[rcore][SDL] `GetWorkingDirectory()` returns application directory after initialization

[quicktea8313]

This is an issue with the SDL backend.

Before Raylib is inititalized, GetWorkingDirectory() returns the correct working directory. After initialization, it instead returns the same as GetApplicationDirectory(). This also causes resources not to load if your application is running from somewhere other than the current directory.

[raysan5]

@quicktea8313 thanks for reporting!

[asdromundo]

Hello, I'm using Raylib 5.6.0dev from the main branch, and I'm still having this issue when using the SDL backend.

Resources won't load unless running the binary from the current directory.

Not sure if this was reintroduced somehow since the thread is marked as completed

[raysan5]

@asdromundo Not sure if I understand, resources are loaded from the path provided to the Load*() method, relative to the system working directory, it's up to the developer to consider that on the user side.

[asdromundo]

@raysan5 When using the SDL backend I have the problem described in the original post of this thread. When accesing the binary from a different directory it fails to load the resources in the binary location.

From a terminal located in the root of the raylib binary (in my case named overdrawn) it can Load the resources accordingly. Thus double clicking the binary directly works alright but opening from a terminal fails in any other location but the same as the binary.

./overdrawn

The load from same directory behaivor and also GLFW backend behaivor (from any directory):

Whereas trying to run the binary from other directory (for example the parent directory):

overdrawn/overdrawn

I suspect is the same problem that the OP described with the GetWorkingDirectory() & GetApplicationDirectory() SDL problems because using the exact same code with a GFLW backend works from any calling directory (in this example the parent one).

[asdromundo]

@raysan5 Upon further testing I found that the behaivor is consistent with the GFLW, and it was my cache(d) build that was making the GFLW work and the SDL one not, they behave the same (None of them can be opened from a different directory). Sorry for the confussion. You may erase the previous comments if you wish, or keep them for some other lost soul that has the same question.

[raysan5]

@asdromundo Ok, thanks for the further description, better keep the comments for future users getting here! 😄