Andrew McNabb wrote: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 12:47:32PM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote: >> abspath=$(cd $(dirname $fn); pwd)/$(basename $fn) > > Okay. Yours it better than mine. :)
Wow. Awesome. Bash is just one giant hack, isn't it. My solution, thanks to Byron clark is: abspath=$( readlink -f $fn ) readlink is part of the standard GNU coreutils. > > -- Michael Torrie Assistant CSR, System Administrator Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 +1.801.422.5771 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
