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Handle slash on Mac and Windows in JavaScript

In a JavaScript file I have:

__dirname.split('/')

This code was written on MAC and it works on that environment. However, this script crashes on my Windows because it can't find the directory, so in order to work I have to change it to this:

__dirname.split('\\')

The problem is that I can't commit it like this because it will crash on his end after this since he is using MAC.

Is there any way I can edit this block of code in order to work on both envs ?

Thanks

Solution

  • You can use path.sep:

    const path = require('path');
...
__dirname.split(path.sep)