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I have been trying to create a simple html file in the public folder of my Express.js app, but can't get the path right. Can anybody help me out?

Here is the part of my app.js where I configure my static folder:

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

and here's the code I'm using to try to create the index.html file in the public folder:

exports.index = function(req, res){

    var fs = require('fs');

    fs.openSync(__dirname + /public/static_html/index.html, 'w')

};

However, node.js throw an error:

500 Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory
'C:nodejsnode_modules.binmyapproutespublicstatic_htmlindex.html'

Why is it pointing to the to the public folder inside routes?

I would like the path to be:

'C:nodejsnode_modules.binmyapppublicstatic_htmlindex.html'

Can anybody help please?

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answered 11 Years ago rashawn · Accepted Answer

My guess would be that your directory structure looks like this:

app.js

public/

       static_html/

routes/

       index.js

And that your exports.index exists in routes/index.js (perhaps it's named differently, but I'm just guessing here).

Since __dirname is relative to the module, it will be ./routes in that file. So you need to go back one level to be able to access public/:

fs.openSync(__dirname + /../public/static_html/index.html, 'w')