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From: qouify <qouify@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How to get the application path
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On 23 juil, 09:20, Rangdalf <rangd...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In C# there is something like Application.startupPath. Is there a
> package or function to get this path.
> I can get the current directory but I need the application one.
>
> Regards

Hi,
the gnat provides the function Locate_Exec_On_Path.
you can locate the path of an application if it is in the path
environment variable by doing this

with gnat.os_lib;
...
A : String_Access := Locate_Exec_On_Path("gcc");
begin
if A = Null then
Put_Line("gcc not found in your PATH");
else
...