fs how do I locate a parent folder

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How do I write this to go back up the parent 2 levels to find a file   fs readFile   dirname    foo bar

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Looks like you ll need the path module   path normalize in particular   var path   require  path        fs   require  fs     fs readFile path normalize   dirname           foo bar

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this will also work   fs readFile      dirname        foo bar

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Use path join http   nodejs org docs v0 4 10 api path html path join  var path   require  path        fs   require  fs     fs readFile path join   dirname               foo bar       path join   will handle leading trailing slashes for you and just do the right thing and you don t have to try to remember when trailing slashes exist and when they dont

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i m running electron app and i can get the parent folder by path resolve    parent 1 level path resolve   dirname               parent 2 levels path resolve   dirname

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Try this   fs readFile   dirname           foo bar      Note the forward slash at the beginning of the relative path

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If you not positive on where the parent is  this will get you the path   var path   require  path          parentDir   path dirname module parent filename    fs readFile   parentDir     foo bar

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This works fine path join   dirname        client index html    const path   require  path   const fs   require  fs       fs readFile path join   dirname        client index html

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If another module calls yours and you d still like to know the location of the main file being run you can use a modification of  Jason s code    var path   require  path          parentDir   path dirname process mainModule filename    fs readFile   parentDir     foo bar      That way you ll get the location of the script actually being run

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You can use  path join   dirname

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I know it is a bit picky  but all the answers so far are not quite right   The point of path join   is to eliminate the need for the caller to know which directory separator to use  making code platform agnostic    Technically the correct answer would be something like   var path   require  path     fs readFile path join   dirname               foo bar       I would have added this as a comment to Alex Wayne s answer but not enough rep yet   EDIT  as per user1767586 s observation

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The easiest way would be to use path resolve   path resolve   dirname

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