file module - node.js

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i know that node.js is relativity new.. so i hope that someone here can really help me.

i want to make a simple server-client program that works on windows 7.

i am having some problem in creating a file module.

i have one file lets call it a.js

/* a.js file*/
var net = require('net');
function startServer(port,resourceMap,rootFolder){
//does somthing
}

exports.startServer=startServer;

and then another file b.js in the same folder

/* b.js file*/
var server = require('*.*\a');

for some reason when i try to run the command node b.js it tells me that it does not recognize the module.

i know that in linux

var server = require('./a');

should work. but i searched allot and all the examples that i find are only linux.

i know that it is probably smothing stupid, but i cant seem to find it.

thank you

Are you talking about Node.js? Jnode seems to be something different entirely. If you are, in Node.js, var a = require('./a'); etc. should work regardless of platform. — AKX
– AKX, Commented Dec 6, 2011 at 0:43
you are right. i got mixed up...it is node.js the compiler claims that a is not defined. don't know why.. — user690936
– user690936, Commented Dec 6, 2011 at 0:47

Alec Gorge · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-06 00:52:36Z

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I don't know what you think that this code block is supposed to do:

var server = require('*.*\a');

Node.js normalizes disk paths between Linux and Windows so using var server = require('./a'); will work just fine on Windows.

answered Dec 6, 2011 at 0:52

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user690936 Over a year ago

well.. for some reason the compiler just does not recognize it. it tells me that a is not defined. maybe it is the node version that i downloaded? 0.6.3.0?

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