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A bash script that resolves its own physical path
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# Courtesy http://stackoverflow.com/a/246128. | |
SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" | |
while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do | |
# Resolve `$SOURCE` until the file is no longer a symlink. | |
DIR="$(cd -P "$(dirname "$SOURCE")" && pwd)" | |
SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")" | |
# If `$SOURCE` was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the | |
# path where the symlink file was located. | |
[[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" | |
done | |
DIR="$(cd -P "$(dirname "$SOURCE")" && pwd)" | |
# `$DIR` is now the script's directory! |
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