Node filename and dirname

For getting access to the current module's absolute filepath or directory:

For a given script, executing node example.js:

console.log(__filename); // /Users/aaron/example.js
console.log(__dirname); // /Users/aaron

Using __dirname is equivalent to:

import { dirname } from 'path';

// This is the same as __dirname:
console.log(dirname(__filename));

See dirname documentation See filename documentation