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Node Global Object ↔ Top-Level Object access within Node.js w/o req CommonJS import

__dirname​

Node Global Object to return string of directory path name containing file

__filename​

Node Global Object to return string of full path to file

exports

global​

global namespace object in Node.js

os

process​

Node Global Object with info on current process instance (JS file being executed)

Source: Process | Node.js v18.3.0 Documentation

References​

  1. __dirname ↔ Node Global Object to return string of directory path name containing file

  2. __filename ↔ Node Global Object to return string of full path to file

  3. process ↔ Node Global Object with info on current process instance (JS file being executed)