(require '[clojure.java.io :as io])

;; the working directory of the running process
(def work-dir (System/getProperty "user.dir"))

;; the same path asked from a File object
(def work-dir2 (.getCanonicalPath (io/file ".")))

(println "work-dir is" work-dir)
(println "work-dir2 is" work-dir2)