Is there API like `g_get_executable_path()`?

[ccmywish]

Hi, everyone

I implement my own version based on c++ - Get path of executable - Stack Overflow

But I think the need to get executable path (cross platform) is common, because my app will find where resources are, relative to the executable path.

So, any APIs to address the issue?

ps: I think g_get_prgname can’t address it well.

[ebassi (Emmanuele Bassi)]

No, there is no API for it. There’s an issue open for adding a relocatability API to GLib, but nobody is working on it. You’re welcome to open a merge request.

@ccmywish

But I think the need to get executable path (cross platform) is common, because my app will find where resources are, relative to the executable path.

This use case is what you’d use GResources for: embed your resources into the binary (or in an ancillary file in a well-known location, for languages that do not have the concept of embedding data into a binary), and load them automatically into the program at execution time, addressing them via special paths.

@ccmywish

ps: I think g_get_prgname can’t address it well.

That’s not what g_get_prgname() is for.