Enoent: ''no such file or directory'' - how can I circumvent the error?

Question

Hi everyone, I'm learning about javascript. While working, I try use my Node app in my project. As a result, I get the message:

ENOENT, no such file or directory '~/Desktop/MyApp/newversion/partials/navigation.jade'

What can I do about the “enoent: no such file or directory” issue? Is there a better approach?

lyytutoria · Accepted Answer

The cause:

The file you're looking for is in the current working directory. This is referred to as a relative path. You are not passing the whole path of a file to the open() method in the preceding code, only its name - a relative path. Therefore, the error "FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory" happens because the working directory does not contain a file with that name.

Solution:

Instead of utilizing the relative route, consider using the exact or absolute path. For example, /home/yourusername/Desktop/etcetcetc or you can use process.env.HOME + '/Desktop/blahblahblah'

Or you can do as the following steps:

1. First, let's install npm install .

2. Then, runnpm cache clean .

3.npm install -g npm,after that npm install.

4. Finally, useng serve --o to run the project.

Above suggestion is also an useful way to solve your error.

Poppy Gagnon · Answer

Although I think the answer to the problem is correct, I got this error when installing the npm package (see below).

For me, the solution was npm init --yes

Lyric Singh · Answer

__dirname

This will give you the rooth directory for your current node application.

You'd use this in your case.

__dirname + '/Desktop/MyApp/newversion/partials/navigation.jade';

This is the answer:

App base paths from NodeJS modules

Monica Lee · Answer

Although I think the answer to the problem is correct, I got this error when installing the npm package (see below).

For me, the solution was npm init --yes

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