Location of the exe in Eclipse Luna (C++)

Question

Working with Luna Release (4.4.0) in C++ and using Qt 5.4 widgets.
I need to have this code tell me the truth.
myproject.exe is located in : E:/cpp/myproject/bin/Release
not in E:/cpp/myproject as Qt QDir objects want to tell me.
I've used :
QString currentPath = QDir::currentPath();
and it ignores "bin/Release"
I've also used :
QDir dir;
QString s1 = dir.absolutePath();
and this also ignores "bin/Release"
If I copy the myproject.exe file to X:/a/b/c directory
then these two methods tell the truth that the exe is located in
X:/a/b/c
Why is the development environment so sneaky in this regard?

Answer 1

It's more of a C++ question. I don't know what their launch
configurations support, but most support settings the working/current
directory for the launched process. So you might use something like
${resource_loc:/SF030/bin/Release} for that value.
On 14/07/2015 6:08 AM, Sequoia Tree wrote:
> David Wegener wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 01:39
>> The current directory is the directory where the executable is
>> started. This has nothing to do with the path to the executable.
>> Eclipse launches executables in the project directory.
>
>
> ..where the exe is started .... has nothing to do with the path to the
> exe.
> Sounds like something a politician would say. :lol:
> Does the development environment pick up the SF030.exe and move it to
> another place before actually executing it??
>
> What are the magic words to intone when I want to have the answer :
> "E:/cpp/SF030/bin/Release"
>