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Old 10-16-2003, 10:45 AM   #1
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Determine Executable Starting Directory

In Linux, how does one determine the starting directory for an executable? In Win32, the analogous function would be GetModuleFileName(), which returns the path to the executable image. Is there a way to do the same, either from a shell script, Java, or C/C++ program?
 
Old 10-16-2003, 02:13 PM   #2
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Welcome to LQ.

Just look at the output from "pwd" or the bash varliable "$PWD".
 
Old 10-16-2003, 02:17 PM   #3
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To follow on from david_ross - if you're working in C you could used getcwd() (see man getcwd for more info).

HTH and welcome to LinuxQuestions from me too!

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Old 10-16-2003, 06:04 PM   #4
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In Linux, how does one determine the starting directory for an executable?
Or do you actually mean how a program can find the directory where the executable of the program is in? Then see this thread:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=92303
 
Old 10-17-2003, 10:11 AM   #5
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Thanks! That's what I needed.
 
  


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