Using -f is not using a local file, throwing error. about env-cmd HOT 3 OPEN

Same, I don't believe the -f flag works at all. Doesn't seem to matter how I do it.

In my case, I'm in a monorepo and running my startup command from a subdirectory (the cwd is a subdirectory that is), and -f ../../.env.js (or any other filename) fails with the same error you're seeing.

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This is why (at least in my case):

{
  envFile: {
    filePath: '/a/path/.env.js',
    fallback: undefined
  },
  rc: { environments: [ 'default', 'local' ], filePath: undefined },
  verbose: false
}

The filePath that gets passed to getRCFile is rc.filePath rather than envFile.filePath.

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Ah, there's a separate option for this: -r, --rc-file [path]. With all due respect, I think that's a confusing implementation. It should just always use the -f flag. I can't see any reason you would need to pass both.

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