I start to learn typescript today, and there's a problem.

Here is the filetree(after piling):

dist
    index.js
src
    data.txt
    index.ts

Here is ./src/index.ts:

import { readFileSync } from 'fs';

let data = readFileSync('./data.txt');
console.log(data);

After piling with mand "tsc", it creates ./dist/index.js, absolutely the file data.txt cannot be read correctly. How to make it the right path?

I start to learn typescript today, and there's a problem.

Here is the filetree(after piling):

dist
    index.js
src
    data.txt
    index.ts

Here is ./src/index.ts:

import { readFileSync } from 'fs';

let data = readFileSync('./data.txt');
console.log(data);

After piling with mand "tsc", it creates ./dist/index.js, absolutely the file data.txt cannot be read correctly. How to make it the right path?

• javascript
• node.js
• typescript

Share Improve this question Follow asked Jul 5, 2018 at 17:06 ArcArc 10311 gold badge22 silver badges88 bronze badges 7

• You can pile the files to same folder. don't pass any "outDir": "DIRECTORY" in the piler options. – Kiba Commented Jul 5, 2018 at 17:10
• data.txt shouldn't be in src, its a resource as in it's only used by the piled code, so move it to dist (because you want to distribute that file with your code) and your problem will be solved. . – Adam H Commented Jul 5, 2018 at 17:15
• Or you create a 3rd folder like res, move the file there, then use ../res/data.txt and it'll always work. – user5734311 Commented Jul 5, 2018 at 17:21
• @ChrisG That is good advice, i just didn't want to confuse the poor guy with yet another folder. – Adam H Commented Jul 5, 2018 at 17:23
• @ChrisG But as final production, we only take out the "dist" folder, right? A 3rd folder will be so redundant. Is there any tool that can move 'data.txt' to dist and keep the path correct just like vue-cli and webpack? – Arc Commented Jul 5, 2018 at 17:42

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Usually you are not supposed to put data in src folder. There are several ways if you really want to do so:

1. copy data.txt to dist while piling typescript
2. use absolute path which could be path.join(__dirname, "../src/data.txt")
3. Since you already know index.ts is going to be piled to dist, use "../src/data.txt" directly