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Edward Tanguay
Edward Tanguay

Reputation: 193432

In .NET console app, how to get the path of the command prompt where the user typed the command?

I created the following .NET console app, built it, and copied the executable deepdir.exe to c:\commandlineapps and then set an enviroment variable to this directory so that I can call this command from any directory.

How do I get the directory from where the user typed the command, e.g. c:\docs\project1, and NOT the directory where the .exe file exists, e.g. c:\commandlineapps? None of the following work:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace showimages
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var docPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
            docPath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName);
            docPath = Environment.CurrentDirectory = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir");
            docPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal);
            docPath = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
            docPath = Environment.CurrentDirectory;
            docPath = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
            docPath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase);
            docPath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()[0]);
            docPath = System.AppContext.BaseDirectory;
            docPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);
            Console.WriteLine(docPath);
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 251

Answers (1)

Owen Pauling
Owen Pauling

Reputation: 11871

Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() will do what you need (get the current working directory).

Upvotes: 1

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