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Article #692Re: equivalent to app.path (return applications path) ?!??
From: Juan Carrasco
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 00:00
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Normally argv[0] do not have the path of the program, only has the program name. The C library has a function called "getcwd" that return the current working directory. Has two parameters, a buffer (char *) and buffer size (size_t or int). His declaration is "char * getcwd (char * buffer, int size);". Jerry Coffin escribi๏ฟฝ en mensaje ... >In article <7uva69$o6k$1@hiram.io.com>, sean@harvell.com says... >> Does any one know what the C++ equivalent to Visual Basics app.path is? I >> would like to return the >> exact path that the executable is being executed from. >> >> Example program being run from: >> c:\test\mycoolapp.exe >> >> Function etc. would return: >> c:\test > >argv[0] is normally the name of your application. This may or may not >include a full path, though it probably does more often than not. >Assuming it's present and has a form that looks like a path on >whatever system you're running, you can normally separate the name of >the executable from that path. > >-- > Later, > Jerry. > >The universe is a figment of its own imagination.
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