application.configDir

[hdetter]

Hello,

I'm trying the following:

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void initialize(Application& self)
{
std::string newConfig = config().getString("application.dir");
newConfig+="../";
newConfig+=config().getString("application.name");
newConfig+=".properties";
      
std::cout << "NewConfig: " << newConfig << std::endl;
loadConfiguration(newConfig); // load configuration file, if present
std::cout << "application.configDir: " << config().getString("application.configDir") << std::endl;
   
ServerApplication::initialize(self);
}


According to the docu of class Application I would not expect the following output:

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newConfig: /home/ce/eclipse-workspace/daqenginesrv/Debug/../daqenginesrv.properties
application.configDir: /home/ce/eclipse-workspace/daqenginesrv/Debug/


However I would expect, that newConfig==application.configDir

Do I misunderstand the docu or do I something wrong here?

Thanks

Hans

[guenter]

application.configDir is set to the directory containing the application executable by default. When you call loadConfiguration() (without a path argument), then application.configDir is set to the directory where the configuration file has been found. If no config file has been found, application.configDir remains unchanged (and thus still points to the executable directory). loadConfiguration() with a path argument does not change the application.configDir property.