Show current folder for ifstream in debugger

Question

I am debugging an executable which tries to load a file using

ifstream is("filename");

This fails because in the 'current folder' this file seems to be missing. I am pretty sure the file is in the folder containing the project and solution and the working directory is set to project-dir.

Question: is there a way to show the folder where ifstream will look for the file in the debugger?

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Edit 1: Getting information about the current project dir can be done like this:

How can I find out the value of $(ProjectDir)?

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Edit 2: The current working dir can be obtained like this:

 char * dir = _getcwd(NULL, 0);    

I have not found a way to get this information in the debugger without recompiling which would be much nicer.

Answer 1

Process Explorer is a tool available from microsoft.com

It will show the active directory of all running processes.