Use osext package for getting the executable name.

service.go

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // Currently supports Windows, Linux/Upstart, and OSX/Launchd.
 package service
 
+import "bitbucket.org/kardianos/osext"
+
 // Creates a new service. name is the internal name
 // and should not contain spaces. Display name is the pretty print
 // name. The description is an arbitrary string used to describe the
@@ -59,9 +61,10 @@ type Logger interface {
 	LogInfo(format string, a ...interface{}) error
 }
 
+// Depreciated. Use osext.Executable instead.
 // Returns the full path of the running executable
 // as reported by the system. Includes the executable
 // image name.
 func GetExePath() (exePath string, err error) {
-	return getExePath()
+	return osext.Executable()
 }

service_darwin.go

@@ -1,25 +1,7 @@
 package service
 
-/*
-#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-int
-GetExecPath(char* path, int bufferSize) {
-	uint32_t size = bufferSize;
-	if (_NSGetExecutablePath(path, &size) == 0) {
-		// Despite Apple docs, size does NOT get set in call.
-		return strlen(path);
-	} else {
-		return 0;
-	}
-}
-*/
-import "C"
-
 import (
-	"unsafe"
-	"errors"
+	"bitbucket.org/kardianos/osext"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/syslog"
 	"os"
@@ -67,7 +49,7 @@ func (s *darwinLaunchdService) Install() error {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	path, err := getExePath()
+	path, err := osext.Executable()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -133,17 +115,6 @@ func (s *darwinLaunchdService) LogInfo(format string, a ...interface{}) error {
 	return s.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
 }
 
-func getExePath() (exePath string, err error) {
-	buffer := make([]byte, maxPathSize)
-	size := C.GetExecPath((*C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(&buffer[0])), maxPathSize)
-	if size == 0 {
-		return "", errors.New("Unable to get exec path.")
-	}
-	buffer = buffer[:size]
-	ret := string(buffer)
-	return ret, nil
-}
-
 var launchdConfig = `<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd" >

service_linux.go

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package service
 
 import (
+	"bitbucket.org/kardianos/osext"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/syslog"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/signal"
 	"text/template"
-	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 func newService(name, displayName, description string) (s *linuxUpstartService, err error) {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (s *linuxUpstartService) Install() error {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	path, err := getExePath()
+	path, err := osext.Executable()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -109,12 +109,6 @@ func (s *linuxUpstartService) LogInfo(format string, a ...interface{}) error {
 	return s.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
 }
 
-func getExePath() (exePath string, err error) {
-	exePath, err = os.Readlink(`/proc/self/exe`)
-	exePath = filepath.Clean(exePath)
-	return
-}
-
 var upstartScript = `# {{.Description}}
 
 description     "{{.Display}}"

service_windows.go

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 package service
 
 import (
-	"syscall"
-	"unicode/utf16"
-	"fmt"
-	"unsafe"
-	"code.google.com/p/winsvc/svc"
-	"code.google.com/p/winsvc/mgr"
+	"bitbucket.org/kardianos/osext"
 	"code.google.com/p/winsvc/eventlog"
+	"code.google.com/p/winsvc/mgr"
+	"code.google.com/p/winsvc/svc"
+	"fmt"
 )
 
 func newService(name, displayName, description string) (*windowsService, error) {
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ loop:
 }
 
 func (ws *windowsService) Install() error {
-	exepath, err := getExePath()
+	exepath, err := osext.Executable()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -173,27 +171,3 @@ func (ws *windowsService) LogInfo(format string, a ...interface{}) error {
 	}
 	return ws.logger.Info(1, fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
 }
-
-func getExePath() (exePath string, err error) {
-	return getModuleFileName()
-}
-
-var (
-	kernel = syscall.MustLoadDLL("kernel32.dll")
-
-	// kernel32.dll
-	getModuleFileNameProc = kernel.MustFindProc("GetModuleFileNameW")
-)
-
-func getModuleFileName() (string, error) {
-	var n uint32
-	b := make([]uint16, syscall.MAX_PATH)
-	size := uint32(len(b))
-
-	r0, _, e1 := getModuleFileNameProc.Call(0, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&b[0])), uintptr(size))
-	n = uint32(r0)
-	if n == 0 {
-		return "", e1
-	}
-	return string(utf16.Decode(b[0:n])), nil
-}