Alternative for __dirname in Node.js when using ES6 modules

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As of Node.js 10.12 there’s an alternative that doesn’t require creating multiple files and handles special characters in filenames across platforms:

import { dirname } from 'path';
import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';

const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));

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