Sometimes, we want to call Node.js fs.readFileSync with a relative path.

In this article, we’ll look at how to call Node.js fs.readFileSync with a relative path.

How to call Node.js fs.readFileSync with a relative path?

To call Node.js fs.readFileSync with a relative path, we can call path.resolve with __dirname combined with the relative path.

For instance, we write

const path = require("path");
const file = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, "../file.xml"));

to call fs.readFileSync with the absolute path created by calling path.resolve with __dirname and '../file.xml'.

This will return the absolute path to file.xml which we can use to call readFileSync.

Conclusion

To call Node.js fs.readFileSync with a relative path, we can call path.resolve with __dirname combined with the relative path.