On 9/12/07, Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chuck Esterbrook wrote: > > Let's say I have a script at /usr/bin/foo which is really just a link > > to /usr/local/blah/bin/foo > > > > When I type "foo" at the command prompt (say bash), I would like the > > foo script to know where it's really homed at. However, "dirname $0" > > in that script will give "/usr/bin" instead of "/usr/local/blah/bin". > > > > Is there a way for a script to find out where it's really located? > > > man realpath
Thanks, but that's C and I'm in bash. I could write up a little utility, but I poked around more and found "readlink" which does the trick. -Chuck -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
