Michael L Torrie wrote: > I have a script that is passed a filename. This filename could be > absolute, it could be relative. I need the script to be able to > determine the pull path to this file. I've read lots of hacks for doing > this that involve ls, find, and pwd, but none of them do what I need. > If the script was invoked like this, > > foo ../bar > > then I need foo to be able to get a path that's the real, reduced path, > without any dots in it. In other words, `pwd`/../bar is not going to > work. > > Any tips?
Assuming $fn is the filename passed to the script: abspath=$(cd $(dirname $fn); pwd)/$(basename $fn) Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
