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hi @bbsalsero. What is the actual filename/extension of myfile?

require() does not need you to specify the .js or .json extensions, but readFile/readFileSync do.

So:

require('mylib') and fs.readFileSync('mylib.js') will both utilize the same file, while fs.readFileSync('mylib') will fail.

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thanks for your reply,

let's be more specific:

var fs =  require('fs')

var root ='./modules/configs/'
var dir = fs.readdirSync(root)
console.log(dir)
var moduleConfig={}


for(e in dir){

console.log("####")
console.log(dir[e])


console.log(fs.readFileSync(root+dir[e]).toString())//// so this is working
 moduleConfig[dir[e]]= require(root+dir[e]) //// but this is not:(




console.log( moduleConfig[dir[e]])
console.log("####")
}

so the file name is dynamic but they are all json file for the record.

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ok this is really odd,

ok let's be much more specific:

i'm loading a module that is loading it self some json file dynamically,

but even if i use the file full path it throw error.

like require('c:\list.jon')

Error : cannot find module 'c:\list.jon'

i'm on windows 10 and nodejs 0.12.7

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ooooooooookay, i'm using node since v 0.5 but i've never seen that;

so , i run myscript.js who load mymodules.js, in mymodules.js i put:

module.exports=function( ){
var list =  require(__filename)
console.log(__filename) // this gave me mymodule.js 
console.log(list.toString()) // this show me myscript.js
}

can anyone could explain it?

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@bbsalsero, with Node 0.12.7@Win7x64 I get the source of mymodule.js with that last script.

The way it's intended to work, relative paths passed to fs work relative to the root of your project, while relative paths passed to require work relative to the folder containing the file calling require.

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feel free to reopen, happy coding :)

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