How to get the current directory in a C program?
Have you had a look at getcwd()?
#include <unistd.h>char *getcwd(char *buf, size_t size);Simple example:
#include <unistd.h>#include <stdio.h>#include <limits.h>int main() { char cwd[PATH_MAX]; if (getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd)) != NULL) { printf("Current working dir: %s\n", cwd); } else { perror("getcwd() error"); return 1; } return 0;}
Although the question is tagged Unix, people also get to visit it when their target platform is Windows, and the answer for Windows is the GetCurrentDirectory() function:
DWORD WINAPI GetCurrentDirectory( _In_ DWORD nBufferLength, _Out_ LPTSTR lpBuffer);These answers apply to both C and C++ code.
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