04-11-2005
To answer the question, yes there are variables.
As and example...the absolute path to the current script would be:
ABS_PATH=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd)
Last edited by reborg; 04-11-2005 at 05:15 PM..
Reason: spelling mistakes
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