From c1cc1d48a9733f42ef48c68386588ea0d52be351 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Hollingworth <mdholling@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 12:31:00 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] allow whitebox executable to be symlinked

---
 whitebox-tools-app/src/tools/mod.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/whitebox-tools-app/src/tools/mod.rs b/whitebox-tools-app/src/tools/mod.rs
index 1738ffbf..50a0ac9c 100755
--- a/whitebox-tools-app/src/tools/mod.rs
+++ b/whitebox-tools-app/src/tools/mod.rs
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ impl ToolManager {
 
     fn get_plugin_list(&self) -> Result<HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>, Error> {
         // let exe_path = std::env::current_dir()?.to_str().unwrap_or("No exe path found.").to_string();
-        let mut dir = env::current_exe()?;
+        let mut dir = fs::canonicalize(env::current_exe()?)?;
         dir.pop();
         dir.push("plugins");
         let plugin_directory = dir.to_str().unwrap_or("No exe path found.").to_string();