hi, in a shell script, $0 contains the name of the script as it was called. i.e. ./myscript ../../myscript /home/madduck/bin/myscript.
how can i obtain the absolute path of the script within itself, given this information. one possible solution is echo `pwd`/$0, which returns a POSIX-valid path like /home/madduck/edu/swat/../../bin/myscript but this method only works for relative paths. if i call myscript as /home/madduck/bin/myscript then this method yields /home/madduck/edu/swat//home/madduck/bin/myscript which is a different path (and most likely invalid). i *could* check the first character for a '/' and act accordingly, but there's got to be an easier way... martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- i took an iq test and the results were negative.
