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Give you the full directory name of the script no matter where it is being called from. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59895/getting-the-source-directory-of-a-bash-script-from-within
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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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