Moving up a directory using Node.js process.cwd()

Question

Not sure if I have ever figured out a good workaround for this.

I am in a directory, I want to use process.cwd() to find the currently working directory but want to move up on directory, something like so:

var serverPath = path.resolve(process.cwd() + '../bin/www');

however, this obviously won't work, and will give me an error along these lines:

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/amills001c/WebstormProjects/ORESoftware/suman../bin/www'

so what is the best way to use process.cwd() and move up a directory?

Answer 1

You just need a / before the ..:

var serverPath = path.resolve(process.cwd() + '/../bin/www');

Answer 2

You're missing a \.

You should consider calling path.join(process.cwd(), '../bin/www'); before you pass it to path.resolve. This will help get the slashes correct. Concatenation of file paths is generally considered risky business.