Why is the script not being executed from an arbitrary folder?

Question

Node.js

There is a folder on the server that contains local nodejs modules + the script itself. If a:

cd /path/to/folder/
node script.js

then everything is in order, the script is launched. But if:
node /path/to/script.js
I get an error. I think this is due to the fact that the modules are installed locally, but shouldn't the script include them based on its location?

Answer 1

no, it does not define itself, you need to use __dirname in the script so that it looks based on the main folder, and not on the current one.