Node.js path API

Quick reference to the Node.js path API.

A cheatsheet by @rstacruz|Refreshed about 3 years ago.Refresh|View source on Github

Functions

Functions

const fs = require('fs')

fs.realpath('/etc/passwd', function (err, path) {
  path // => "/private/etc/passwd"
})
const path = require('path')
dir = path.join('etc', 'passwd')
dir = path.resolve('/etc', 'passwd', '..', 'var')
path.dirname('/etc/passwd') //      => "/etc"
path.basename('/etc/passwd') //     => "passwd"
path.basename('/etc/rc.d', '.d') // => "rc"

References

References

  • https://nodejs.org/api/path.html
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