NodeJS - convert relative path to absolute

Question

In my File-system my working directory is here:

C:\\temp\\a\\b\\c\\d

and under b\\bb there\'s file: tmp.txt

C:\\tem

Answer 1

Use path.resolve

try:

resolve = require('path').resolve
resolve('../../bb/tmp.txt')

Answer 2

You could also use __dirname and __filename for absolute path.