C++ || Snippet – How To Display The Current Working Directory

March 12, 2013 admin No comments

The following is sample code which demonstrates how to display the current working directory of the program when its properties were initialized.

If you are a system admin, this has a similar effect to the “echo %CD%” Windows Shell command or the “pwd” Unix/Linux terminal command, which essentially displays the current working directory the program is located at.





		
		
			Display The Current Working Directory
			
C++
			
			// ============================================================================
//    Author: K Perkins
//    Date:   Mar 12, 2013
//    Taken From: http://programmingnotes.org/
//    File:  pwd.cpp
//    Description: Demonstrates how to display the current working directory
//       the program is located at to the screen.
// ============================================================================
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

// determine which platform
#ifdef _WIN32 
    #include <direct.h>
    #define GetCurrentDir _getcwd
#else
    #include <unistd.h>
    #define GetCurrentDir getcwd
#endif
 
int main() 
{
	// declare variables
	char filePath[256];
	
	// get current directory
	if(!GetCurrentDir(filePath, sizeof(filePath)))
	{
		cout<<"** ERROR - Something went wrong, exiting...n";
	}
	else
	{
		cout<<"This file is located in directory:nn"<<filePath<<endl;
	}

	cout<<"nPlease press ENTER to continue...";
	cin.get();

	return 0;
}// http://programmingnotes.org/
			
				
					
				
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						// ============================================================================
//    Author: K Perkins
//    Date:   Mar 12, 2013
//    Taken From: http://programmingnotes.org/
//    File:  pwd.cpp
//    Description: Demonstrates how to display the current working directory
//       the program is located at to the screen.
// ============================================================================
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
// determine which platform
#ifdef _WIN32 
    #include <direct.h>
    #define GetCurrentDir _getcwd
#else
    #include <unistd.h>
    #define GetCurrentDir getcwd
#endif
 
int main() 
{
	// declare variables
	char filePath[256];
	
	// get current directory
	if(!GetCurrentDir(filePath, sizeof(filePath)))
	{
		cout<<"** ERROR - Something went wrong, exiting...n";
	}
	else
	{
		cout<<"This file is located in directory:nn"<<filePath<<endl;
	}
 
	cout<<"nPlease press ENTER to continue...";
	cin.get();
 
	return 0;
}// http://programmingnotes.org/

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The highlighted lines are sections of interest to look out for.

The code is heavily commented, so no further insight is necessary. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.

Once compiled, you should get this as your output
Note: This was compiled using a Windows computer

This file is located in directory:
C:UsersAdminDesktop
Please press ENTER to continue...

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