How to get the directory of the currently running file?

Question

EDIT: As of Go 1.8 (Released February 2017) the recommended way of doing this is with os.Executable:

func Executable() (string, error)

Executable returns the path name for the executable that started the current process. There is no guarantee that the path is still pointing to the correct executable. If a symlink was used to start the process, depending on the operating system, the result might be the symlink or the path it pointed to. If a stable result is needed, path/filepath.EvalSymlinks might help.

To get just the directory of the executable you can use path/filepath.Dir.

Example:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os"
    "path/filepath"
)

func main() {
    ex, err := os.Executable()
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    exPath := filepath.Dir(ex)
    fmt.Println(exPath)
}

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OLD ANSWER:

You should be able to use os.Getwd

func Getwd() (pwd string, err error)

Getwd returns a rooted path name corresponding to the current directory. If the current directory can be reached via multiple paths (due to symbolic links), Getwd may return any one of them.

For example:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os"
)

func main() {
    pwd, err := os.Getwd()
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        os.Exit(1)
    }
    fmt.Println(pwd)
}

This should do it:

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"
    "path/filepath"
)

func main() {
    dir, err := filepath.Abs(filepath.Dir(os.Args[0]))
    if err != nil {
            log.Fatal(err)
    }
    fmt.Println(dir)
}

Use package osext

It's providing function ExecutableFolder() that returns an absolute path to folder where the currently running program executable reside (useful for cron jobs). It's cross platform.

Online documentation

package main

import (
    "github.com/kardianos/osext"
    "fmt"
    "log"
)

func main() {
    folderPath, err := osext.ExecutableFolder()
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    fmt.Println(folderPath)
}

filepath.Abs("./")

Abs returns an absolute representation of path. If the path is not absolute it will be joined with the current working directory to turn it into an absolute path.

As stated in the comment, this returns the directory which is currently active.

os.Executable: https://tip.golang.org/pkg/os/#Executable

filepath.EvalSymlinks: https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#EvalSymlinks

Full Demo:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os"
    "path/filepath"
)

func main() {
    var dirAbsPath string
    ex, err := os.Executable()
    if err == nil {
        dirAbsPath = filepath.Dir(ex)
        fmt.Println(dirAbsPath)
        return
    }

    exReal, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(ex)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    dirAbsPath = filepath.Dir(exReal)
    fmt.Println(dirAbsPath)
}