#How to get the basename of the working directory?

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frail frost
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I'm looking to get the name of the current directory in zig, but I've not even found a function for getting the whole path of it. Any clues?

frigid storm
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This works for me, although it feels a bit hacky.

zigconst std = @import("std");
const fs = std.fs;
const debug = std.debug;

pub fn main() !void {
    var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
    const path = try fs.cwd().realpath(".", &buf);
    debug.print("{s}\n", .{path});
}
frail frost
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no, realpath is not what i wait. it resolves symlinks and stuff.

frigid storm
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Maybe you can copy how getcwd() in libc is implemented`

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Actually I just checked and there is std.os.getcwd(). It returns the absolute path, but you can use std.fs.path.basename() to get the basename. Not sure if it resolves symlinks; At least on linux it's a single syscall and the man page for the POSIX function gives no clue.

frail frost
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yea seems good. questionable API design tho 😛

frigid storm
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All of POSIX is questionable 🙂