Get the current running application path

Question

I have 3 application (asp.net website, console application, SSIS) and a common class library which is used by all these 3 application. That common library fetch the external configuration file which is located in the the current running directory. For example

ASP.NET - > c:\MySite\appconfig.xml

CONSOLE -> C:\MyConsoleApplication\appconfig.xml

SSIS -> c:\MySSISPakage\appconfig.xml

I used the following code to fetch the current running application path to fetch the appconfig.xml file

string appPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;

In the web application it is running file and returning the path

c:\MySite.

But in the console application it is return the path

C:\MyConsoleApplication\bin\debug

. I need to fetch the path

C:\MyConsoleApplication

for the console application. Any idea?

Answer 1

You can Find Parent Directory using Directory.GetParent

try like this: Program is name of any class in your project

string path = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(Program)).Location);

Console.WriteLine(Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetParent(path).ToString()).ToString());