From 4b545b8ae2f0dc2cb341baa7d16e00d8276a1757 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kelson42 <kelson42@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:49:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH]

---
 src/common/pathTools.cpp | 11 +++++++++++
 src/common/pathTools.h   |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/common/pathTools.cpp b/src/common/pathTools.cpp
index f1ca7d222..57ce464ef 100644
--- a/src/common/pathTools.cpp
+++ b/src/common/pathTools.cpp
@@ -125,3 +125,14 @@ bool copyFile(const string &sourcePath, const string &destPath) {
   
   return true;
 }
+
+string getExecutablePath() {
+  char binRootPath[PATH_MAX];
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#else
+  readlink("/proc/self/exe", binRootPath, PATH_MAX);
+#endif
+
+  return std::string(binRootPath);
+}
diff --git a/src/common/pathTools.h b/src/common/pathTools.h
index 55fa3f58b..3ad73e4e6 100644
--- a/src/common/pathTools.h
+++ b/src/common/pathTools.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <ios>
+#include <limits.h>
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <direct.h>
@@ -46,5 +47,6 @@ bool fileExists(const string &path);
 bool makeDirectory(const string &path);
 bool copyFile(const string &sourcePath, const string &destPath);
 string getLastPathElement(const string &path);
+string getExecutablePath();
 
 #endif