Golang : get the current working directory of a running program

Problem :

You are looking for way to get the folder/directory of the running program.

Solution :

Use https://bitbucket.org/kardianos/osext ExecutableFolder() function. For example :

 package main

 import (
 "bitbucket.org/kardianos/osext"
 "fmt"
 )


 func main() {
 // get the current folder of the running program

 path, err := osext.ExecutableFolder()

 if err != nil {
 fmt.Println(err)
 }

 fmt.Println("Program is executing at folder :", path)
 }

Sample output :

go run executabledir.go

Program is executing at folder : /tmp/go-build113823238/command-line-arguments/_obj/exe/