Node.js fs module and windows paths

Question

Does the Node.js fs module implicitly convert Windows folder path separators from '\\\\' to '/' ?

For example, if I use this call on Windows:

fs.readdirSync(dir).forEach(function(file) {

});

file argument has '/' path separators, not '\\\\' , why is that?

Answer 1

Yes it does. See more: Writing cross-platform Node.js

Be sure to use path.join and path.normalize instead of having explicit path separators ( / , \\ , \\\\ , etc) in your code.