Take path relative to the Cargo manifest dir

src/handlers/static_files.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use rocket::response::NamedFile;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 #[get("/<path..>", rank = 5)]
-fn all(path: PathBuf) -> Option<NamedFile> {
-    NamedFile::open(Path::new("static/").join(path)).ok()
+pub fn all(path: PathBuf) -> Option<NamedFile> {
+    NamedFile::open(
+        Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+            .join("static")
+            .join(path),
+    )
+    .ok()
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]

src/main.rs

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ mod handlers;
 mod models;
 
 use rocket::Rocket;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::sync::RwLock;
 
 type NoteStore = RwLock<Vec<models::note::Note>>;
@@ -28,8 +26,14 @@ pub struct Config {
 }
 
 fn rocket(notes_path: Option<&str>) -> Rocket {
+    use std::fs::File;
+    use std::io::prelude::*;
+    use std::path::Path;
+
     let mut config_data = String::new();
-    let mut config_file = File::open("config.toml").expect("Cannot find config file: config.toml");
+    let config_file_name = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("config.toml");
+    let mut config_file =
+        File::open(config_file_name).expect("Cannot find config file: config.toml");
     config_file
         .read_to_string(&mut config_data)
         .expect("Cannot read config file: config.toml");