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Old 07-21-2008, 03:24 AM   #1
jiju.jacob
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Getting location of the script which is currently being executed


Hi,

I have a shell script named a.sh inside /home/root directory and I have to run this script from the /tmp directory.

I issue the command as

linux-7vps: /tmp # ./home/root/a.sh

Now inside a.sh, I would like to get the path where this script a.sh resides without opting for a search.

Can I get the location of the script ?

Please let me know how to do it ?

Linux Flavor : RHEL 4/ RHEL 5

Thanks in Advance,
Jiju
 
Old 07-21-2008, 03:27 AM   #2
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pwd would be a command.
But what is /home/root ?

maybe it would help to know what the script finaly should do at all?
 
Old 07-21-2008, 03:37 AM   #3
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pwd would be a command.
But what is /home/root ?

maybe it would help to know what the script finaly should do at all?

/home/root is the home directory for the root user.
This tiny script is intended to be a part of larger script. The function of the tiny script is to write the directory name on which resides to a file as soon as it is executed. Another Process will then read the path of the script from this file and use it for other purposes.
 
Old 07-21-2008, 03:42 AM   #4
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You can try either
Code:
dirname `which $0`
or
Code:
readlink -f $0
you can also read the insights in this thread about the same topic.
 
Old 07-21-2008, 05:48 AM   #5
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Thanks a lot colucix.
 
  


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