Can NODE_PATH be set in .env?

[ivan-kleshnin]

Hi. Is it possible to declare NODE_PATH constant in .env?

When I run my script with NODE_PATH=./ node myscript.js it resolves absolute local imports just fine.
But when I'm doing this:

# .env
export NODE_ENV=./

// myscript.js
import "./backend/env.js"
import "common/shims.js"

// backend/env.js
import nvar from "nvar"

nvar({
  override: "empty",
})

console.log(process.env.NODE_PATH) // "./"

I'm getting correct value in process.env.NODE_PATH but import "common/shims" still throws Cannot find module.

It behaves like if Node required NODE_PATH to be set before anything else, yet I see that people do put their NODE_PATH in .env files and it somehow works for them 😮

Could you help my to clarify this moment?

[ivan-kleshnin]

Found a solution:

nvar({
  override: "empty",
})

// !!! magic line
require("module").Module._initPaths()