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JavaScript Express Basics (2015) Using Templates with Express Review - Jade Basics

Posted by Olu Gbadebo
Olu Gbadebo
Courses Plus Student 516 Points

__dirname

Can someone please explain what __dirname does in the directory?

I got confused after seeing it in the Express Basics library

1 Answer

Benjamin Barslev Nielsen
Benjamin Barslev Nielsen
18,958 Points

Try to look at: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/globals.html#globals_dirname. There are some good examples that shows how it works.