Re: Is there a special variable for the directory where the script is in?

[Bernd Eggink]

Am 12.02.2010 14:38, schrieb Guillaume Outters:
> Greg a écrit :
>
> > Except that HP-UX 10.20 and HP-UX 11.11 don't have readlink(1).
> > (Maybe it's added in 11.2x?  I don't know.)
>
> You're right. I must admit I made a concession to some GNU coreutils tools on the platform. 
> I once used some ls -l "$SCRIPTS" | sed -e 's/.* ->  //' magic to replace it 
> (and it worked two minutes ago on the HP-UX, just like it used to back in the old days).

I once wrote a more generic shell function for this purpose, see:
  http://sudrala.de/en_d/shell-getlink.html

Bernd

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