current directory

[Mark]

Help!

I am writing an application that can be lauched from either the Finder
or from the command-line. I need to know the locations of two
directories:
1) the directory that the executable is in
2) the current command-line directory

I have figured out how to get (1), here is the code:

FSRef processBundleDirectory;
PSN currentProcess;
GetCurrentProcess(&currentProcess);
GetProcessBundleLocation(&currentProcess, &processBundleDirectory);

I still can't figure out how to get (2).
I know that the File Manager maintains a "default" volume and
directory but this is not the same as the unix command-line "current"
directory.
How can I determine the current directory set in the Terminal window
that just executed the command-line?

Thanks in advance,
Mark

[Frederick Cheung]

On 25 Sep 2003, Mark wrote:

> Help!
>
> I am writing an application that can be lauched from either the Finder
> or from the command-line. I need to know the locations of two
> directories:
> 1) the directory that the executable is in
> 2) the current command-line directory
>
> I have figured out how to get (1), here is the code:
>
> FSRef processBundleDirectory;
> PSN currentProcess;
> GetCurrentProcess(&currentProcess);
> GetProcessBundleLocation(&currentProcess, &processBundleDirectory);
>
> I still can't figure out how to get (2).
> I know that the File Manager maintains a "default" volume and
> directory but this is not the same as the unix command-line "current"
> directory.
> How can I determine the current directory set in the Terminal window
> that just executed the command-line?

man getcwd ?

Fred

[Simon Slavin]

In article <f8ef12cd.0309251538.4fbdeb86@posting.google.com >,
[email]mark.suska@sympatico.ca[/email] (Mark) wrote:

>I am writing an application that can be lauched from either the Finder
>or from the command-line. I need to know the locations of two
>directories:
>1) the directory that the executable is in
>2) the current command-line directory

I don't think the Finder /has/ a current directory.
It has no interaction with any command line. It doesn't
concentrate on any particular directory. What would you
want to do with that directory ?