Get path of executable

Question

I know this question has been asked before but I still haven\'t seen a satisfactory answer, or a definitive \"no, this cannot be done\", so I\'ll ask again!

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Answer 1

Using args[0] and looking for '/' (or '\\'):

#include 
#include  // to show the result

int main( int numArgs, char *args[])
{
    // Get the last position of '/'
    std::string aux(args[0]);

    // get '/' or '\\' depending on unix/mac or windows.
#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
    int pos = aux.rfind('\\');
#else
    int pos = aux.rfind('/');
#endif

    // Get the path and the name
    std::string path = aux.substr(0,pos+1);
    std::string name = aux.substr(pos+1);
    // show results
    std::cout << "Path: " << path << std::endl;
    std::cout << "Name: " << name << std::endl;
}

EDITED: If '/' does not exist, pos==-1 so the result is correct.