How to get the path to the current file (pwd) in Linux from C?

Question

I\'d like to know if it is somehow possible to run system("pwd") on the current DIR. So for example let\'s have this folder structure:

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Answer 1

You can use chdir(2) to change dir from C, then system("pwd"); will give you what ever directory you chdir'ed to.

The C-equvivalent of the pwd-command is getcwd(3).