How to obtain the working directory of the current project?

[timur]

I'm having trouble finding the answer to this seemingly simple question.  Is there a built-in Slick-C function that returns the working directory of the current project?  For example, my .vpj file is defined like this:

<!DOCTYPE Project SYSTEM "http://www.slickedit.com/dtd/vse/10.0/vpj.dtd">
<Project
   Version="10.0"
   VendorName="SlickEdit"
   WorkingDir="/home/b04825/git/u-boot.1">

So I'm looking for a Slick-C function that returns the string "/home/b04825/git/u-boot.1".

[chrisant]

I opened the SE Help and did a Search for "project working", and the first match that caught my eye was a command project_cd that switches the current directory to the current project's working directory.  The command is in wkspace.e, and its source code looks like exactly what you want.

[timur]

The project_cd command does not work.  Instead of giving me the working directory of my project, it gives me the directory where the .vpj file is located.  I keep all of my .vpj files in the ~/projects/ directory.

[hs2]

Try:

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  _str cwd=_ProjectGet_WorkingDir (_ProjectHandle (_project_name));Maybe test cwd != """.

Edit: see this maybe helpful macro to cd to the real project dir.

Good luck, HS2

[timur]

Try:

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  _str cwd=_ProjectGet_WorkingDir (_ProjectHandle (_project_name));Maybe test cwd != """.

Edit: see this maybe helpful macro to cd to the real project dir.

Good luck, HS2

The link you provided works.  Using just _ProjectGet_WorkingDir() does not work.

Thanks!

[hs2]

Hmm - in fact I've just ripped the code line from my (link) macro...
However, it's fine if you can do what you want now
HS2

[chrisant]

Sorry, I didn't mean to invoke project_cd, I meant to look at its source to find the line that gets the project working directory.

The code reads the value from the "WorkingDir" field in the .VPJ file.  I wonder why the result doesn't match what the code appears to do.

Anyway, glad you got a solution.