I am using gulp-karma and facing a simple problem but cannot seems to find what i am doing wrong .
gulp.task('test', function (done) {
karma.start({
configFile: __dirname + '..\\test\\' +'\karma.conf.js',
singleRun: true
}, done);
});
Here is the code i am using and i cannot seems to go 1 level back in the folder directory . When i do the above it just append the ..\ to the folder direcotry without going 1 level back (which is the usual use of ..\). Following is the folder structure .
parent|
test|karma.conf.js
webapirole|gulpfile.js
and my folder is inside the webapirole folder . i want to go back 1 folder back and go inisde the test folder which contains the karma.conf.js file. can anyone make me understand what i am doing wrong here ?
error i am getting
[18:06:32] Starting 'tdd'...
ERROR [config]: File C:\Users\Documents\WebApiRole..\test\karma.conf.js does not exist
TL;DR
Use path.join(__dirname, '..', 'test', 'karma.conf.js'). Prevent use of slashes.
Long Answer
As a lot of answers have pointed out, using path module is probably the best way.
However, most of the solutions here have gone back to using slashes like:
path.join(__dirname+'../test/karma.conf.js')
However, by doing this, you're beating the purpose of using path. One uses path to do operations irrespective of the underlying OS (Linux, Windows etc). Just to give a bit of insight, you can do the path operations directly as string operations (like __dirname + '../test/karma.conf.js'. You do not do this because Linux uses forward slashes ( / ), Windows uses backward slashes ( \ ). This makes your application prone to errors when you port it across operating systems.
Thus, the better way would be:
path.join(__dirname, '..', 'test', 'karma.conf.js')
And of course, coming back - prevent use of slashes in your path.join, instead spread out your params.
I am using (path) NPM for the above usage......
simply require path npm in js file.Then use
let reqPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../');//It goes three folders or directories back from given __dirname.
__dirname is just a string. you can use ../ to traverse up the folder structure and path.join to resolve the path
path = require('path')
configFile: path.join(__dirname, '../test/karma.conf.js'),