Re: [Caml-list] How to get the path of Filename.current_dir_name

[Gustave Nimant <gustave.nimant@free.fr>]

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On 05/10/2016 16:34, Pierrick Couderc wrote:
>
> If I understood correctly, it is more about the directory of the 
> module at compile time.
>
the absolute path of the module at compile time.
> One (hackish) way to do it is with the value __FILE__  in Pervasives 
> (see 
> http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/manual-ocaml/libref/Pervasives.html#6_Debugging 
> for some compile time constant used for debugging).
> It simply returns the path of the .ml given to the compiler, not an 
> absolute path (except if you called the compiler on an absolute path, 
> of course).
>
  __FILE__ returns the name of the module, not the name and absolute path.
I do not understand what do you mean by "except if you called the 
compiler on an absolute path, of course"
could you please give me more details about calling the compiler on an 
absolute path ?

Thanks
Gustave

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