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beatak
beatak

Reputation: 9592

What's the difference between process.cwd() vs process.env.PWD?

Both "return the current working directory of the process".

It seems you can override the value of process.env.PWD but it will not change the returning value of process.cwd().

Upvotes: 21

Views: 12271

Answers (1)

loganfsmyth
loganfsmyth

Reputation: 161487

PWD is the current working directory when the process is started, but it is constant. process.cwd() is asking the underlying system for the process's current directory, which can be changed with process.chdir(). PWD is also a POSIX environmental variable, which means it won't work on Windows. process.cwd() on the other hand, will.

Upvotes: 46

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