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Old 09-26-2008
finding pathname for directory
Hi
Could someone help me?
I'm not sure how to find the full pathname of a directory.

I just want to be able to specify a directory.
e.g

directory1/directory2/directory3/directory4/directory5

I want to be able to put in "directory5"
and then i want a return of the full address.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 09-26-2008
There is a command you know: pwd
if you specify form where you are to put file in
directory1/directory2/directory3/directory4/directory5

you might not get as absolute path:
/directory1/directory2/directory3/directory4/directory5/file
but more likely
`pwd` of where you were at he time of the copy/directory1/directory2/directory3/directory4/directory5/file

But truly I am not sure I understood your question...
# 3  
Old 09-26-2008
If you want to search for the full path of your directory you can try find:

Code:
find / -type d -name "*directory5" 2>/dev/null

Regards
# 4  
Old 04-08-2009
Hi,

Try the command

dirs
 
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