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+/*
+ * getAbsoluteFSPath
+ * @return {string} When run in NodeJS env, returns the absolute path to the current directory
+ *                  When run outside of NodeJS, will return an error message
+ */
+const getAbsoluteFSPath = function () {
+  // detect whether we are running in a browser or nodejs
+  if (typeof module !== "undefined" && module.exports) {
+    return require("path").resolve(__dirname)
+  }
+  throw new Error('getAbsoluteFSPath can only be called within a Nodejs environment');
+}
+
+module.exports = getAbsoluteFSPath