Variable that refers to the project directory in Qt Creator?

Question

I\'m working on a cross-platform Qt application and the paths are different on Mac OS X and Windows. Since the project is on an external hard-drive, the drive letter also occasi

Answer 1

The built-in _PRO_FILE_PWD_ variable contains the path to the directory containing the project file in use. That variable may be useful for you.

Answer 2

Since I struggled a bit to find it, I'm adding it here.

In addition to %{sourceDir} and %{buildDir}, you could use %{CurrentDocument:Path}, %{CurrentDocument:FilePath} and %{CurrentProject:Path} to refer to specific files and folders in the project directory.

Answer 3

To complete, @Bill's answer, the way to refer to the source path in the Build Settings is to use %{sourceDir}.

%{buildDir} is also available.

Answer 4

There are problems with $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_ on windows, because it contains forward slash allways. You need to fix slash using shell_path.

 $$shell_path($$_PRO_FILE_PWD_)