Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 15:04:58 -0700 From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: making shell script run in its own directory Message-ID: <20000702150458.C66917@manatee.mammalia.org> In-Reply-To: <20000702145903.A66917@manatee.mammalia.org>; from rjoseph@mammalia.org on Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 02:59:03PM -0700 References: <20000702130901.A66305@manatee.mammalia.org> <20000702211344.38B1216F@woodstock.monkey.net> <20000702145903.A66917@manatee.mammalia.org>
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On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 02:59:03PM -0700, R Joseph Wright wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 04:13:44PM -0500, Jon Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > In message <20000702130901.A66305@manatee.mammalia.org>, R Joseph Wright wrote:
> > } How do I make a shell script run in the directory where it resides rather tha
> > } n
> > } the directory where it was called from?
> >
> > Before you do anything interesting in the script, add a line like:
> >
> > cd $(dirname $0)
> >
> > Though generally I consider this kind of thing bad practice.
>
> It works! Can yourself on that last point?
^^^^^^^^
Oops, I meant to say "Can you explain yourself on that last point?"
>
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