How do you get the path of the running script in groovy?

Question

I\'m writing a groovy script that I want to be controlled via a properties file stored in the same folder. However, I want to be able to call this script from anywhere. Wh

Answer 1

You are correct that new File(".").getCanonicalPath() does not work. That returns the working directory.

To get the script directory

scriptDir = new File(getClass().protectionDomain.codeSource.location.path).parent

To get the script file path

scriptFile = getClass().protectionDomain.codeSource.location.path