In Node.js, I am attempting to write into the Documents folder of the user (on macOS):
var logger = fs.createWriteStream('~/Documents/somefolderwhichexists/'+title+'.txt');
This gives me an error, but I am not sure what is wrong. The error says:
Uncaught Exception: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory
How could I use an absolute path here? Or what is my mistake?
In Node.js, I am attempting to write into the Documents folder of the user (on macOS):
var logger = fs.createWriteStream('~/Documents/somefolderwhichexists/'+title+'.txt');
This gives me an error, but I am not sure what is wrong. The error says:
Uncaught Exception: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory
How could I use an absolute path here? Or what is my mistake?
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Reset to default 17The ~ is a shorthand, to your home directory, expanded by the Bash shell. You need to use a fully defined path or get the current user name (or home path) dynamically.
To get the current user home path, ty this:
var home = require("os").homedir();
var logpath = home + '/Documents/somefolderwhichexists/' + title + '.txt';
var logger = fs.createWriteStream(logpath);