How do I pass command line arguments to a Node.js program?

Question

I have a web server written in Node.js and I would like to launch with a specific folder. I\'m not sure how to access arguments in JavaScript. I\'m running node like this:

Answer 1

Optimist (node-optimist)

Check out optimist library, it is much better than parsing command line options by hand.

Update

Optimist is deprecated. Try yargs which is an active fork of optimist.