Generate folder and file within that folder using Node.js

Question

I'm trying to generate a folder and a file within that folder. Below is the function i wrote in Node.js. The problem is, I'm able to generate the folder but the file generation does not work.

Could anyone please help?

const createDir = (folderName) => {
  fs.mkdirSync(
    process.cwd() + '/' + folderName,
    { recursive: true },
    (error) => {
      if (error) {
        console.error('An error occured', error);
      } else {
        console.log('Your directory is made!');
        fs.writeFile(`/${folderName}/${folderName}.js`, '', (error) => {
          if (error) {
            console.error('An error occured', error);
          } else {
            console.log('file created!');
          }
        });
      }
    }
  );
};

Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-08 18:01:39Z

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This is the path to the directory you created:

process.cwd() + '/' + folderName,

This is the path to the directory you are putting the file in:

`/${folderName}`

They need to be the same (and they won't be unless the current working directory is the filesystem root, which seems unlikely).

answered Feb 8, 2021 at 18:01

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krsna Over a year ago

Don't you think they both are same as it gave me same result when I changed process.cwd() + '/' + folderName to process.cwd() + `/${folderName}`

krsna Over a year ago

I had to move my file creation step outside the else block to make it work. createDir(folderName); createFile(folderName);

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