Does Debugging in Visual Studio place built files in another folder

Question

When I press the Debug button in Visual Studio 2010 Express. And build this code

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
FILE * wFile;
float  wbuffer[] = { 1 , 2 , 3, 4};
wFile = fopen ( "myfile.bin" , "wb" );
fwrite (wbuffer , 1 , sizeof(wbuffer) , wFile );
fclose (wFile); 

/*BREAK POINT HERE*/
return 0;
}

Where does the myfile.bin go. I know where it goes when I run the program by double clicking on it. But if I'm debugging the file doesn't appear in the projectName/debug directory.

Edit: Apparently this program will find the location. But it usually the same directory as your source files.

#include <stdio.h> 
#include <direct.h>
#define GetCurrentDir _getcwd

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
char cCurrentPath[FILENAME_MAX];

if (!GetCurrentDir(cCurrentPath, sizeof(cCurrentPath) / sizeof(TCHAR)))
 {
 return errno;
 }

cCurrentPath[sizeof(cCurrentPath) - 1] = '\0'; /* not really required */

printf ("The current working directory is %s", cCurrentPath);


}

pjumble pjumble · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-27T20:33:01

It goes into what you have set as the working directory. If you right click the Project in the solution explorer and choose "Properties" -> "Configuration Properties" -> "Debugging" it will have a "Working Directory" input. It defaults to $(ProjectDir) which is the root folder for the project (you can open it from inside Visual Studio by right clicking on the project and choosing "Open Folder in Windows Explorer").

Does Debugging in Visual Studio place built files in another folder

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