Launch location of my rpm package?

jimwelc · 05-02-2006, 02:11 PM

Hello All,

I am new to RPM development and was wondering if there is a way within the %pre/%post script of my rpm to determine where(path location) it (meaning my *.rpm file) was launched from?

Best Regards,
-Jim

b0uncer · 05-02-2006, 02:27 PM

I thought the parent working directory can be obtained using pwd which should tell the directory the user "cd'd in" last before executing the command?

jimwelc · 05-02-2006, 02:32 PM

Hello B0uncer,

Unfortunately its seems prior to executing any of the %pre %post scripts RPM changes directory to "/".

-Jim

ioerror · 05-02-2006, 04:00 PM

I'm not sure I understand why you'd want to do this, the behaviour of an installation script should not depend on the current directory. If I install an rpm from ~, I expect it to behave in the same way as if I install it from /tmp or any other directory.

jimwelc · 05-02-2006, 04:06 PM

The reason I am doing this is to handle a special case my package must support in which if some files exist relative to my RPM I need to check for there existence an then perform some actions using them.