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Can a QShell script tell what directory it's stored in?

For IBMi V6R1's QShell qsh

I tired the advice of Getting the source directory of a Bash script from within

The incorrect output:

BASEDIR=$(dirname $0)
echo $BASEDIR

$ QSHELL/QZSHSH

QSHELL/QZSH is not the location of the executing script.

Please advise on a command to locate the path of the executing script.

Solution

  • You received that result because you ran the command interactively and not from a shell script.

    If I create a "test.sh" script in my home directory as:

    #!/bin/sh
echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"

    I receive the following results:

    $ echo $(dirname $0)
QSHELL

$ echo $0
QSHELL/QZSHSH

$ cd / && pwd
/

$ sh $HOME/test.sh
/home/jamesa

$ cd && pwd
/home/jamesa

$ sh test.sh
/home/jamesa