[MKSearch-dev] Getting directory location of a running script (was:Week 4 round up)

Bruno Postle bruno at mkdoc.com
Fri Nov 12 12:06:10 GMT 2004


On Fri 12-Nov-2004 at 11:39 -0000, Phil Shaw wrote:
>
> One limitation is that the client scripts call a 
> ./test-environment.sh reference, which means the user has to be 
> working in the relevant directory. I have had a skim around the Web 
> and couldn't find any examples of how to get the location of the 
> primary script rather than the user (pwd).

You could retrieve it with `dirname $0` (if you have dirname on your 
system).

..or you could add the tools/ directory to $PATH.

-- 
Bruno


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