Thread: telling what directory you're in

GetCurrentDirectory(DWORD BufferSize, LPSTR Buffer);

Duh

Code:

#include <iostream>


int main(int nArg,char** szArgz)
{
	std::cout << szArgz[0];
	return 0;
}

Sorry, I didn't mean any offense .

You need windows.h to use GetCurrentDirectory(). If you're doing this in DOS, include dir.h and use getcurdir(int drive, char *directory);

EDIT: Or you could do what Fordy said, but if you change the directory during runtime that will be outdated. But I guess you wouldn't do that normally...

Code:

#include <iostream>

int main(int nArg,char** szArgz)
{
  std::cout << szArgz[0];
  return 0;
}

This code may not work correctly. The argument vector's first element can be an empty C string. Even if it does contain the name of the program, the entire path may be omitted. The output could legally be

C:\Windows\DB Program\database.txt

or merely

database.txt

You would be better off using GetCurrentDirectory in windows.h.

-Prelude

Originally posted by agerealm
what would i pass as the arguemnt for "char *directory"? thanks.

An adress to a buffer (empty char array) where the path will be stored.