CurrentDir() get current process path?

[Richard BetsonParticipant]

Hi,

CurrentDir() reports the current path of the process, but I am not sure that it does. When compiling the bananas particle example CurrentDir() on Linux reports the process path as:

/home/moonbasealpha/Programming/monkey2-07/

But the actual process is located here:

/home/moonbasealpha/Programming/monkey2-07/bananas/particles/particles.products/Linux/

I’m wondering why CurrentDir() reports the current path of the process incorrectly?

[Mark SiblyKeymaster]

I think you’re probably after ‘AppDir()’, ie: the dir the application is in.

CurrentDir() can be changed with ChangeDir() and is the base dir for relative file names.

CurrentDir() will be different at startup depending on how the app was launched, eg: via console or desktop etc.

[dawlaneParticipant]

I would suspect that it depends on what directory you were in when the process was started. At a guess you ran the program via the IDE, so try changing directory into where the application is.

Edit: Or use the command Mark has mentioned.

[Richard BetsonParticipant]

I think you’re probably after ‘AppDir()

Indeed I am. I was confused by doc description. Thanks for the help.

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