--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/util_win.c	Mon Mar 23 12:41:52 2015 +0100
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+#ifdef WIN32
+/* Copyright (C) 2014 by Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
+ * Software engineering by Intevation GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is Free Software under the GNU GPL (v>=2)
+ * and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY!
+ * See LICENSE.txt for details.
+ */
+
+/**@file Linux implementation of functions declared in util.h */
+
+#include "util.h"
+#include "strhelp.h"
+
+#include <windows.h>
+
+char *
+get_install_dir()
+{
+  wchar_t wPath[MAX_PATH];
+  char *utf8path = NULL;
+  char *dirsep = NULL;
+
+  if (!GetModuleFileNameW (NULL, wPath, MAX_PATH - 1))
+    {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  /* wPath might not be 0 terminated */
+  wPath[MAX_PATH - 1] = '\0';
+
+  utf8path = wchar_to_utf8 (wPath, wcsnlen(wPath, MAX_PATH));
+
+  if (utf8path == NULL)
+    {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  /* Cut away the executable name */
+  dirsep = strrchr(utf8path, '\\');
+  if (dirsep == NULL)
+    {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  *dirsep = '\0';
+  return utf8path;
+}
+#endif
+