[vox-tech] Bash question

[Jay Strauss]

Thanks, I guess I'll do it with a variable like you suggested

Jay

> I'm also not sure if I understand what you want, but here's my best 
> guess.
> 
> When invoked "inline" (with a .  at the beginning of a line), I don't
> think you can get at the path name, but here are a couple of 
> alternatives
> 
> ## .bashrc
> export MYAPPHOME=/opt/myapp
> . $MYAPPHOME/bin/config
> 
> ## /opt/myapp/bin/config
> echo $MYAPPHOME
> pushd $MYAPPHOME
>    # whatever
> popd
> 
> 
> or alternatively:
> 
> ## .bashrc
> export MYAPPCONFIG=/opt/myapp/bin/config
> export MYAPPHOME=`/usr/bin/dirname $MYAPCONFIG`/..
> . $MYAPPCONFIG
> 
> ## /opt/myapp/bin/config  is the same...
> 
> 
> 
> On Monday, Sep 29, 2003, at 05:18 US/Pacific, Jay Strauss wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to get the path of the file from a script called from .bashrc.  
> > Like:
> >
> > ##.bashrc
> > . /opt/myapp/bin/config
> >
> >
> > ## /opt/myapp/bin/config
> > pwd
> > echo $0
> >
> >
> > In this case during login:
> > pwd = /home/jstrauss
> > $0 = -bash
> >
> > I'd like to get a variable with the value /opt/myapp/bin/config
> > but I can't find a combination of commands that will give my that 
> > during
> > login or su
> >
> > Jay
> >
> >
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