Re: shell script location

[Richard Crozier]

On 08/01/2013 18:27, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> On 8 January 2013 12:54, RC Crozier <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Quoting Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden> on Tue, 8 Jan 2013
> > 12:35:44 -0500:
> >
> > > WFM, what OS are you using and what Octave version?
> > >
> > >      address@hidden:~$ ./lol.m
> > >      ans = lol
> > >      ans = /home/jordi/lol
> > >      ans = /home/jordi/lol.m
> > >
> > >      address@hidden:~$ cat lol.m
> > >      #!/usr/local/bin/octave -q
> > >      mfilename
> > >      mfilename fullpath
> > >      mfilename fullpathext
> >
> > Sorry I sent some nonsense in the last email I meant:
> >
> >
> > bash-4.1$ cat ./temp/lol.m
> > #! /home/s0237326/bin/share/bin/octave -qf
> >
> > x = which(mfilename)
> > whos x
> > disp(which(mfilename))
>
> which won't give you a directory. How about regexping it instead?
>
>      cd(regexprep(mfilename("fullpath"), "[^/]*$", ""))
>
> HTH,
> - Jordi G. H.

Yes, this works thanks, although I will probably use

fileparts(mfilename("fullpath"))

for clarity.

Thanks again for the help!

Richard




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