# Source Files Path in Executable
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/source-files-path-in-executable/10119
**Category:** Usage
**Tags:** gen:makefiles
**Created:** [February 16, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/source-files-path-in-executable/10119 "2024-02-16T22:54:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@bhvima](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/bhvima)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/source-files-path-in-executable/10119/1 "2024-02-16T22:54:59Z")
I am using CMake to build a large project. The source directory is `/home/user/project` and the build directory is `/home/user/project/build/linux`.
In the final executable generated when I look at the `DW_AT_name` it is `/home/user/project/app/src/app.cpp` and the `DW_AT_comp_dir` is `/home/user/project/build/linux/app/`.
Debuggers look for source files at `DW_AT_comp_dir/DW_AT_name` which results in the incorrect path `/home/user/project/build/linux/app//home/user/project/app/src/app.cpp`
How to fix this issue?
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/source-files-path-in-executable/10119/2 "2024-02-18T03:37:36Z")
AFAIK, CMake provides no abstraction for this. Can you reproduce it with a small example project?
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/source-files-path-in-executable/10119/3 "2024-02-18T03:44:44Z")
Ah, I see [Incorrect Source File Paths](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/incorrect-source-file-paths/10123) now.
Closing this one.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/source-files-path-in-executable/10119/4 "2024-02-18T03:44:47Z")