Get EXE Location C++

snippet.cpp

//Returns the absolute path of the executable
std::filesystem::path file_manip::abs_exe_path()
{
    #if defined(_MSC_VER)
        wchar_t path[FILENAME_MAX] = { 0 };
        GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, path, FILENAME_MAX);
        return std::filesystem::path(path);
    #else
        char path[FILENAME_MAX];
        ssize_t count = readlink("/proc/self/exe", path, FILENAME_MAX);
        return std::filesystem::path(std::string(path, (count > 0) ? count: 0));
    #endif
}

std::filesystem::path file_manip::abs_exe_directory()
{
    #if defined(_MSC_VER)
        wchar_t path[FILENAME_MAX] = { 0 };
        GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, path, FILENAME_MAX);
        return std::filesystem::path(path).parent_path().string();
    #else
        char path[FILENAME_MAX];
        ssize_t count = readlink("/proc/self/exe", path, FILENAME_MAX);
        return std::filesystem::path(std::string(path, (count > 0) ? count: 0)).parent_path().string();
    #endif
}

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