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+/* Find the location of the program in the filesytem.
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Dave Robillard <http://drobilla.net>
+ * 
+ * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+ * version.
+ * 
+ * This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+ * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
+	#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#endif
+
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+/** Return the absolute path of the binary.
+ * Returned value must be freed by caller.
+ */
+static char*
+binary_location()
+{
+	Dl_info dli;
+	dladdr((void*)&binary_location, &dli);
+
+	char* bin_loc = (char*)calloc(PATH_MAX, sizeof(char));
+	realpath(dli.dli_fname, bin_loc);
+
+	return bin_loc;
+}
+