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Bash: get location of active script
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| ## This moves execution into the script's parent directory. | |
| ## See also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/59895/can-a-bash-script-tell-which-directory-it-is-stored-in | |
| ORIG_DIR=$(pwd) | |
| SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") | |
| SCRIPT_PARENT_DIR="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")" | |
| cd $SCRIPT_DIR | |
| ## | |
| ## Do stuff... | |
| ## | |
| cd $ORIG_DIR |
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