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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting how to get the scripts full dir path Post 302691889 by yanglei_fage on Sunday 26th of August 2012 11:21:39 AM
Old 08-26-2012
how to get the scripts full dir path
Code:
lyang0@lyang0-OptiPlex-755:~$ ./test.sh 
.
lyang0@lyang0-OptiPlex-755:~$ cat test.sh 
#!/bin/bash
echo `dirname $0`
lyang0@lyang0-OptiPlex-755:~$ pwd
/home/lyang0

it doesn't get "/home/lyang0" and only when run /home/lyang0/test.sh it will get, but how can I do, then it can get the real full path anytime?
 

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pwd

pwd.h(3HEAD)							      Headers							      pwd.h(3HEAD)

NAME

       pwd.h, pwd - password structure

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pwd.h>

DESCRIPTION

       The <pwd.h> header provides a definition for struct passwd, which includes the following members:

       char  *pw_name	  user's login name
       uid_t pw_uid	  numerical user ID
       gid_t pw_gid	  numerical group ID
       char  *pw_dir	  initial working di rectory
       char  *pw_shell	  program to use as shell

       The gid_t and uid_t types are defined as described in <sys/types.h>. See types.h(3HEAD).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       getpwnam(3C), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10							    10 Sep 2004 						      pwd.h(3HEAD)
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