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February 28, 2017 05:17
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Find true base directory of current shell script, regardless of symlinks
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| set_basedir() { # This is portable; don't touch it! | |
| local dir path0="$0" | |
| while [ -h "$path0" ]; do | |
| dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$path0")" && pwd -P)" | |
| path0="$(readlink "$path0")"; | |
| [ "$(echo "$path0" | cut -b 1)" = / ] || path0="$dir/$path0" | |
| done | |
| basedir="$(cd "$(dirname "$path0")/.." && pwd -P)" | |
| }; set_basedir |
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