requirejs - Absolute path for almond when using require.js optimize -

i'm trying code optimize single file using apparently non-standard setup , i'm struggling understand different paths mean.

imagine i'm making variant of r the requirejs command-line tool includes almond. want able wrap almond using almond included tool.

my directory structure

someappfolder | +--main.js 

in related folder

myrplusalmondbuilder | +--myrplusalmonbuilder.js | +--node_modules    |    +--almond    |  |    |  +--almond.js    |    +--requirejs       |       ... 

so, want myrplusalmondbuilder able build single js bundle main.js this

cd myrplusalmondbuilder node myrplusalmondbuilder.js someappfolder/main.js 

here's simple myrplusalmondbuilder.js

var requirejs = require('requirejs'); var path = require('path');  var filename = process.argv[2];                 var dirname = path.dirname(filename);           var barename = path.basename(filename, ".js");   var config = {   baseurl: dirname,   name: "node_modules/almond/almond",   include: barename,   insertrequire: [barename],   out:     "out.js",   wrap:    true, };  // show values  console.log(json.stringify(config, undefined, "  "));  requirejs.optimize(config, function() {   console.log("result in:", config.out); }, function(err) {   console.error(err); }); 

calling this

cd myrplusalmondbuilder.js node myrplusalmondbuilder.js /users/gregg/temp/delme-requirejs/someappfolder/main.js 

but get

{   "baseurl": "/users/gregg/temp/delme-requirejs/someappfolder",   "name": "node_modules/almond/almond",   "include": "main",   "insertrequire": [     "main"   ],   "out": "out.js",   "wrap": true } { [error: error: error: module path not exist: /users/gregg/temp/delme-requirejs/someappfolder/node_modules/almond/almond.js module named: node_modules/almond/almond. path relative to: /users/gregg/temp/delme-requirejs/myrplusalmondbuilder 

trying these other values name fail

// dot in front  name: "./node_modules/almond/almond",  // .js on end name: "node_modules/almond/almond.js",  // .dot in front , .js on end name: "./node_modules/almond/almond.js",  // absolute path almond.js .js name: path.join(__dirname, "node_modules/almond/almond.js"),  // absolute path almond.js without .js name: path.join(__dirname, "node_modules/almond/almond"), 

the ones ".js" get

[error: error: enoent, no such file or directory '/users/gregg/temp/delme-requirejs/someappfolder/node_modules/almond/almond.js' @ error (native) ] 

the ones full path get

[error: error: enoent, no such file or directory '/users/gregg/temp/delme-requirejs/someappfolder//users/gregg/temp/delme-requirejs/myrplusalmondbuilder/node_modules/almond/almond.js' @ error (native) ] 

using relative path main.js almond works

name: path.relative(dirname, path.join(__dirname, "node_modules/almond/almond.js")), 

but won't work in windows if tool in in c:/somefolder/myrplusalmond , file in in d:/someappfolder/main.js

is there way use absolute paths almond?

i found 1 way add path almond

var config = {   baseurl: dirname,   name: "__dontclash_almond__/almond",   include: barename,   insertrequire: [barename],   out:     "out.js",   wrap:    true,   paths: {     __dontclash_almond__: path.join(__dirname, "node_modules/almond"),   }. }; 

seems kind of hacky because have hope don't clash user chosen name. of course it's unlikely clash