+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <direct.h>
+#define GETCWD _getcwd
+#else
+#include <unistd.h>
+#define GETCWD getcwd
+#endif
+
+namespace CommandLine {
+
+string argv0; // path+name of the executable binary, as given by argv[0]
+string binaryDirectory; // path of the executable directory
+string workingDirectory; // path of the working directory
+string pathSeparator; // Separator for our current OS
+
+void init(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+ (void)argc;
+ string separator;
+
+ // extract the path+name of the executable binary
+ argv0 = argv[0];
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+ pathSeparator = "\\";
+ #ifdef _MSC_VER
+ // Under windows argv[0] may not have the extension. Also _get_pgmptr() had
+ // issues in some windows 10 versions, so check returned values carefully.
+ char* pgmptr = nullptr;
+ if (!_get_pgmptr(&pgmptr) && pgmptr != nullptr && *pgmptr)
+ argv0 = pgmptr;
+ #endif
+#else
+ pathSeparator = "/";
+#endif
+
+ // extract the working directory
+ workingDirectory = "";
+ char buff[40000];
+ char* cwd = GETCWD(buff, 40000);
+ if (cwd)
+ workingDirectory = cwd;
+
+ // extract the binary directory path from argv0
+ binaryDirectory = argv0;
+ size_t pos = binaryDirectory.find_last_of("\\/");
+ if (pos == std::string::npos)
+ binaryDirectory = "." + pathSeparator;
+ else
+ binaryDirectory.resize(pos + 1);
+
+ // pattern replacement: "./" at the start of path is replaced by the working directory
+ if (binaryDirectory.find("." + pathSeparator) == 0)
+ binaryDirectory.replace(0, 1, workingDirectory);
+}
+
+
+} // namespace CommandLine