/* Find the location of the program in the filesytem. * Copyright (C) 2008 Dave Robillard * * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later * version. * * This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA */ #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE #define _GNU_SOURCE #endif #include #include #include #include /** Return the absolute path of the binary. * Returned value must be freed by caller. */ static char* binary_location() { Dl_info dli; dladdr((void*)&binary_location, &dli); char* bin_loc = (char*)calloc(PATH_MAX, sizeof(char)); realpath(dli.dli_fname, bin_loc); return bin_loc; }