#define SEQAN_PATH_TO_ROOT
Return path to the checkout root directory (i.e. containing core/extras).

Defined in <seqan/basic.h>
Signature TCharPtr SEQAN_PATH_TO_ROOT()

Return Values

TCharPtr char const *, string with the path to the parent directory of the tests directory.

Detailed Description

This only works when using the SeqAn SVN checkout!

The pointed to string is initialized on program startup by the code generated by SEQAN_BEGIN_TESTSUITE.

Examples

CharString buffer = SEQAN_PATH_TO_ROOT();
append(buffer, "/core/tests/files/example.txt");

FILE *f = fopen(toCString(buffer), "w");
fprintf(f, "Test Data");
fclose(f);

See Also