code: function askForPath() {
      if (this.regenerate) return;
  
      const done = this.async();
      const deploymentApplicationType = this.deploymentApplicationType;
      let messageAskForPath;
      if (deploymentApplicationType === 'monolith') {
          messageAskForPath = 'Enter the root directory where your applications are located';
      } else {
          messageAskForPath = 'Enter the root directory where your gateway(s) and microservices are located';
      }
      const prompts = [
          {
              type: 'input',
              name: 'directoryPath',
              message: messageAskForPath,
              default: this.directoryPath || '../',
              validate: input => {
                  const path = this.destinationPath(input);
                  if (shelljs.test('-d', path)) {
                      const appsFolders = getAppFolders.call(this, input, deploymentApplicationType);
  
                      if (appsFolders.length === 0) {
                          return deploymentApplicationType === 'monolith'
                              ? `No monolith found in ${path}`
                              : `No microservice or gateway found in ${path}`;
                      }
                      return true;
                  }
                  return `${path} is not a directory or doesn't exist`;
              }
          }
      ];
  
      this.prompt(prompts).then(props => {
          this.directoryPath = props.directoryPath;
          // Patch the path if there is no trailing "/"
          if (!this.directoryPath.endsWith('/')) {
              this.log(chalk.yellow(`The path "${this.directoryPath}" does not end with a trailing "/", adding it anyway.`));
              this.directoryPath += '/';
          }
  
          this.appsFolders = getAppFolders.call(this, this.directoryPath, deploymentApplicationType);
  
          // Removing registry from appsFolders, using reverse for loop
          for (let i = this.appsFolders.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
              if (this.appsFolders[i] === 'jhipster-registry' || this.appsFolders[i] === 'registry') {
                  this.appsFolders.splice(i, 1);
              }
          }
  
          this.log(chalk.green(`${this.appsFolders.length} applications found at ${this.destinationPath(this.directoryPath)}\n`));
  
          done();
      });
  }
docs: Ask For Path