<![CDATA[Special paths Dot and DotDot nor working anymore with Qt 6.8.0]]>Hello !

I had a project built with Qt 6.6.3 and using relative paths "." and ".." to get files from the executable directory.
But after switching to Qt 6.8.0, the relative paths start from my user folder!

I didn't find anything in the 6.7 and 6.8 changelogs. Is it a bug fixed in the 6.8 patches? Or is it a bug happening only when the project is started from Qt Creator?

Thanks for your help!

]]>https://forum.qt.io/topic/164390/special-paths-dot-and-dotdot-nor-working-anymore-with-qt-6.8.0RSS for NodeFri, 24 Apr 2026 14:20:50 GMTFri, 06 Mar 2026 15:10:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Special paths Dot and DotDot nor working anymore with Qt 6.8.0 on Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:17:27 GMT]]>@Maluna34 said in Special paths Dot and DotDot nor working anymore with Qt 6.8.0:

using relative paths "." and ".." to get files from the executable directory.

This is wrong. You should either use Qt resources or make sure it's absolute by e.g. using QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath().

using a relative path is wrong because you can't be sure what the current working directory is. It might even change (e.g. by using the QFileOpenDialog from windows) or by starting it from another path.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/836892https://forum.qt.io/post/836892Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:17:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Special paths Dot and DotDot nor working anymore with Qt 6.8.0 on Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:58:38 GMT]]>Thank you for your help!
Indeed, the bug shall have come from a side effect between the two versions, as this was not a reliable way to access resources.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/836979https://forum.qt.io/post/836979Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:58:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Special paths Dot and DotDot nor working anymore with Qt 6.8.0 on Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:17:27 GMT]]>@Maluna34 said in Special paths Dot and DotDot nor working anymore with Qt 6.8.0:

using relative paths "." and ".." to get files from the executable directory.

This is wrong. You should either use Qt resources or make sure it's absolute by e.g. using QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath().

using a relative path is wrong because you can't be sure what the current working directory is. It might even change (e.g. by using the QFileOpenDialog from windows) or by starting it from another path.

]]>https://forum.qt.io/post/836892https://forum.qt.io/post/836892Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:17:27 GMT