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13848 :: std/paths in NimScript

• martinc (orginal) [2026-04-07T12:27:09+02:00] view original

  Hello,

  I'm trying to figure out the best way to work with paths in NimScript. Here's what I've observed so far:

  1. Without importing anything, I'm able to use getCurrentDir() Sample file:

  
  #!/usr/bin/env nim
  echo getCurrentDir()
  Run

  2. If I want to use / and /../ to join paths, that doesn't work without importing anything.
  3. If I try to import std/paths, I get the following error when executing my NimScript file:

  
  /Users/martin/.nimble/pkgs2/nim-2.2.8-46b3923a8c0a031bfe29df5c5903c8c4898d338f/lib/std/paths.nim(261, 26) Error: undeclared identifier: 'getCurrentDir'
  candidates (edit distance, scope distance); see '--spellSuggest':
   (0, 2): 'getCurrentDir'
  Run

  Can anyone elaborate on:

  • How/why is getCurrentDir() implicitly imported?
  • Should std/paths work in NimScript?
  • If not, what's the canonical way to work with paths in NimScript?

  Thanks!

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• martinc (orginal) [2026-04-07T12:30:23+02:00] view original

  Note that import std/private/ospaths2 works fine.

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• janAkali (orginal) [2026-04-07T13:27:21+02:00] view original

  How/why is getCurrentDir() implicitly imported?

  It's implemented in a vm, you can see a stub definition in a nimscript.nim module (implicitly imported): https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/devel/lib/system/nimscript.nim#L50

  If not, what's the canonical way to work with paths in NimScript?

  This works:

  
  from std/os import `/`, `/../`
  
  # or just
  
  import std/os
  Run

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• martinc (orginal) [2026-04-07T13:28:39+02:00] view original

  Thank you @janAkali!

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