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Re: Determing intermediate symlinked name in a Bash script
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Nate Bargmann |
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Re: Determing intermediate symlinked name in a Bash script |
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Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:30:41 -0600 |
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:29:08 -0500, Paul Jarc wrote:
> Nate Bargmann <n0nb@networksplus.net> wrote:
>> I want to figure out from inside the script 'junk' whether 'redirect'
>> points to 'foo' or 'bar' so 'junk' can take appropriate action.
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> If your system has the readlink command: readlink "$0"
Thanks, Paul.
readlink is exactly what I was looking for. That's the problem with UNIX
like systems--they're such a vast resource that I get lost at times. :-)
- Nate >>
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