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POnode.js: Why does NODE_DEBUG=1 not work? (trying to debug a require() error)
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copied!<p>I have a directory structure like so:</p> <pre><code>project lib paperboy redis-client node-cookie srv main.js ... </code></pre> <p>I start main.js from the project directory:</p> <pre><code>$ node srv/main.js </code></pre> <p>In main.js, I can do:</p> <pre><code> paperboy = require('./lib/paperboy'); </code></pre> <p>However, this fails:</p> <pre><code> redis = require('./lib/redis-client'); </code></pre> <p>Similarly, if I start interactive node in the "project" directory, I can require paperboy, but not redis-client. The error I get is:</p> <pre><code>> require('./lib/redis-client') Error: Cannot find module './lib/redis-client' at resolveModuleFilename (node.js:265:13) at loadModule (node.js:231:20) at require (node.js:291:14) ... </code></pre> <p>Looking at the source for resolveModuleFilename(), it attempts to print a debug string, that I don't see:</p> <pre><code>debug("looking for " + JSON.stringify(id) + " in " + JSON.stringify(paths)); </code></pre> <p>I have tried enabling this through export NODE_DEBUG=1, but I still don't see this debug print when trying to require.</p> <p>What am I doing wrong in trying to get this debug to print? And, second, why would paperboy load fine, but redis-client fail to be found?</p> <p>Additional info: Here's the full file/directory list in the "lib" directory:</p> <pre><code>lib lib/cookie-node lib/cookie-node/package.json lib/cookie-node/LICENSE.txt lib/cookie-node/README.markdown lib/cookie-node/example lib/cookie-node/example/ex1.js lib/cookie-node/index.js lib/redis-client lib/redis-client/package.json lib/redis-client/TODO.md lib/redis-client/examples lib/redis-client/examples/redis-version.js lib/redis-client/examples/using-kiwi.js lib/redis-client/examples/subscriber.js lib/redis-client/examples/publisher.js lib/redis-client/examples/.redis-version.js.swp lib/redis-client/examples/README.md lib/redis-client/seed.yml lib/redis-client/LICENSE lib/redis-client/test lib/redis-client/test/test_throw_from_callback.js lib/redis-client/test/test_shutdown_reconnect.js lib/redis-client/test/test.js lib/redis-client/test/sample.png lib/redis-client/.gitignore lib/redis-client/lib lib/redis-client/lib/redis-client.js lib/redis-client/README.md lib/paperboy lib/paperboy/package.json lib/paperboy/seed.yml lib/paperboy/LICENSE.txt lib/paperboy/example lib/paperboy/example/basic.js lib/paperboy/example/webroot lib/paperboy/example/webroot/img lib/paperboy/example/webroot/img/paperboy.jpg lib/paperboy/example/webroot/index.html lib/paperboy/index.js lib/paperboy/lib lib/paperboy/lib/paperboy.js lib/paperboy/README.md </code></pre> <p>The lib directories are unpacked .tar.gz files from github, re-named to match the module name from the package.json files.</p>

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