where

where

2.7/where.adept defines a cross-platform way of getting the running executable's location on Windows and MacOS.

Functions

• func where() String

  Returns the directory where the current executable resides in, followed by a slash/backslash.

  (e.g. "C:\\Users\\isaac\\AdeptProjects\\AdeptMinesweeper\\", "/Users/isaac/Applications/Tangent.app/Contents/MacOS/")

  On error, an empty string "" is returned.

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Usage Example

This example reads a text file named "file.txt" piece by piece from the directory that the executable is in.

import where
import basics

func main {
    filename String = where() + "file.txt"
    
    filename_cstr *ubyte = filename.cstr()
    defer delete filename_cstr
    
    f *FILE = fopen(filename_cstr, 'r')
    
    unless f {
        printf("Failed to open file: \"%S\"\n", filename)
        return
    }
    
    defer fclose(f)
    
    buffer POD 256 ubyte = undef
    
    while fgets(&buffer as *ubyte, 256, f) {
        printf("%s", &buffer as *ubyte)
    }
}