Issue
My current directory is
D:\bkp\Programming\TestWorks\nodejs\testApp
but when i am using __dirname and trying to show a file with express server it gives me this error
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'D:\views\index.html'
my code for that is
res.sendFile(__dirname + 'views/index.html');
when i am bundling it with webpack and run the bundle file then this happens. Otherwise if i just run the normal app.js file it works fine. Help would be appreciated.
Solution
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
}
}