>    PWD=pwned node -e 'process.env.PWD'  // does this output the
> current working dir?

> Even in shell scripts, "$PWD" is not as good as "$(pwd)" for this
> reason.  Do not rely on it.

> If you want the real path when running in a directory path that
> contains symlinks, use:

>    var fs = require('fs')
>    fs.realpath(p, function (er, real) { ... })
>    // or
>    var real = fs.realpathSync(p) // throws on error

> If you want to know the dir that a script lives in, check the
> __dirname free variable.  It should already be realpathed.

>    var scriptLivesInThisDir = __dirname

> To get the real path of the cwd, you could do:

>    fs.realpath(process.cwd(), function (er, real) { ... })
>    // or
>    var real = fs.realpathSync(process.cwd())

> There is no way in your script to detect if it was loaded via a
> symlink.  It always behaves as if it was loaded from its actual real
> file location.

> To find a file that exists in the same folder as your script, you can
> use path.resolve() against the __dirname.

>    var tsFile = path.resolve(__dirname, '.timestamp')

> To find it in the cwd, you can do:

>    var ts = path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.timestamp')

> To find it in the real path of the cwd, you can do:

>    var ts = path.resolve(fs.realpathSync(process.cwd()), '.timestamp')
>    // or, equivalently:
>    var ts = fs.realpathSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.timestamp'))

> Does that answer your question(s)?

> --i