On 02/01/2011 05:23 AM, fedora wrote: > dirname $0 > > suomi > > On 2011-02-01 13:03, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Mon, 2011-01-31 at 14:49 -0700, compdoc wrote: >>>> Is there a bash command that tells an executing script what *its* path is? >>> >>> echo $PWD >> >> No, that just tells where it was executed from. The OP wants to know >> where the script actually lives. >> >> poc >> The value of $0 on a Linux system will be the full path to where the script was found, so 'dirname $0' works. However, bash runs on other OS's (Solaris for one), and Solaris does not provide the full path in $0, you only get the name of the script. So be careful if you're writing code that needs to be portable. -- Bob McGowan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
