From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Determining the path of the executable at runtime
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 18:08:26 -0400
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Karl Garrison wrote:

> Does anyone know how I can find out what directory a program was invoked
> from?  I would perfer an ANSI-C method, but, failing that, a
> DJGPP-specific method would be acceptable.  Specifically:

  compile and run the following program:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  printf("%s\n", argv[0]);
  return 0;
}

i do not know how ansi it is to return the full path in addition to the name
of the executable.

  -- Sinan