telling what directory you're in

was wondering if there was a relatively simple way to determine what directory the program is in on the harddrive, so i could tell the user exactly where to find a file that the program creates. something like the following...

<output to console>
Database printed to: C:\Windows\DB Program\database.txt

any help would be much appreciated! thanks.

GetCurrentDirectory(DWORD BufferSize, LPSTR Buffer);

Duh

thanks for the "duh". i appreciate that...
i'll see what i can do with what you said. thanks anyways.

Code:

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#include <iostream>


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

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thanks a lot fordy.

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EDIT: Or you could do what Fordy said, but if you change the directory during runtime that will be outdated.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...

thanks magos, i appreciate it.

what would i pass as the arguemnt for "char *directory"? thanks.

Code:

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#include <iostream>

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

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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

Quote:

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

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

awesome, thanks.