# Get active sysimage

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/get-active-sysimage/46992
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** sysimage
**Created:** [September 21, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/get-active-sysimage/46992 "2020-09-21T10:34:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![oschulz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oschulz/32/2998_2.png) [@oschulz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oschulz)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/get-active-sysimage/46992/1 "2020-09-21T10:34:34Z")

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Is there a way to get the path of the active sysimage?

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### Author: ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/get-active-sysimage/46992/2 "2020-09-21T10:44:03Z")

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```julia
julia> Base.JLOptions().image_file |> unsafe_string
"/Applications/Julia-1.5.app/Contents/Resources/julia/lib/julia/sys.dylib"

```

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### Author: ![oschulz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oschulz/32/2998_2.png) [@oschulz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oschulz)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/get-active-sysimage/46992/3 "2020-09-21T11:10:12Z")

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Merci!