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						- # parent-module [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/parent-module)
 - 
 - > Get the path of the parent module
 - 
 - Node.js exposes `module.parent`, but it only gives you the first cached parent, which is not necessarily the actual parent.
 - 
 - 
 - ## Install
 - 
 - ```
 - $ npm install parent-module
 - ```
 - 
 - 
 - ## Usage
 - 
 - ```js
 - // bar.js
 - const parentModule = require('parent-module');
 - 
 - module.exports = () => {
 - 	console.log(parentModule());
 - 	//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/unicorn/foo.js'
 - };
 - ```
 - 
 - ```js
 - // foo.js
 - const bar = require('./bar');
 - 
 - bar();
 - ```
 - 
 - 
 - ## API
 - 
 - ### parentModule([filepath])
 - 
 - By default, it will return the path of the immediate parent.
 - 
 - #### filepath
 - 
 - Type: `string`<br>
 - Default: [`__filename`](https://nodejs.org/api/globals.html#globals_filename)
 - 
 - Filepath of the module of which to get the parent path.
 - 
 - Useful if you want it to work [multiple module levels down](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parent-module/tree/master/fixtures/filepath).
 - 
 - 
 - ## Tip
 - 
 - Combine it with [`read-pkg-up`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/read-pkg-up) to read the package.json of the parent module.
 - 
 - ```js
 - const path = require('path');
 - const readPkgUp = require('read-pkg-up');
 - const parentModule = require('parent-module');
 - 
 - console.log(readPkgUp.sync({cwd: path.dirname(parentModule())}).pkg);
 - //=> {name: 'chalk', version: '1.0.0', …}
 - ```
 - 
 - 
 - ## License
 - 
 - MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
 
 
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