Thread: How can I change the value of __FILE__?

Hi,
Currently (using VC++ 6.0) when I print out __FILE__ I get something like:

Code:

C:\blah\blah\blah\file.cpp

but I'd like it to display a relative file path which starts below the first directory:

Code:

\blah\blah\file.cpp

Is that possible in VC++ 6.0? If so, how?

Yea, I'd say the chop suggested above would do;

Code:

 //string getDrivePath {C:\blah\blah\blah\file.cpp}
 string::size_type loc= getDrivePath.find_first_of("\\");
 getDrivePath.erase(loc-1);

Originally Posted by Neo1

Couldn't you just save the output from __FILE__ into a string and then backtrack through the string until you encounter the third backslash, then just throw away the rest?

That would make for a much less elegant solution and would require knowledge of the relative path position of each .cpp file so I would know where to chop it off.
When I pull the files out of Visual Source Safe, I might put them into C:\VSS_root\ but someone else might put them into Z:\SomeStupidName\VSS\Root\

Originally Posted by Dave_Sinkula

Look at the setup in the IDE?
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d020e8d661c24f

I see absolute paths when I look at the properties for each file in File View (although I'm not sure why since every developer has their own VSS root directory on their machine). I'm guessing that's what I should turn into relative paths?