what is __dirname in node js code example

Example 1: __dirname javascript

console.log(__dirname)     // "/Users/Sam/node-app/cronjobs"
console.log(process.cwd()) // "/Users/Sam/node-app"

Example 2: __dirname javascript

console.log(__dirname)      // "/Users/Sam/node-app/src/api"
console.log(process.cwd())  // "/Users/Sam/node-app"