hi experts(novice people can stay away as it is no child's game),

i am developing a script which works like recycle bin of windows.

the problem i am facing is that when ever i am trying to delete a file which is situated in parent directory or parent's parent directory i am unable to capture the path of the file.

eg:--

i am presently working in /fs/home/u1/proj

and i am trying to delete files of parent directory or parent's parent directory as shown below......

/fs/home/u1/proj> rm ..file1

dont get confused as "rm" has been aliased with "mv" command which will move the "file1" to a directory called "recyclebin".....

My intention is to move the file1 along with its complete path so that i can retreive it back to the original directory from where it got deleted as happens in Windows(Recycle bin)........

hope there is some command such as "dirname" or something of that sort....

Thanks in advance....................

You can check if your operating system supports the locate command;
else you can use the find command.

should point you to what you need

if you are in the directory the file is in the pwd command would show the "Present Working Directory" wouldnt this be what you want?

hi experts,,,,,,,,,,

i am expecting relevent solution..... and pwd is not the command that i am looking for............... how can i develope the code without knowing the basic command i.e., "pwd"

i agree my project is a bit complex but still there is hope of finding a solution................

Thanks in advance............

Did you try it out with find as stated twice above?