squiid/rust
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Projects Activity

Rollup merge of #88394 - ChrisDenton:patch-1, r=joshtriplett

Browse source 
Document `std::env::current_exe` possible rename behaviour

It might not be obvious that the "path of the current running executable" may (or may not) imply "at the time it was loaded".

This came up recently in chat so I thought it might be worth documenting.
This commit is contained in:
Mara Bos 2021-08-31 10:41:17 +02:00 committed by GitHub
commit cd20fbdf82
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG key ID: 4AEE18F83AFDEB23
1 changed files with 3 additions and 0 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

3
library/std/src/env.rs
View file

@ -616,6 +616,9 @@ pub fn temp_dir() -> PathBuf {
/// return the path of the symbolic link and other platforms will return the
/// path of the symbolic link’s target.
///
/// If the executable is renamed while it is running, platforms may return the
/// path at the time it was loaded instead of the new path.
///
/// # Errors
///
/// Acquiring the path of the current executable is a platform-specific operation