C# Executable Executing directory

Question

What is the best method of getting the path the C# executable is running from?

I need to use it for temp folders etc and currently I\'m using:

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Answer 1

• .NET Core 3.0 introduced IHostEnvironment.ContentRootPath.
• .NET Core 2.1 introduced IHostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath (obsolete since Core 3.0).

Personally I find that these are what I generally need: the place where included content is located.

I can confirm that IHostEnvironment.ContentRootPath also returns the desired result when running as a unit test. (Tested with xUnit, but the test framework should not matter.)

Answer 2

Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)