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Shell: Getting directory of code or active script
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root-dir.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Execution-relative (all shells). Get dir path of the script executed
# by the user.
__0="$(CDPATH= cd -- $(dirname -- $0) && pwd -P)"
echo "$__0"/bar
# Code-relative (bash/zsh only). Get dir path of *this file*,
# independent of which script was executed by the user.
__FILE="$([ -n "$BASH_SOURCE" ] && echo "$BASH_SOURCE" || echo "${(%):-%x}")"
__DIR="$(CDPATH= cd -- $(dirname -- $__FILE) && pwd -P)"
# E.g. Path of a subdirectory
echo "$__DIR"/bar
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