nodeJS path module can't resolve the directory path

Question

I want to create a CLI for bootstrap my project. Everything works find but in order to copy my template files I use ncp where I give the template directory as a argument. So I tried,

import chalk from 'chalk';
import path from 'path';
import fs from 'fs';
import { promisify } from 'util';
const access = promisify(fs.access);
...
const templateDir = path.resolve(
    new URL(import.meta.url).pathname,
    '../../templates',
    'project_name'
  );

  try {
    await access(templateDir, fs.constants.R_OK);
  } catch (err) {
    console.error('%s Invalid template name', chalk.red.bold('ERROR'));
    process.exit(1);
  }
...

I got ERROR Invalid template name

Then I tried to figure out the problem,

 //* after getting ERROR Invalid template name
  //* checking file exist or not
  fs.stat(templateDir, function (err, stat) {
    if (err == null) {
      console.log('File exists');
    } else if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
      // file does not exist
      console.log("file doesn't exit");
    } else {
      console.log('Some other error: ', err.code);
    }
  });

file doesn't exit
[Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, access 'G:\G:\CLI%20project\create-project\templates\javascript'] {
  errno: -4058,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'access',
  path: 'G:\\G:\\CLI%20project\\create-project\\templates\\javascript'
}
ERROR Invalid template name

I expect the access should be G:\CLI%20project\create-project\templates\javascript but it's not giving the that. where was the wrong happened? by the way I use esm module loader.

Answer 1

Give your errors a good read.

[Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, access 'G:\G:\CLI%20project\create-project\templates\javascript'] {
  errno: -4058,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'access',
  path: 'G:\\G:\\CLI%20project\\create-project\\templates\\javascript'
}

They're not trying to trick you. They're just telling you/

G:\\G:\\

Error messages are there for a reason.

Answer 2

I had the same issue and found the answer:

const templateDir = path.resolve(
    new URL(import.meta.url).pathname, // This is where it gives the error
    '../../templates',
    options.template
);

Change new URL (import.meta.url).pathname to __filename . It worked for me.