Re: bash scripts: how to determine directory of 'source'd file
- From: Juergen Fiedler <juergen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:16:49 -0500
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 02:26:27PM +0000, michael wrote:
> Presuming I have a file setEnvVars.sh that I wish to source,
> . path/setEnvVars.sh
> How do I, within the script, determine the actual directory within which
> the setEnvVars.sh file sits? The sourcing seems to disallow me access to
> $0 etc
>
> thanks, M
If I understand your question correctly, the '$_' variable should do
the trick.
--j
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