Can't read .env file without absolute path-CodePudding

When I try to read the .env file it does not work without using the absolute path.

func init() {
    err := godotenv.Load(".env") //<--fails
    //err := godotenv.Load("./.env") //<--fails
    //err := godotenv.Load("/home/peter/Documents/tests/configuration/.env") //<--works
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    Config = GetConfig()
}

I get panic: open .env: no such file or directory But the file is there

$ ls -a
.  ..  config.go  .env

Any clue?

CodePudding user response：

A potential problem is that the directory you are running the executable from is different than the directory of which the .env file is located. Could you verify this?