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Created November 10, 2013 08:29
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#!/bin/bash
#
# Get directory of the shell script itself
#
# Read the directory where the shell script is in
DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
# Or resolve the symlink of the file if there is any
SOURCE="${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")"
[[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
done
DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
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unes commented Jan 21, 2016

What's wrong with "$(dirname "$0")" ?

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