Haxe (hxcpp) – Path relative to executable path

Question

Say I have following file structure of my application:

Data/prefs.ini
executable.exe

How can I open prefs.ini providing relative path to it from executable.exe is always the same (known at compile time)? Or how can I get absolute path of executable.exe? I need it to work on Linux, Mac and Windows.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '15 at 11:11

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There is an exact haxe API for that: Sys.executablePath() (doc)

To get a path relative to it:

import haxe.io.Path;
class Test {
    static public function relToExe(path:String):String {
        return Path.join([Path.directory(Sys.executablePath()), path]);
    }
    static function main() {
        trace(relToExe("something"));
    }
}

answered Apr 19 '15 at 11:11

Andy Li

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Thank you, I must have been blind – wildfireheart Apr 19 '15 at 15:07

Haxe (hxcpp) – Path relative to executable path

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