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laurent
laurent

Reputation: 90736

Variable that refers to the project directory in Qt Creator?

I'm working on a cross-platform Qt application and the paths are different on Mac OS X and Windows. Since the project is on an external hard-drive, the drive letter also occasionally changes on Windows.

For that reason, I would like to refer to the project directory using a variable, preferably a built-in one. In particular, is there such a variable usable in:

Upvotes: 13

Views: 14782

Answers (4)

Bill
Bill

Reputation: 11822

The built-in _PRO_FILE_PWD_ variable contains the path to the directory containing the project file in use. That variable may be useful for you.

Upvotes: 4

Allakazam
Allakazam

Reputation: 61

Since I struggled a bit to find it, I'm adding it here.

In addition to %{sourceDir} and %{buildDir}, you could use %{CurrentDocument:Path}, %{CurrentDocument:FilePath} and %{CurrentProject:Path} to refer to specific files and folders in the project directory.

Upvotes: 6

Tomas Kubes
Tomas Kubes

Reputation: 25098

There are problems with $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_ on windows, because it contains forward slash allways. You need to fix slash using shell_path.

 $$shell_path($$_PRO_FILE_PWD_)

Upvotes: 2

laurent
laurent

Reputation: 90736

To complete, @Bill's answer, the way to refer to the source path in the Build Settings is to use %{sourceDir}.

%{buildDir} is also available.

Upvotes: 13

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