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getcwd changes? how can I get current path?
Issue:
*Get the path location of my executable. Semi Fix.. *Using getcwd() or plainly giving no path would also do the job... say reading a file... *The problem is when I call other functions like... CreateDirectory("foo",NULL) it changes my default directory to \foo folder... so when I call getcwd() or simply don't give a path to access a file, now the default folder is foo .... Any Idea why this happens? how can it be defaulted back to its original path? is there a better way to do this? thanks, Jonathan |
Re: getcwd changes? how can I get current path?
On 23 May 2007 13:51:52 -0700, Jona <medicalsounds@hotmail.com> wrote
in comp.lang.c++: > Issue: > *Get the path location of my executable. The standard C++ language does not define the operation of file systems, because different operating systems implement them very differently. So the C++ language has no concept of path, nor any functions that deal with it. The first string in the second argument to main, conventionally called argv[0], might contain the full path of your executable, depending on your operating system, or it might not. > Semi Fix.. > *Using getcwd() or plainly giving no path would also do the job... > say reading a file... There is no function "getcwd()" in the standard C++ library. If your platform provides such a function, it is an extension and your compiler and platform define it, not the C++ language. > *The problem is when I call other functions like... > CreateDirectory("foo",NULL) > it changes my default directory to \foo folder... > so when I call getcwd() or simply don't give a path to access a file, > now the default folder is foo .... > Any Idea why this happens? how can it be defaulted back to its > original path? > > is there a better way to do this? You need to ask in a platform specific newsgroup. In your case, news:comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 is a good one. -- Jack Klein Home: http://JK-Technology.Com FAQs for comp.lang.c http://c-faq.com/ comp.lang.c++ http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ http://www.club.cc.cmu.edu/~ajo/docs/FAQ-acllc.html |
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