What is the path returned by the CurDir function

[SlugX]

I thought it would return the current program's path, but I've used it and found that it often doesn't, sometimes it returns the "correct" path, sometimes it returns a different one, and I can't find any pattern to it .

[Gunslinger]

What OS are you using?
seems fine in windows 10 64bit

[SlugX]

What OS are you using?
seems fine in windows 10 64bit

I'm using windows 11

[hhr]

Files are written or read in the current directory if you only enter the file name without the path.

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print "Path of the calling program:"
print "Exepath: ";exepath
print
print "Path of the current working directory:"
print "Curdir: ";curdir
print
print "Changing the current directory:"
chdir "C:\Windows"
print "Exepath: ";exepath
print "Curdir: ";curdir
sleep

[SlugX]

Files are written or read in the current directory if you only enter the file name without the path.

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print "Path of the calling program:"
print "Exepath: ";exepath
print
print "Path of the current working directory:"
print "Curdir: ";curdir
print
print "Changing the current directory:"
chdir "C:\Windows"
print "Exepath: ";exepath
print "Curdir: ";curdir
sleep

Thank you. Now I understand how theses functions work

[D.J.Peters]

ChDir(ExePath())
after this CurDir() points to the exe path also.

Joshy

[marcov]

Note that browsing in a file selection window might change the path again as do some other widgets like directoryselect.

You would need to check your program and redo this every time after you call such widget. I gave up on it, and always use craft absolute paths instead, and not rely on curdir at all in GUI apps.