How do I start an app and make it run from it's own directory?
 

For any custom application I create which needs to run at startup, what I normally do is have an entry in my /etc/init.local that executes the app.

Now if I just put

And the app writes data to relative paths, it will be writing data all over the system. Is there a method of starting a script so it is aware of the folder it is in? Sure I can do "cd [folder]" then start the app, but wondering if there's a better way.

Hi -

1. You can do a "cd SOMEDIR" before you can invoke the program
... and/or ...
2. The program can parse the path from argv[0] when it starts up

'Hope that helps .. PSM