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doc: esm add example how to create __filename, __dirname #28282

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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion doc/api/esm.md
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Expand Up @@ -278,7 +278,15 @@ These CommonJS variables are not available in ES modules.

`require` can be imported into an ES module using [`module.createRequire()`][].

An equivalent for `__filename` and `__dirname` is [`import.meta.url`][].
An equivalent for variable `__filename` and `__dirname` can be created inside each file with
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import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
import { dirname } from 'path';

const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
</code>

### No <code>require.extensions</code>

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