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doc: clarify that __dirname is module local #6018

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Expand Up @@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ console.log(__dirname);

`__dirname` isn't actually a global but rather local to each module.

For instance, given two modules: `a` and `b`, where `b` is a dependency of
`a` and there is a directory structure of:

* `/Users/mjr/app/a.js`
* `/Users/mjr/app/node_modules/b/b.js`

References to `__dirname` within `b.js` will return
`/Users/mjr/app/node_modules/b` while references to `__dirname` within `a.js`
will return `/Users/mj/app`.

## \_\_filename

<!-- type=var -->
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