Question

How to get the current directory in C++

Answer 1

#include <direct.h>
#include <iostream>

#define PATH_MAX 512

int main() {
    char buffer[PATH_MAX];

    if (_getcwd(buffer, sizeof(buffer)) != nullptr) {
        std::cout << "Current working dir: " << buffer << "\n";
    }
    else {
        std::cerr << "Error getting current directory.\n";
    }
}





/*
run:

Current working dir: C:\Projects

*/

 

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Answer 2

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>

std::wstring ExePath() {
    TCHAR buffer[MAX_PATH] = { 0 };
    
    GetModuleFileName(NULL, buffer, MAX_PATH);
    
    std::wstring::size_type pos = std::wstring(buffer).find_last_of(L"\\/");

    return std::wstring(buffer).substr(0, pos);
}

int main() {
    std::wcout << "My directory is " << ExePath() << "\n";
}





/*
run:

My directory is C:\Project\x64\Debug

*/

 

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