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How to get the current working directory in golang
package main
// More info on Getwd()
// https://golang.org/src/os/getwd.go
//
import(
"os"
"fmt"
"log"
)
func main() {
dir, err := os.Getwd()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(dir)
}
@WestleyK
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👍 Thanks!

@whtiehack
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+1 Thanks!

@XuDafang
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Right !

@reivash
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reivash commented Feb 4, 2019

Awesome, thanks!

@vinchauhan
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vinchauhan commented Jun 5, 2019

If you would like to find the current directory name - then you can extend it further.

// More info on Getwd()
// https://golang.org/src/os/getwd.go
// 
import(
  "os" 
  "fmt"
  "log"
)

func main() {
  dir, err := os.Getwd()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
  fmt.Println(dir)
  var ss [] string
  if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
		ss = strings.Split(dir, "\\")
	} else {
		ss = strings.Split(dir, "/")
	}

	currentDirName:= ss[len(ss)-1]

	fmt.Println("Current Directory Name: ", currentDirName)
}

@webern
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webern commented Jul 28, 2019

👍

@stalko
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stalko commented Sep 13, 2019

👍🏿

@sh0seo
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sh0seo commented Oct 17, 2019

👍

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mzz2017 commented Oct 24, 2019

image

@vc1492a
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vc1492a commented Nov 8, 2019

👍

@pojntfx
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pojntfx commented Nov 26, 2019

I was looking for something like os.Pwd() - found this. Thanks a lot!

@aseem2625
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👍

@jasontconnell
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If you would like to find the current directory name - then you can extend it further.

// More info on Getwd()
// https://golang.org/src/os/getwd.go
// 
import(
  "os" 
  "fmt"
  "log"
)

func main() {
  dir, err := os.Getwd()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
  fmt.Println(dir)
  var ss [] string
  if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
		ss = strings.Split(dir, "\\")
	} else {
		ss = strings.Split(dir, "/")
	}

	currentDirName:= ss[len(ss)-1]

	fmt.Println("Current Directory Name: ", currentDirName)
}

path/filepath does this for you, hopefully no one has this code in their programs

https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/

@vinchauhan
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@jasontconnell - you are right.

@wyfSunflower
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Could you please tell me how to get directory of specified windows process ?not only current process but also some else.For example cmd.exe

@laredoer
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牛逼

@limjinyung
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Thanks 👍

@ganesh-getweave
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@m-a-rahal-os
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THANK YOU !
I've wasted so much time trying to figure out how to find directory of the project (to locate config file correctly), this should be the first answer on stack overflow or something ... thanks again for sharing

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