node.js: __dirname: Get the directory name of current module

‘__dirname’ returns the directory name of the current module.

HelloWorld.js

console.log("HelloWorld.js fiel is located at %s", __dirname);

console.log("HelloWorld.js file absolute path %s",__filename);

Output

HelloWorld.js fiel is located at C:\Users\krishna\Documents\nodejs\examples

HelloWorld.js file absolute path
C:\Users\krishna\Documents\nodejs\examples\HelloWorld.js

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