Express js static relative parent directory

Question

I\'m currently experiencing some minor problems with serving static files through expressJs.

My directory structure is as following:

• public
  • c

Answer 1

__dirname doesn't have a trailing slash, so __dirname + '../' results in DIRNAME../ (which isn't valid).

Instead, use:

__dirname + '/../public'
             ^ extra slash

Answer 2

You should use path.join instead of manually concatening path components. It uses path.normalize, which resolves . and .., handles multiple or trailing slashes, and uses the appropriate file separator for your platform (see: path.sep).

For example,

var path = require('path');

var express = require('express');

var app = express();

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../public')));