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If I run a node script in C:\temp in Windows how do I find out what directory that script is running from, (how do I find the path to where the script itself is located in the filesystem?)

The fs module documentation doesn't seem to hold an answer to this.

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__dirname should do the trick.

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process.cwd() will give you current working directory.

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Apologies, but I down-voted this because it had an upvote and yet the OP specifically asked to know what directory the script is running in, which __dirname is guaranteed to do, and process.cwd() is not. And I guess my assumption (insert old joke here) is that the OP meant he wanted to know the directory of the script file itself.
@barry-johnson Yeah that was kind of a vague way of asking the question...but now we know the answer to two questions... :-p Maybe it should be split into two questions and two answers.
I actually didn't think it was terribly vague myself. If you had asked where node was running from, as opposed to your script, I would have presumed you wanted the cwd. But yes, you are indeed now twice as informed. :-)
@Sociopath If you want credit for the other question, it's here to be answered: stackoverflow.com/questions/22213792/…

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