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Re: GCC and getcwd
Francis Harvey wrote:
> I want to find the current directory that the executable file is in,
> so I can open a text file in the same directory. The executable
> is on the k drive, but my code doesn't return the correct path:
This is not the Unix way to do things. The Unix API does not provide any
way for a process to find out where its executable image is located (it
might not exist anymore!) See:
http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_2.html#SEC23
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