1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/db.cc b/src/db.cc
index d1e0a85..9ae5f8f 100644
--- a/src/db.cc
+++ b/src/db.cc
@@ -19,2 +19,3 @@ namespace napkin {
         }else{
+#if defined(HAVE_GET_CURRENT_DIR_NAME)
             char *cwd = get_current_dir_name();
@@ -24,2 +25,20 @@ namespace napkin {
             free(cwd);
+#elif defined(HAVE_GETCWD)
+            {
+                char cwd[
+# if defined(MAXPATH)
+                    MAXPATH
+# elif defined(MAXPATHLEN)
+                    MAXPATHLEN
+# else /* maxpath */
+                    512
+#endif /* maxpath */
+                ];
+                if(!getcwd(cwd,sizeof(cwd)))
+                    throw napkin::exception("failed to getcwd()");
+                datadir = cwd;
+            }
+#else /* get cwd */
+# error dunno how to get current workdir
+#endif /* get cwd */
             datadir += "/."PACKAGE_NAME"/";