> On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 21:09 +0200, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:
> > [ -n "$bindir" ] || bindir=$(dirname $(pwd))
>
> Even better is to avoid dirname altogether. It's actually not necessary
> at all in a POSIX shell; neither is basename.
>
> The above can be rewritten much more efficiently as:
>
> pwd=$(pwd)
> : ${tsdir:=$pwd}
> : ${bindir:=${pwd%/*}}
>
> Just sayin'... :-)
>
> I'm assuming this script is declared #!/bin/bash at the top, due to all
> the bashisms it uses?
and if so, one could use $PWD.
: ${tsdir:=$PWD}
: ${bindir:=${PWD%/*}}
paul
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