How to get the full path of a file inClass library?

Question

I am writing a class library and referring it in a WCF Service.

In this class library , i need to get the physical path of the app.config file.

It is working when hard coded with full physical path. But, i do not want to do this way.

Please see my code:

  private static void loadConfig()
        {
            strConfigpath = "app.config";
            log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure(new FileInfo(Path.GetFullPath(strConfigpath)) );
        }

I tried using Path.GetFullPath(). But, it is giving wrong result.

I cannot use Server.MapPath() since it is not a web service or web application.

How to do this ? Ant thoughts or suggestions ?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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Use the FullName property

    string fileName = "app.config";
    FileInfo f = new FileInfo(fileName);
    string fullname = f.FullName;
    f.DirectoryName; //This will give the folder path which is having the file

try something like this,

string folder = System.Web.HttpContext.Current != null ?
System.IO.Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "App_data") :          System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);

refered : Get the file path of current application's config file

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Apr 04 '14 at 10:57

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can you tell me your original and the path returned by this code – Sajeetharan Apr 04 '14 at 11:03
C:\Users\343434\Desktop\Final\MyWCFService\Utilities\app.config – Sai Avinash Apr 04 '14 at 11:06
This is the actual physical path in the class libarary project – Sai Avinash Apr 04 '14 at 11:06
C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\app.config.. This is the path..i am getting by using above ? – Sai Avinash Apr 04 '14 at 11:07

How to get the full path of a file inClass library?

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