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Idiom #107 Get folder containing current program

Assign to string dir the path of the folder containing the currently running executable.
(This is not necessarily the working directory, though.)

use English qw($EXECUTABLE_NAME);
use Path::Tiny qw(path);

my $dir = path($EXECUTABLE_NAME)->parent;

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <linux/limits.h>
#include <libgen.h>

int main()
{
    char exe[PATH_MAX], real_exe[PATH_MAX];
    ssize_t r;
    char *dir;

    if ((r = readlink("/proc/self/exe", exe, PATH_MAX)) < 0)
      exit(1);
    if (r == PATH_MAX)
	r -= 1;
    exe[r] = 0;
    if (realpath(exe, real_exe) == NULL)
	exit(1);
    dir = dirname(real_exe);
    puts(dir);
}

dir = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;

import std.path;
void main(string[] args) {
    string dir = args[0].dirName;
}
import "os"
import "path/filepath"
programPath := os.Args[0]
absolutePath, err := filepath.Abs(programPath)
if err != nil {
	return err
}
dir := filepath.Dir(absolutePath)
import System.Environment (getExecutablePath)
import System.FilePath.Windows
dir <- takeDirectory `fmap` getExecutablePath
import System.Environment (getExecutablePath)
import System.FilePath.Windows
import System.IO.Unsafe (unsafePerformIO)
dir = unsafePerformIO (takeDirectory `fmap` getExecutablePath)
const path = require('path');
const dir = path.resolve();
const dir = __dirname;
dir = arg[1]
$dir = realpath(dirname(__FILE__));
dir := extractfilepath(paramstr(0));
uses SysUtils;
dir := GetCurrentDir;
import os
dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
from pathlib import Path
dir = str(Path(__file__).parent)
dir = __dir__
let dir = std::env::current_exe()?
    .canonicalize()
    .expect("the current exe should exist")
    .parent()
    .expect("the current exe should be a file")
    .to_string_lossy()
    .to_owned();
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my $dir = path($EXECUTABLE_NAME)->parent;

int main()
{
    char exe[PATH_MAX], real_exe[PATH_MAX];
    ssize_t r;
    char *dir;

    if ((r = readlink("/proc/self/exe", exe, PATH_MAX)) < 0)
      exit(1);
    if (r == PATH_MAX)
	r -= 1;
    exe[r] = 0;
    if (realpath(exe, real_exe) == NULL)
	exit(1);
    dir = dirname(real_exe);
    puts(dir);
}

dir = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;

void main(string[] args) {
    string dir = args[0].dirName;
}
programPath := os.Args[0]
absolutePath, err := filepath.Abs(programPath)
if err != nil {
	return err
}
dir := filepath.Dir(absolutePath)
dir <- takeDirectory `fmap` getExecutablePath
dir = unsafePerformIO (takeDirectory `fmap` getExecutablePath)
const dir = path.resolve();
const dir = __dirname;
dir = arg[1]
$dir = realpath(dirname(__FILE__));
dir := extractfilepath(paramstr(0));
dir := GetCurrentDir;
dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
dir = str(Path(__file__).parent)
dir = __dir__
let dir = std::env::current_exe()?
    .canonicalize()
    .expect("the current exe should exist")
    .parent()
    .expect("the current exe should be a file")
    .to_string_lossy()
    .to_owned();