Files relative to working directory and not settings.userDir

[shooftie]

I start node-red with:
$ node-red-pi --max-old-space-size=256 --settings /home/me/node-red/settings.js

In the settings file I have:
userDir: '/home/me/node-red/'

The trace gives me:
[info] User directory : /home/me/node-red/

Functions is a subdirectory of:
/home/me/node-red/

Yet I get:
[warn] [file function:format-log.js] Could not find file "functions/format-log.js". Hint: File path is relative to "/home/me"

[tedbarnett]

I have a similar issue. I left the default userDir (i.e. did not change it) , placed my file allUsers.js in the .node-red directory, and yet I get the warning:

[warn] [file function:85c8443d.be0c78] Could not find file "allUsers.js". Hint: File path is relative to "undefined"

[hreimer]

I think I found the cause of the problem: if node-red is started outside of the home directory (~/.node-red in my case), the file path cannot be found because apparently in the code, process.env.PWD is checked and this refers to the current working directory when the process was started, apparently this node is dependent from which directory you start node-red.

I found 2 solutions without changing the code: either start node-red from the .node-red home directory or use absolute paths when referencing the scripts where your functions are (note: ~/.node-red/function.js didn't work for me, I had to use the full /Users/<username>/.node-red/function.jspath (i'm on OS X 10.11))