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Old 04-07-2010
absolute path for a script ran with relative path

I have a script in which i want to print absolute path of the same script irrespective of path from where i run script.

I am using
test.sh:

echo "pwd : `pwd`"
echo "script name: $0"
echo "dirname: `dirname $0`"

when i run script from /my/test/dir/struct as ../test.sh the output i get is

pwd : /my/test/dir/struct
script name: ../test.sh
dirname: ..

I want dirname to be printed as absolute path. script gives proper output if I run it with absolute path.
as /my/test/dir/test.sh the output i get is

pwd : /my/test/dir/struct
script name: /my/test/dir/test.sh
dirname: /my/test/dir

i want the same output in case when i run script using relative path
# 2  
Old 04-07-2010
MySQL

Code:
$ cat test.sh
currentpath="`pwd`/"
currentscript=`echo $0 | sed 's/^[./]*//'`
echo "pwd : `pwd`"
echo "script name: $currentpath$currentscript"
echo "dirname: `dirname $currentpath`"

Code:
$ ./test.sh
pwd : /my/test/dir/struct
script name: /my/test/dir/struct/test.sh
dirname: /my/test/dir

# 3  
Old 04-07-2010
Hi,

not all systems have this, but if you are lucky:

Code:
 
#!/bin/bash
 
PNAME=$(readlink -f $0)

# 4  
Old 04-07-2010
hi grepFruit,
thanks for replying, but i want the script to run on all machines, so i dont think so i'll be able to use "readlink" (i found that its not working on SunOS 5.10).


---------- Post updated at 07:18 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:54 PM ----------

hi ygemici,
thnx for replying,
with the suggestion provided i am able to get absolute script path when i run script from the directoy where it is situated i.e. using ./test.sh.
# cat test.sh
currentpath="`pwd`/"
currentscript=`echo $0 | sed 's/^[./]*//'`
echo "currentscript : $currentscript"
echo "script name: $currentpath$currentscript"

# ./test.sh
currentscript : test.sh
script name: /my/test/dir/test.sh
but my real concern is in situation where i run script using ../ as in following case
# pwd
/my/test1
bash-3.00# ../test/dir/test.sh
currentscript : test/dir/test.sh
script name: /my/test1/test/dir/test.sh
bash-3.00#
scriptname should have been "/my/test/dir/test.sh"
# 5  
Old 04-07-2010
Since your original code is using the obsolete command substitution syntax, I assumed it was a constraint.

Code:
#!/bin/sh

if cd "`dirname \"$0\"`"; then
    absdirpath=`pwd`
    cd "$OLDPWD" || exit 1
else
    exit 1
fi

echo "pwd: `pwd`"
echo "script name: $0"
echo "dirname: $absdirpath"

Regards,
Alister

Last edited by alister; 04-07-2010 at 12:48 PM..
# 6  
Old 04-07-2010
hi alister,

got what you are doing,
"`dirname \"$0\"`" is a relative path, but still its a valid path from current pwd. so you are jumping to that path, then get new pwd in variable, which will give me what i want. and then jump back to old pwd where i wad initially.
thanks buddy.
# 7  
Old 04-07-2010
You're very welcome. By the way, you can probably replace any `pwd` command substitutions with the with the environment's $PWD.
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