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Re: Is there a special variable for the directory where the script is in
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Chris F.A. Johnson |
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Re: Is there a special variable for the directory where the script is in? |
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Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:23:03 -0500 (EST) |
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Alpine 2.00 (LMD 1167 2008-08-23) |
On Fri, 12 Feb 2010, Peng Yu wrote:
> $0 gives the file name of the script. I could use several shell
> command to get the directory where the script is in. But I'm wondering
> if there is an easy-to-use variable that refers to the directory where
> the script is in?
$0 normally gives the full path to the file, so: "${0%/*}"
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Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfajohnson.com>
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