path to executable

[SAK]

I am programming in c and would like to know how I can find the location of my executable programatically. So if the executable is moved to a new location my program will know its current path. Thanks, SAK

[valikac]

One solution is GetModuleFileName(). Another solution is GetCurrentDirectory(). Kuphryn

[Ted Ferenc]

To parapahrase "If all else fails read the FAQ" http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/cppforumfaq.asp[^]

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[SAK]

Thanks for the help...much appreciated. SAK

[Dean Goodman]

If you are just writing a simple console app, you can use argv[0]. --Dean

[SAK]

Kuphryn, This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you

[SAK]

Dean, Good information...Thanks

[Peter Weyzen]

Except -- argv[0] does not return a fully-qualified path name if the .EXE is run from the same directory (from the current directory). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter Weyzen Staff Engineer Santa Cruz Networks