Environment.CurrentDirectory Property

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

Environment.cs

Gets or sets the fully qualified path of the current working directory.

public:
 static property System::String ^ CurrentDirectory { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public static string CurrentDirectory { get; set; }

static member CurrentDirectory : string with get, set

Public Shared Property CurrentDirectory As String

Property Value

String

The directory path.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

Attempted to set to an empty string ("").

ArgumentNullException

Attempted to set to null.

IOException

An I/O error occurred.

DirectoryNotFoundException

Attempted to set a local path that cannot be found.

SecurityException

The caller does not have the appropriate permission.

Examples

The following example demonstrates setting the CurrentDirectory property.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;

void main()
{
      if (Environment::OSVersion->Platform == PlatformID::Win32NT)
      {
            // Change the directory to %WINDIR%
            Environment::CurrentDirectory = Environment::GetEnvironmentVariable( "windir" );
            DirectoryInfo^ info = gcnew DirectoryInfo( "." );

            Console::WriteLine("Directory Info:   {0}", info->FullName);
      }
      else
      {
            Console::WriteLine("This example runs on Windows only.");
      }
}
// The example displays output like the following on a .NET implementation running on Windows:
//        Directory Info:   C:\windows
// The example displays the following output on a .NET implementation on Unix-based systems:
//        This example runs on Windows only.

using System;
using System.IO;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT)
      {
         // Change the directory to %WINDIR%
         Environment.CurrentDirectory = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir");
         DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(".");

         Console.WriteLine("Directory Info:   " + info.FullName);
      }
      else
      {
         Console.WriteLine("This example runs on Windows only.");
      }
   }
}
// The example displays output like the following on a .NET implementation running on Windows:
//        Directory Info:   C:\windows
// The example displays the following output on a .NET implementation on Unix-based systems:
//        This example runs on Windows only.

open System
open System.IO

if Environment.OSVersion.Platform = PlatformID.Win32NT then
    // Change the directory to %WINDIR%
    Environment.CurrentDirectory <- Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable "windir"
    
    let info = DirectoryInfo "."

    printfn $"Directory Info:   {info.FullName}"
else
    printfn "This example runs on Windows only."
// The example displays output like the following on a .NET implementation running on Windows:
//        Directory Info:   C:\windows
// The example displays the following output on a .NET implementation on Unix-based systems:
//        This example runs on Windows only.

Imports System.IO

Module Example
   Public Sub Main()
        If Environment.OSVersion.Platform = PlatformID.Win32NT Then
            ' Change the directory to %WINDIR%
            Environment.CurrentDirectory = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir")
            Dim info As New DirectoryInfo(".")
            Console.WriteLine("Directory Info:   " + info.FullName)
         Else
            Console.WriteLine("This example runs on Windows only.")
         End If
   End Sub
End Module
' The example displays output like the following on a .NET implementation running on Windows:
'        Directory Info:   C:\windows
' The example displays the following output on a .NET implementation on Unix-based systems:
'        This example runs on Windows only.

Remarks

By definition, if this process starts in the root directory of a local or network drive, the value of this property is the drive name followed by a trailing slash (for example, "C:\"). If this process starts in a subdirectory, the value of this property is the drive and subdirectory path, without a trailing slash (for example, "C:\mySubDirectory").