how to take absolute pathname to a directory in korn shell


 
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Old 10-19-2010
how to take absolute pathname to a directory in korn shell

how to take absolute pathname to a directory in korn shell
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Old 10-19-2010
I don't understand. Do you want to convert a relative path to an absolute path or do you want a cd example?
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Old 10-19-2010
Code:
cd ./relative_dir && ABSOLUTEPATH="$PWD"

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