Hello.

currently use the following code to get the full path of the currently
running script:

pushd "$(dirname ${0})";
typeset -r My_Dir=$(pwd);
popd;

But somehow I think there must be a better way. So is there?

Martin
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:11:51 +0200, Martin Krischik
<krischik@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
>
> Hello.
>
> currently use the following code to get the full path of the currently
> running script:
>
> pushd "$(dirname ${0})";
>     typeset -r My_Dir=$(pwd);
> popd;
>
> But somehow I think there must be a better way. So is there?
>
> Martin

I think the better way in Unix is not to make your script depend on
knowing its own location, but some ideas on this topic were discussed
recently in this newsgroup.


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Bill Marcum wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:11:51 +0200, Martin Krischik
>   <krischik@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: 
>
> I think the better way in Unix is not to make your script depend on
> knowing its own location, but some ideas on this topic were discussed
> recently in this newsgroup.

There are additional support files in same directory. Now that alone would
not be a problem. The script also make a pushd into another place from
where it tries to access the named file.

As said: I have a working solution. I was just wonder if there is a better
way. On windows I would use either %@FULL [1] or %@TRUENAME [2] and 
I am
kind of supprised that Unix has nothing in that direction.

Martin

[1] http://www.jpsoft.com/help/index.htm?f_full.htm
[2] http://www.jpsoft.com/help/index.htm?f_truename.htm

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Martin Krischik wrote:
> Bill Marcum wrote:
>
> 
>
>
> There are additional support files in same directory. Now that alone would
> not be a problem. The script also make a pushd into another place from
> where it tries to access the named file.
>
> As said: I have a working solution. I was just wonder if there is a better
> way. On windows I would use either %@FULL [1] or %@TRUENAME [2] an
d I am
> kind of supprised that Unix has nothing in that direction.
>
> Martin
>
> [1] http://www.jpsoft.com/help/index.htm?f_full.htm
> [2] http://www.jpsoft.com/help/index.htm?f_truename.htm
>
Check out the ksh type command and dirname its results.

Bill Seivert

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