Modern Fs ExecutablePath

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ExecutablePath

Returns the full path of the running program, however it was started.

Syntax

ExecutablePath( )

Notes

• Windows: GetModuleFileNameW of the program, however long. Linux: the target of /proc/self/exe. macOS: _NSGetExecutablePath, then realpath.
• Unlike COMMAND( 0 ), it does not depend on how the program was started, so it is the way to find files installed next to the program.

Examples

#import "std/fs"
using fs

dim as ustring exe = ExecutablePath( ).ValueOr( "" )
print PathIsAbsolute( exe )      '' true
print IsFile( exe )              '' true
dim as ustring beside = PathJoin( PathParent( exe ), "settings.ini" )

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