC-N9NJM89QFO MINGW64 /d/AppServ/www/node2/test $ cd / Administrator@MRNC-N9NJM89QFO MINGW64 / $ node /d/AppServ/www/node2/test/index.js ./lib/lib.js D:\Program Files\Git D:\AppServ\www\node2\test\lib index.js D:\Program Files\Git D:\AppServ\www\node2\test
