Getting the absolute path of the executable using C

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Have a look at this pseudocode   string exe path   system get exe path   print  This executable is located in     exe path   If I build the above program and place the executable in C  meow   It would print out This executable is located in C  meow  each time it is run  regardless of the current working directory   How could I easily accomplish this using C

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var dir   System IO Path GetDirectoryName Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   Location     I jumped in for the top rated answer and found myself not getting what I expected  I had to read the comments to find what I was looking for    For that reason I am posting the answer listed in the comments to give it the exposure it deserves

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using System Reflection   string myExeDir   new FileInfo Assembly GetEntryAssembly   Location  Directory ToString

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On my side  I used  with a form application   String Directory   System Windows Forms Application StartupPath    it takes the application startup path

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The one that worked for me and isn t above was Process GetCurrentProcess   MainModule FileName

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AppDomain CurrentDomain BaseDirectory

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MSDN has an article that says to use System Reflection Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   GetName   CodeBase  if you need the directory  use System IO Path GetDirectoryName on that result   Or  there s the shorter Application ExecutablePath which  Gets the path for the executable file that started the application  including the executable name  so that might mean it s slightly less reliable depending on how the application was launched

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Gets the path or UNC location of the loaded file that contains the manifest    See  http   msdn microsoft com en-us library system reflection assembly location aspx  Application ResourceAssembly Location

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Suppose i have  config file in console app and now am getting like below   Directory GetParent Directory GetCurrentDirectory    Parent FullName      YourFolderName  log4net config

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