$ node ~/work/TypeScript/built/local/tsc.js --project ./
$ echo $?
0
$ cat index.js
var str = "hello!";
console.log(str);
$ node ~/work/TypeScript/built/local/tsc.js --project ./tsconfig-es6.json
$ echo $?
0
$ cat index.js
let str = "hello!";
console.log(str);
BTW. in #681954bc59a58da949de42272333b3b33f72bce9
$ tsc -v
message TS6029: Version 1.5.0-beta
$ tsc --project ./not-exists/
error TS6050: Unable to open file 'not-exists/tsconfig.json'.
$ node ~/work/TypeScript/bin/tsc.js --project ./not-exists/
error TS5014: Failed to parse file 'not-exists/tsconfig.json': Unexpected token u.
$ node ~/work/TypeScript/built/local/tsc.js --project ./not-exists/
error TS6050: Unable to open file 'not-exists'.