On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Use the command "pwd". > > > Nope. That tells me where the user is, not where the shell script is. > Are you sure? If you do say, SCRIPT_DIR=`pwd` echo "$SCRIPT_DIR" the echo should return the directory the script ran in. > On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I feel silly for asking this. But I just realized I don't try this very >> often. >> >> Is there a way for a shell script to find itself? Or more precisely, the >> directory it is in? >> >> I am trying to run a program that wants an ini file specified on the >> command line; but it defaults to the assumption of having its config file >> in /etc unless you tell it where it is. And rather than a one-line script >> that hard codes a directory, I'd rather that it (the script) can tell where >> it is located, to use an ini file there. >> >> (Yea, a one-line script to just pass a config file argument to a program.) >> >> --- >> This message was composed with the aid of a laptop cat, and no mouse >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >> > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > John Musbach > > > --- > This message was composed with the aid of a laptop cat, and no mouse > > -- Best Regards, John Musbach
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