__dirname is not working in node js with webpack bundling

Question

My current directory is

D:\\bkp\\Programming\\TestWorks\\nodejs\\testApp

but when i am using __dirname and trying to show a file

Answer 1

This is because webpack can handle __dirname (and other node specific things) in different ways. If you want it to behave like normal, use this in your webpack config:

{
    node: {
        __dirname: false
    }
}

See: https://webpack.js.org/configuration/node/

Answer 2

The __dirname is set to / by webpack, that's why you end up with /views/index.html which is the root of your file system, that happens to be D:\ in your case. You can set node.dirname to false in your webpack config to not inject it and defer it to runtime. Keep in mind that __dirname will refer to the location of the script you're executing, that means the location of the bundle, not the original source.

node: {
  __dirname: false
}