Qt how to open a file in current dir ? or what's wrong with this?

Question

I'm trying to open an xml file in the current location of the executable

        QString path = QDir::currentPath();
        path.append("/acc.xml");
        QFile file(path);

        if(!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
        {
            insertItem("IO ERR");
        }

• When I run it from Qt creator, everything works. currentPath() returns the path to the executable's folder

• When I go to project-build-desktop/ folder and try to run it manually currentPath() returns /home/user/Documents

EDIT

also tried with same results:

Qt::current().path();
Qt::current().absolutePath();

Answer 1

Try to use QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() instead of QDir::currentPath().

For details see http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qcoreapplication.html#applicationDirPath

Answer 2

Check the returned value of QDir::currentPath(). I think when you run from Qt Creator, it returns the path where the project file (*.pro) is located. When you run from outside, you get path of the binary.

Edit

I never worked with Linux. However, you can try other functions/combinations from QDir:

• QDir::current().path()
• QDir::current().absolutePath()

etc.